Get into the holiday spirit with a delicious low carb gingerbread cocktail. Made with new stevia simple syrup for a sugar-free indulgence!
I am well into the Christmas recipe creation and Thanksgiving isn’t for more than a week yet. You might suspect I am one of those wildly organized people who gets way ahead of the game and is always on top of everything. You know, one of those people who remembers to send birthday cards to everyone she knows well in advance and has her children all glammed up in Christmas finery in October for the yearly holiday card photo. You might suspect that, but you’d be wrong. Dead wrong. I am like the opposite of that person. I haven’t sent a birthday card to anyone beyond my immediate family in years and my holiday cards usually arrive between Christmas and New Year’s, if I am lucky. Some years I don’t get around to sending them out at all and they sit neglected in my closet until I shake my head in disgust at myself and toss them into the recycling bin.
However, I do love Christmas baking and I do tend to get a jump on it early most years. And in my defense, Thanksgiving is quite late this year so it would push back all the holiday prep and cookie-making by almost a week if I were to wait until it was over. A whole week in which cookies were not being made would be wasted time indeed!
Add to that the fact that Thanksgiving will be a non-event this year in my household. Turkey Day is getting short shrift in the face of a huge move from one coast to the other. I’ve made a few yummy low carb pumpkin recipes, a pecan pie and a turkey breast roulade and I hope you will forgive me that I have now set my sights on the next holiday. You might not be done with Thanksgiving yet, but I certainly am. And when you have eaten your fill of turkey and low carb stuffing and sugar-free cranberry sauce and are ready to turn your attention to the Yuletide, I will be waiting for you with a whole host of seasonal recipes.
Here’s one to wet your whistle, both literally and figuratively. I love a good cocktail now and again and I was recently sent a new product by NuNaturals that just screamed cocktails. They have come out with a line of stevia syrups, including a stevia simple syrup that is perfect for low carb mixed drinks. It worked wonderfully in these martinis, sweetening just enough to make them seem like a treat (you can sweeten yours more, if you prefer). I didn’t detect ANY bitterness or aftertaste from the syrup, even when I put a little directly on my finger and tasted it on its own. Now, I know some people are far more sensitive to stevia so I can’t say for sure that it’s right for everyone. But I think it’s a great new product to add to the low carb arsenal and has many possible applications in baking as well. Because of my upcoming move, I haven’t yet opened the cocoa syrup or the cocoa mint syrup but I foresee these being as just as good and useful as the simple syrup.
Now, because this is a new product and you may not have had a chance to get your hands on it yet, and because some of people are highly sensitive to stevia, I’ve also written the recipe with an alternative sweetener option. You can’t say I’m not thinking of you!
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- 1 tsp almond flour
- Dash of ground cinnamon
- Dash of ground ginger
- NuNaturals Stevia Simple Syrup OR water
- 3 ounces vanilla vodka
- 1 ounce sugar-free coffee liqueur
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 3/4 tsp NuNaturals Stevia Simple syrup OR 1 tbsp Swerve Sweetener (more if you like your cocktails on the sweet side)
- 1/8 tsp ground ginger
- Dash of cinnamon
- Tiny dash of cloves
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On a shallow plate, mix together the almond flour, cinnamon and ginger. Dip a paper towel into some of the stevia simply syrup and run it around the edge of two martini glasses. Dip martini glasses into almond flour mixture.
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In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine vanilla vodka, coffee liqueur, cream, simple syrup, ginger, cinnamon, cloves.
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Shake well and divide between prepared martini glasses. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Serves 2. Each serving has 5.66 g of carbs and 0.23 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 5.43*
*please note that because the NuNaturals says it contains less than 1 g of carbs per serving (1/4 tsp), this carb count is an approximate. To be on the safe side, I added 1 g of carbs per serving to account for this unknown amount. This carb count also assumes you have used my recipe for sugar-free kahlua.
Food energy: 213kcal
Saturated fatty acids: 3.50g
Total fat: 5.85g
Calories from fat: 52
Cholesterol: 20mg
Carbohydrate: 5.66g
Total dietary fiber: 0.23g
Protein: 0.57g
Sodium: 5mg
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says
Carolyn, oh my gawd!! I love these gingerbread martinis!! so inventive!! I’m usually pretty organized with things but when it comes to holiday cards. . ha, forget it! Since having kids, I’ve only sent out photo cards once. . and I’m trying to do something this year! 😛 We do what we can, yo!!
Lily Barry says
I can’t wait to try the stevia syrups. I’d love to use the chocolate in my own version of decaf, sugar-free mochas. I recently bought a well-known sugar-free chocolate syrup and it just tastes weird. Have been using stevia drops in my tea for about 10 years and love the stuff.
