‘Tis the season for delicious holiday cocktails! With the chilly winter months setting in, a renewed appreciation for warm, festive cocktails is in the air, and for the past few weeks CraveOnline has been bringing you a collection of drink recipes to add a little spark to the standard seasonal cocktail fare. For Thanksgiving festivities we brought you a profile of several spiced cocktail recipes for your festivities with family & friends, and followed it with 7 pumpkin cocktail recipes for putting those leftover pumpkin pie ingredients to use.
Now that winter has hit its full stride, we’re aiming to keep you warm while heading into the final holiday stretch! We’ve selected a handful of perfect hot cocktails to help prevent the frostbite while making final preparations for Christmas, New Years and beyond!
Check out five Holiday Hot Cocktail recipes for your holiday festivities!
Hot Cocktails
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Ask Forever
Created by Mike Ryan, Sable (Chicago)
2 oz. The Black Grouse
.5 oz. Molasses
.5 oz. Kümmel
4 oz. Hot Black Coffee
Heat the first three ingredients, pour into a heated tempered-glass mug, top with hot coffee. Top with about one ounce of lightly whipped (thickened, really) cream spiked with absinthe.
*Simple riff on an Irish Coffee, the name is drawn from the Metallica song "Through the Never," which I'm pretty sure is about a black hole and the expansion of humanity's consciousness.
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Spiced Hot Chocolate
Created by Micaela Piccolo, NYC
½ oz Frangelico
½ oz tequila
4 cups whole milk
1 (3.1-ounce) disc Mexican chocolate*
1 cinnamon stick
Chipotle Powder or Chili Powder
*Can be found in Hispanic and gourmet grocery stores
In a heavy sauce pot, over medium-high heat, bring the milk, cinnamon stick and chocolate to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes, whisking constantly until the mixture is frothy and the chocolate has dissolved completely. Remove the pan from the heat and use for cocktail immediately.
In a coffee mug, add Frangelico, tequila and a pinch of chipotle powder or chili powder to taste. Fill with hot chocolate. Garnish with a little bit of sprinkled cinnamon and chipotle powder and serve.
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Mole y Avión Espresso
2 oz. Avión Espresso
1 oz. Premium Hot Chocolate
Fresh Whipped Cream and Mint Leaf for garnish
Combine ingredients in glass and heat. Garnish with fresh whipped cream and a mint leaf.
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Kentucky Pilgrim
Created by H. Joseph Ehrmann
1 ½ oz. Wild Turkey Winter Infusion*
1 oz. Lemon Juice
½ oz. Maraschino Liqueur
½ oz. Demerara syrup
3 oz. Water
Mix all ingredients in a mug and add 3 oz. hot water. Stir and garnish with a wide lemon disc twist.
*In a wide-mouthed glass infusion jar place 1 liter of Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon and 2 barspoons of cardamom seeds. Close and leave in a dark cool place for 1 day. Strain out cardamom and add 1.5 cups dried unsweetened cranberries and 3 sticks of cinnamon. Close and leave for another two days, agitating once per day. Strain solids and store in the original Wild Turkey bottle with proper labeling.
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The Warm Avión
1 oz. Avión Silver
½ oz. Amaretto
½ oz. Lemon Juice
½ oz. Honey
1 Black Tea Bag
1 Lemon Twist, Cranberries and Cinnamon for garnish
Prepare black tea and add tequila, amaretto and lemon juice together. Garnish with lemon twist, a dash of cinnamon and fresh cranberries.
