Slim Down Your Pumpkin Spice Drinks
It’s that time of year again when pictures of pumpkin spice lattes take over Instagram. I mean, I can’t complain, because I love seeing the latte art swirled into the burnt orange colored cream. Pumpkin spice lattes may be one of your favorite things about the fall season and trust me, I won’t judge! They are one of my favorites too! Therefore, I am going to share how to slim down your pumpkin spice drinks this fall! For the purpose of simplicity, I will use Starbucks as my example.
Slim Down Your Pumpkin Spice Drinks
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Pumpkin Spice Latte
A 16-oz (grande) pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks contains 3 pumps of syrup which is 40 grams of sugar, according to Clean Plates. It will still be sweet and tasty with a single pump of syrup!
Starbucks usually uses 2% or whole milk, which can easily be substituted for skim milk or a non-dairy alternative.
You can also ask them to hold the whipped cream.
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Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
The grande pumpkin cream cold brew from Starbucks is 250 calories and two pumps of vanilla syrup and 2 pumps of pumpkin in the cream.
The simplest way to make this drink healthier is to either cut the syrups down by half or order sugar-free syrups.
For the optimum combination of the best taste and lowest sugar, order this drink with 1 pump of sugar-free vanilla and 1 pump of pumpkin. It’s as easy as that!
Ultimately… order what you want, because life is too short!
If you want to get a normal latte or cold brew, go right ahead! I wanted to share these because I found them helpful when I’m trying to cut back on sugar, but I definitely don’t get the “slim” drinks all the time.
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