--- description: Coffeeshops have lots of indulgent holiday drinks, but you can make them at home, too. Beware these calorie-laden cold-weather drinks. title: These Holiday Drinks Have Way More Calories Than You Think image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5a4909e24a6fe9d/6987704ae53abae1854d6b07/eggnog.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Diet & Nutrition](/tag/dietnutrition/) ## Diet & Nutrition Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 7 Holiday Drinks With Way More Calories Than You Think  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 22, 2014 6:13 PM CUT  Nogkeh with light dots Nogkeh with light dotsGetty Images  by [Mandy Oaklander](/author/mandy-oaklander/)  ## Mandy Oaklander Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 22, 2014 6:13 PM CUT Coffeeshops offer lots of indulgent holiday beverages, but don’t be fooled: you can make them in the cozy comfort of your kitchen, too. Watch out for these surprisingly calorie-laden cold-weather drinks. **1\. Eggnog** Eggnog doesn’t pull its rich creaminess out of thin air. With all that milk, cream, sugar and eggs, just a cup is heavy with a whole lot of calories: 224, to be exact, plus about 11 grams of fat. **2\. Hot chocolate** Just 16 ounces of homemade hot chocolate will run you 385 calories—and that’s without the whipped cream. **3\. Gingerbread latte** The Starbucks holiday favorite clocks in at 360 calories for a grande, with whole milk and whipped cream—plus 17 grams of fat. You’d be better off eating the real thing. A homemade square has 263 calories and 12 grams of fat. **4\. Fa La Latte** The creation from Caribou Coffee comes with espresso, egg nog, whipped cream, nutmeg—and a whopping 650 calories. **5\. Ho Ho Mint Mocha** Another choice from Caribou’s holiday menu is espresso-spiked mint hot chocolate with whipped cream and crushed candy canes, all for 550 calories. **6\. Dessert wine** A 3.5-ounce glass of sweet after-dinner wine has 165 calories. You can get more wine for fewer calories (and isn’t that always the goal?) by drinking a glass of regular white wine. A 5-ounce pour has 123 calories and just a gram of sugar. **7\. Caramel Apple Spice** Far from counting as a serving of fruit, this Starbucks’ take on a hot apple cider—steamed apple juice, cinnamon syrup, caramel and whipped cream—costs 360 calories for a grande. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/"},"headline":"7 Holiday Drinks With Way More Calories Than You Think","datePublished":"2014-12-22T18:13:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:01:01.010Z","description":"7 sips you're better off skipping","url":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","calories","Starbucks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5a4909e24a6fe9d/6987704ae53abae1854d6b07/eggnog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mandy Oaklander","jobTitle":"Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mandy-oaklander/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte5a4909e24a6fe9d/6987704ae53abae1854d6b07/eggnog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"eggnog","caption":"eggnog","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/","name":"7 Holiday Drinks With Way More Calories Than You Think"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See The Unique Way Amazon Ships This Teddy Bear","description":"Go Behind the Scenes at Amazon to see how the products you buy make it to the shipping truck","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/IY8KG0y3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-01T04:19:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/IY8KG0y3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3641969/seasonal-drinks-calories/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```