Oh my sweetness!

Sprinkles' 24-hour "Cupcake ATM" opened for business in Beverly Hills last Tuesday outside their flagship cupcake shop on South Santa Monica Boulevard. The "world's first cupcake automat" dispenses cupcakes, cake mixes, pet snacks and Sprinkles' apparel. The machine is clearly an instant success, dispensing an average of 1000 treats a day! 

Sprinkles has already announced plans for three Manhattan locations expected to open this summer, and has been asking their Facebook followers where they'd like to see Cupcake ATM locations pop up in the future. My diet is very grateful that the location closest to San Francisco is far enough away that there's no chance I'll sneak out for a midnight treat!

Low-calorie Cocktails

I've been trying to cut back on my calories so I can slim down a bit before my upcoming trip to Jamaica, but working in adult beverage sure does present extra challenges to weight loss! 

I stumbled across this Shape article offering up some low-cal cocktails. I might have to give some of these a try!

Pomosa 

Ingredients:

4 oz. sparkling wine
1 oz. pomegranate vodka
Directions:
Pour chilled pomegranate vodka into a flute.
Top with sparkling wine and garnish with a strawberry.

Fiji Apple

Ingredients:
2 oz. sake
1 oz. spiced rum
1.5 oz. apple juice
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.

Cranapple Cobbler

Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. TY KU Liqueur
1 oz. apple juice
Splash of sugar-free cranberry juice
Directions:
Stir ingredients together in glass.