Anita D. says
I hope your move goes well! This looks delish (just like all your other recipes!). Thanks for letting us know about this new product too! Looks to be very useful!
Jenn says
I would prob make the brownie bark from your website, ooh or the new pb fudge recipe.
Judy says
I’d love to try this for the eggnog martinis I make. Thanks!
Sandra says
This looks really good! Perfect for the holidays.
Kat says
I can’t decide what I’d make first. I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year and I’ll be making both a traditional meal and a full menu of sugar and grain free items, lots of desserts, so these would help out bunches.
I really love your stuffing recipes. Who an I kidding, I love all of your recipes. Your site/blog has been my first, and will always be my favorite.
Thanks for all the hard work, Carolyn.
Happy Holidays!
Carolyn says
Thanks so much, Kat!
Darla Delmonico says
That drink looks yummy!! I would love to win these 🙂
Antonia says
I’d probably make some healthy hot chocolate!
Shelley says
This is really good news! A new Stevia product AND one that contains Cocoa AND Mint! That just screams HOLIDAYS, doesn’t it?!
Pam says
Definitely a chocolate drink of some sort!! Or chocolate/mint…yum!!
Esther R. says
This is so good . Stevia syrups, mint and chocolate for ice cream and fudge here I come.Thanks for all that you do.
Rande says
i’m going to have to try these regardless, I’m obsessed with NuNaturals!
Jenny says
OMG this is awesome! So many things could be made with the NuNaturals simple syrups! I’d probably make a low carb drink of some sort, im sure!
Louanne says
Oooh, perfect timing! I’d definitely make your gingerbread martini for our family Christmas party!
Kelly says
For the swerve alternative- is this the powdered or granular? Thanks!
Carolyn says
Either, although powdered would dissolve a bit better.
Laura K says
I would make a chocolate mint latte!
Caroline Gamble says
When I open that bottle I’m taking a shot straight to the face!
Debby Robic says
I would like to try these in my coffee, and for making grain-free, sugar-free baked goods!
Sandy Munn says
I’d probably make a chocolate mint hot chocolate! It’s been very cold here the past week. Good luck on your move!
Sarah says
I’d like to make that martini!
Sherry says
Since we already have below zero wind chills and 6 inches of snow, it will be a hot chocolate recipe for me!
Jamie H says
I’m thinking some mint chocolate chip cookies would be in the works.
Marti Skow says
Really interested in trying the syrups!!!
patricia says
I would probably make one of your bar recipes.
allison says
Oh I need to have these asap! To make all your yummy drinks! Love this new one and we love love your pumpkin martini’s so much!
Debbie Jennings says
Gingerbread Martini!!! Two of my favorite things in one glass….yay!
Keith Veilleux says
I’ma make cookies!
Lisa says
I would make this martini (or 3). 🙂
Nicole D says
I know it’s not exactly Mojito time, but that’s what I’d make first!
Carolyn Gernhard says
I’ll make peppermint hot chocolate!
Robin says
I love this idea! I printed out the recipe to make for friends when we entertain this holiday season. I’m going to shop for the simple syrup. I LOVE NEW IDEAS AND RECIPES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK BRINGING US GREATNESS!
Carolyn says
You are most welcome, thanks for being so enthusiastic!
Jen says
Mint hot cocoa 🙂
Amanda Peachey says
Oh I can’t wait to try this!
Nina says
I don’t do well with sugar or fructose so I’d like to incorporate these into my pecan pie. The chocolate one would be good in hot chocolate too.
janet says
Oh, YUM!!! Cheers!
Mary L says
egg nog or chocolate mint martinis!
Kate Dusinberre says
I want one!
Kate Dusinberre says
I want one! I’ll make these martinis!
Amy says
Thanks so much for the great recipe and opportunity to win these syrups from NuNaturals! I don’t know for sure what I’d make first… Maybe some chocolate mint fudge or some of the cocktails I’ve been missing since going low carb.
Sherrie Lee says
MMMMM! Perfect timing, I was just wanting to find a replacement for a hot fudge ice cream topping and a thinner version for drizzling across the serving plates. That’s what I would make first!
Vanessa says
Definitely want to make egg nog
Donna says
These look so good!
Deborah says
Need to get supplies to make the martinis. Now.
Jordan D says
A peppermint mocha coffee or healthy hot chocolate would be divine!
Amanda says
Looks amazing! I didn’t know about the sugar free syrups.
Charlie says
These cocktails are perfect for the holidays! I love that you used almond flour for the rim, I would never have thought of that and it must taste great with the sweet drink.
Joann B says
I would make some type of drink, cold or maybe hot for the season.
Barbara says
I would try these in or with brownies and in hot chocolate.
