Favorite *Healthy* Starbucks Drinks

tall skinny caramel macchiato - 110 calories & my absolutely favoriteee!!

What I prefer to do is lay off the syrups.
So, traditionally it goes like so:
TALL DRINKS: 3 pumps of syrups (even in a Peppermint Mocha it's 3 pumps Peppermint, and 3 pumps Mocha. WOW!)
GRANDE DRINKS: 4 pumps of syrups
VENTI DRINKS: 5 pumps of syrups
I find that one pump is sufficient for a tall, 2 for grande, and 3 for venti. And if you want to indulge in the holiday spirit, a soy Gingerbread Latte is your lowest in calories at 190! And delicious! (My favorite)
Nixing the whip and adding soy milk on any drink makes it sweeter, too!

Ah! this is excellent information! I've been getting the skinny peppermint mocha (after drinking my share of the regular ones) and it just tastes kinda blah. mmm... grande soy 2 pump decaf no whip peppermint mocha here I come! I guess I won't be going through the drive through with that order... my fitbit will thank me! lol!

my two favroite "healthy" one's are the passion tea sweetend and the caramel iced coffee they contain way less calories then my favroite frap

My go-to drink almost every day is the SKINNY VANILLA LATTE! Size tall (what I always get) is only 90 CALORIES and 10g of protein from the skim milk! Really fills you up and is pretty good for you

Agreed with this... ^^ (although, not sure how good it is for you, but it is a light way to indulge on occasion)

And, any drink made SKINNY = sugar free, fat free milk (or soy), & no whip.

I try to not go to Starbucks or other coffee places too often because they're just so darn expensive but when I do want a treat from Starbucks I get their shaken black tea (unsweet). It's a little different tasting than normal iced tea and has no calories, fat, carbs or anything else. I love it!

recently disovered a "white mocha americano". its just espresso, hot water and a bit of white mocha (you can ask for more or less depending). a tall with two pumps is only 60 calories! add a bit of skim milk to make it creamier. yummm.

YES! This is amazing! Also many places (not Starbucks yet) has Sugar Free White Chocolate Mocha flavoring and it is VERY good! I am in the final stretch of a competition at my gym so when I feel I actually need something I have an Americano with sugar free mocha flavoring. It honestly tastes like a real mocha to me! Only 10 calories per shot of coffee - the flavoring is 0.

Tall Passion Tea with Rasberry syrup downgrading to tall now :laugh:

Grande brew, black. I don't like the sweet stuff. Sweet would be double espresso con pana..two shots of espresso with whipped cream. Haven't done that one in a while.

I try to not go to Starbucks or other coffee places too often because they're just so darn expensive but when I do want a treat from Starbucks I get their shaken black tea (unsweet). It's a little different tasting than normal iced tea and has no calories, fat, carbs or anything else. I love it!

Going to try this. I love iced tea and love to try new things thanks!

With warm weather approaching, I'd tend toward an iced mocha with low fat or soy milk and no whipped cream, coming in at 97 calories (whipped cream would more than double it! 150 calories for theirs!). I can live with that, considering I don't go to Starbucks too much, plus on hot days it's so nice that you get the ice even after the coffee is done. I also don't do artificial sweeteners.

Now on a cold day (or depending on my mood) I'd probably tend toward a cappuccino with no added sugar, not just at Starbucks, but in general. I'm not sure how many calories are in one of those, but it's unsweetened so I wouldn't think it'd be too bad.

Or an americana without adding any sugar or milk (or maybe just a little bit of low fat/soy milk because I really do prefer it with milk).

Hi, My name is Lilly, and I am a Starbucksaholic

Great suggestions and posts. Lately I have been trying to taper coffee a little (GASP!) so the nonfat, sugar-free chai has been my option. In the past I have tried to lower my latte and do a "misto" instead, which is steamed milk and house coffee- it ends up being a cheaper coffee habit as well!!

Also- black coffee is coming back into style. You'd be amazed how many calories you can drop by getting into that habit. I just heard about a coffee shop in LA that doesn't offer creamer/sugar, you HAVE to drink it "authentically". So maybe we can start a trend.

But if we're being honest, I will take the hit of the coffee calories, I'd rather suffer in the food department than give up my favorite drinks!!

My favorite is the venti skinny peppermint mocha with no whip cream. It is still about 170 calories but oh so worth it . Only thing there I really like.

Has got to be an Americano or Double Espresso

I always try to stick with the iced drinks, they tend to be lower in calories. With that said, my go to order is a venti, nonfat, no whip mocha and when I'm really sleepy, I add a shot. Its only 250 calories, so I don't feel so bad.

I always get an iced skinny vanilla latte.