The warm weather is on its way, bringing with it both lavish and relaxed evenings of drinking, dining and laughing with friends. But just as winter’s sweaters and dark colors melt away to make way for form-fitting splashes of color, the drink menu at your favorite hangout becomes a caloric minefield.

Delectable but diet-dooming mudslides, pina coladas, daiquiris, and a whole host of other syrupy sweet drinks can pack hundreds of calories. Even worse, low-cal options like straight vodka and club soda are painfully devoid of satisfying flavor and sweet finesse.

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