Cheryl says
Yum! You’ve done it again Carolyn! I would make a cocktail with the new syrup for sure – this one looks fabulous. I’ve also been in the mood for a minty hot chocolate to sip while putting up the Christmas tree and listening to Christmas Carols.
jen s says
A gingerbread martini!
Tanya says
OMG, I have been looking for a simple syrup that I can have to make my beloved Sazerac and Southern Gentlemen cocktails! My attempts with other alternative sweeteners haven’t been successful! This is awesome.
Julie McCarthy says
Something warm and comforting!
jo says
Can’t wait to try this. Good luck on your move – and all the ensuing settling-in that follows.
Amanda says
This is such a perfect drink to kick off the holiday season!
Sarah womack says
I didn’t know about stevia simple syrup. There are so many great uses for this!
Cassie says
I love experimenting with oatmeal based desserts! I would try NuStevia in one of those creations!
Susan says
Can’t wait to splurge on holiday cocktails with these syrups 🙂
Vivian says
These look great! Not sure what I would make first since I love ALL your recipes…but I am nuts over a slice of your banana nut bread,
Robin says
These look jummy. I’m gonna look on Amazon for them right now.
Laura Sheridan says
I would love these syrups for coffee and homemade hot cocoa!
Teresa says
I would love to try these, I haven’t used any liquid sweeteners yet since starting low carb back in April. Good luck on your move. I am sure you will love it over here in the Pacific Northwest, there are so many beautiful places to go see. I love it here. You will have to make a trip out to the San Juan Islands this next summer and go on a whale watching trip, it is awesome to see these creatures up close. P.S. Maya Charters on San Juan Island has very good luck with locating the whales, often very close.
LETITIA says
These look great! I would love these syrups!
Bridget from Refined Vintage says
This sounds so yummy! I will be making these during the holidays, gingerbread cookies are one of my favorite childhood Christmas treats. So this will be perfect for a Christmas Cocktail/ Dessert.
Christiana says
Good luck with your move, always a trauma no matter how organised. Martinis can only help the situation. Cheers!
S M says
I’d use the syrups for coffee and hot chocolate.
Martha says
Yeh I’d like to try out the syrups with coffee and hot chocolate.
Brandi Hegerty says
My hubby was recently diagnosed with diabetes, so he is now grateful for all of the stevia recipes available out there. I am thinking that your Gingerbread Slowcooker Recipe is on my list of “to make” this holiday season. 🙂
shannon brown says
That Chocolate Mint would be so good in my coffee, or I would add heavy whipping cream and make a hot cocoa!!! YUM!
Sandra says
Yummy, will be making these for the holidays!
gina says
I would add it to coffee and hot cocoa
Marsha says
I would add it to yogurt, along with a few raspberries.
Betsy says
id try these martinis!
Mona Lisa says
These look amazing. Being diagnosed a few months ago with diabetes, I am trying to covert everything I love into sugar-free options and use Stevia in most things. These would be amazing to try as I am trying to adapt 40 different recipes for Christmas cookies. My nieces and nephews may all be in their 30’s but i have been making them cookies since they were little and now for their little ones. They don’t think it is really Christmas if they don’t get cookies from me, so I ship them across the country and also have shipped many to my nephew’s whole troop in Iraq. They get a box every year with all kinds of things they would have enjoyed as little boys and girls. Everyone is a kid at Christmas! Wishing everyone a Blessed Holiday Season! xoxo
Carolyn says
Hope you have a wonderful time experimenting with low carb, low sugar cookies this year!
Rachel says
I’m new to low carb and gluten free baking, and am thrilled to have found your website!!! If I were to win one of these sweeteners, I would definitely be trying it out on one of your recipes.
carey says
I’m not quite sure what I’d make first but the Gingerbread Martini looks like a great place to start!!!!
Joyce says
Looks yummy!
Kristen says
Get my wife to use it in her green iced tea. No more Starbucks simple syrup!
Sara says
This looks so good!!
Christina M says
I would experiment with some cocoa cocktails with the syrups!
mary says
This is a great product idea. Haven’t tried them yet. But am eager to.
Kathleen says
I would so make this or a low carb Pumpkin Martini!
Judy says
I would use it to make your Gingerbread Martinis as I have two family members that can’t have sugar so this recipe will be great for them for the holidays.
Cathy Riihl says
OMG I want this!!!
Lori Stilger says
There are SO many recipes that call for liquid sweeteners that I’d like to try! (And your cocktails look SOO yummy, but I can’t drink with the meds I have to take. :/) I think I’d try a cranberry relish I found as my first recipe. 🙂 Thanks for your generous giveaway!
Nicole says
Those martinis look amazing! I would use the simple syrup with maple extract to make sugar-free maple syrup.
Alicia says
I would make a gingerbread latte 🙂
Fern says
OMG… this looks delish
ShannahO says
I have been dying for a syrup for coffee!! can’t wait to try these!
