Champagne Cocktails - How Many Calories?

It's New Year's Eve, and what better way to celebrate than by getting giggly on champagne with your friends and loved ones and indulging in a kiss with a special (or not-so-special) someone at the stroke of midnight? If there is a better way to spend the last night of the year, I haven't found it -- have you?

Champagne, of course, is the drink of choice this night, and the good news is that it's relatively low in calories. But not everyone is crazy about champers -- if it's not your drink of choice, you might make due with a champagne cocktail. Containing champagne mixed with sugar, juice and possibly more alcohol, these added ingredients will sweeten a dry glass of bubbly right up, but I suspect they won't do your New Year's resolution a favour.

What do you think?

The answer, according to Forbes, is 250 calories and 13 g of sugar. That's not too bad -- if you stick to just one. Have three, four or -- heaven forbid -- more and you're looking at nearly a whole day's worth of calories in liquid form. And while it might seem like a good idea at the time, overdo it and you will have more to regret come the next day than the polka dancing you did at the party.

There's no doubt about it -- champagne on its own is the best drink tonight as far as your waist is concerned, and stick to a dry champagne at that. Or you could throw caution to the wind and commit to counting calories come January 1st. New Year's Eve is only once a year, after all.