I had a girlfriend once who lived on nothing but vodka and peanut butter M&M’s after her husband left her.

She lost a ton of weight but it begs the question, how many calories are in vodka?

I often wonder because vodka is the guest of honor in two of my most popular cocktail recipes:

Calories in Vodka

Find out how many calories are in a serving of vodka plus get links to two of my most popular drink recipes using vodka.

Vodka contains 64 calories an ounce, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Most cocktails are going to use an ounce or 1.5 ounces of vodka per drink.

A 1.5 ounce serving of vodka contains 97 calories.

That makes vodka a pretty low calorie drink.

However, that drink is devoid of any nutritional value.

See, girlfriend knew what she was doing by adding protein to her diet via the peanut butter M&M’s!

However, vodka will have slightly more calories the higher the proof is.

Proof is the measure of ethanol or alcohol in a spirit.

My favorite vodka to use in making mixed drinks is Absolut, which is 80-proof. That’s 96 calories for 1.5 ounces.

Meanwhile, 1.5 ounces of 100-proof vodka contains about 30 more calories–for a total of 124.

More good news for you if you are concerned about your carb intake i.e. are on Fatkins or following a Ketogenic diet.

Vodka contains zero carbs.

More good news my friend, vodka doesn’t have any sugar.

Absolut flavored vodkas do not contain any sugar.

The carbs in vodka are removed during the fermenting and distilling process.

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