Jane G says
I’d make that Gingerbread martini for winter and a Mojito for summer!
Karen Jo says
Martinis + Swerve = Perfection 🙂
Gayle says
Chocolate Martinis!!
Alison H. says
I would love to try these in my coffee.
Margaret says
I miss lattes…a sweet, creamy latte! Someone above mentioned a chocolate martini….that sounds good too!
Terry Schultz says
These look really good. Would love to try them! So many things to make with them.
Terry Schultz says
This Gingerbread Martini sounds really good to try, lol. Wow.
Susan Broughton says
I have been wanting some sweets like cookies, puddings etc I think if I won, I would use these to make some of them and let me have a VERY happy sweet Christmas season!
caryn crowston says
I can’t wait to try this drink. Yummy!
Rebecca R says
I’d love to try these! Thanks for the chance!
Melanie says
I’d love to make lemonade with the simple syrup! Or, there’s a glaze dressing for a fruit salad that called for simple syrup. I tried with a different sweetener and it did not work. haha
Laurie says
I’ve been making homemade cranberry liqueur for Christmas presents. It is a pretty simple recipe: vodka+cranberries+simple syrup. Macerate together for 3 weeks, strain out the berries, and bottle it up. I haven’t attempted to make a sugar-free version because I didn’t know how to sub out the simple syrup. Looks like you just found my answer!
Carolyn says
I think I am going to do that!
Aimee says
I would make Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies for my family and friends! Thanks so much!
Emily says
:0 I’d totally make this!! And try a chocolate version!
Claudia @ HomeMade with love says
Wow you got my interest at Gingerbread and you had me at Martini! Unfortunately it’s not easy to come by all the ingredients in Switzerland… but I ll order them from the internet and make it as soon as possible! Thank you so much
Julie says
Do these stevia simple syrups add body to the martini? What makes this different from stevia liquid concentrate, which I frankly use in most of your recipes that call for Swerve without any decline in quality. I’ve made drinks using flavored sugar free syrups before and while they taste great, they just don’t have the mouth feel to them that the sugared drinks do. Also, where do you find the sugar content for the vanilla vodka? Any flavored alcohols I’ve tried always seem to have a ton of sugar in them, but of course that doesn’t need to be disclosed on the label.
Good luck with your move. My least favorite thing to do.
Carolyn says
Absolut Vanilla has no added sugar. I use it all the time.
Carolyn says
Oh and yes…it has more body to it than liquid stevia extract.
Nance says
I am going to try this one warm…. Yum.
Thank you
**U**
Nance
Louise says
Nu Naturals syrups will make sugar free drinks and baking so much easier.
Thanks
Teresa Cline says
Looks like an interesting drink. New to the gluten free diet and my sister is diabetic, so this drink recipe will come in handy for the holidays
Katy says
First thing I would make is some chocolate fudge (aka fat bomb) with the cocoa mint !! Yum.
Carolyn Curielli says
The first thing I would make is this gingerbread martini–looks awesome!
Stacey says
Hot cocoa, I believe!
dina says
oooo, what a great product! i have been wanting to experiment with shrubs, especially after seeing this book on amazon. but, the carbs in the fruits plus sugar/simple syrups are too much for me…until now.
http://www.amazon.com/Shrubs-Fashioned-Drink-Modern-Times-ebook/dp/B00G3IMV3W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416769614&sr=1-1&keywords=shrubs
also, do you have any info on low carb/sugar free flavored vodkas? the internet is full of conflicting information (shocking, i know) and some of them are loaded with carbs.
Carolyn says
I don’t know about all flavoured Vodkas but if you look at the Absolut webpage, they clearly state that their vanilla vodka has no added sugar.
Athena says
I’d make margaritas with the simple syrup (of course)! Perhaps add blackberry or mango mmmmmm.
Molly H says
I would totally use the simple syrup to make a mojito =)
Mary says
I made your sugar-free coffee liquor awhile back and have not known what to use it in. This looks perfect. Plus I’m sensitive to inulin in Swerve so the new syrups are very exciting to me. I hope they come out with a maple or berry one too that I can use on pancakes!
jane kreyling says
a gingerbread martini or two !!!
Heather says
An extra special iced coffee for my husband’s commute!
Arlene says
Would be awesome for my teas and lattes!
Alex says
I imagine there would be tons of recipes the simple syrup would be great for! I’m wondering if low carb marshmallows would be possible with these?
Catherine Hurst says
I recently moved to the Caribbean Sea in Riviera Maya. I am having trouble finding my low carb products here. This would be suxh a gift. So many things to create. All low carb. Yummy tummy goodness. Thanks for all the great recipes. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Annette says
I’d add these to my coffee or to almond milk.
Linda Biggs says
I would love to try these.
Marcia says
Those look great