A grande latte from Starbucks will cost you about 190 calories. Yes, calories cost, as you have a calorie bank just like you do money in your bank account. You only “get” a certain amount of calories each day if you are trying to maintain and not gain weight. Being mindful about how you spend them will allow you to fully enjoy the holidays and an occasional treat.
The 190 calorie latte sounds harmful enough. You can even cut it to 130 calories if you specify nonfat milk or other lower calorie milk option such as almond milk. However, if the glitzy marketing of their holiday offerings catch your eye, you may be in for a bigger debt to your calorie total for the day…as many as 440 calories for some drinks! Make it a vente and the calories continue to pile up.
Below is a chart of the drinks for this holiday. You can save some calories by your milk choice and skipping the whip. Either way, best to consider these a once in a while splurge instead of your everyday regular order. A really low calorie order is available at Starbucks but not on the menu. Order a nonfat café misto. A café misto is ½ coffee and ½ milk. This will set you back a mere 100 calories. If you like your coffee sweet, they do offer sugar-free vanilla syrup.
| Drink (all calculations are grande size)1 | Calories w/2% milk2 | Calories with nonfat milk | Calories with nonfat milk and no whipped cream |
| Sugar Cookie Latte | 260 | 200 | 200 |
| Egg Nog Latte | 460 | 400 | 300 |
| Chestnut Praline Latte | 360 | 300 | 200 |
| Peppermint Mocha | 440 | 380 | 280 |
| Gingerbread Latte | 310 | 250 | 150 |
| Caramel Brulé Latte | 440 | 380 | 280 |
| Pumpkin Spice Latte | 390 | 330 | 230 |
- All of the drinks listed come with whipped cream, except the Sugar Cookie Latte,
unless you specify no whip. ↩︎ - Starbuck’s default milk is 2% milk. If you don’t specify a type of milk, they use 2%. ↩︎
*ALL CALORIE COUNTS ARE ESTIMATES.
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