Hot Cocktail Recipes to Melt the Winter Blues
Delicious Hot Cocktail Recipes
Winter had a slow start this year, which temperatures in the 50’s in December in the Midwest and Northeast, but if there is anything these recent freezing temperatures and Winter Storm Juno have taught us is that we are still having a winter this year, and there is still a while left of it. Make the most of the remaining snowy days with these delicious hot cocktail recipes.
Black Licorice Mulled Wine
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients:
1 bottle (750 ml) cabernet sauvignon
1 Tbsp brandy
½ tsp coriander seed
1 4-inch cinnamon stick
1 star anise petal
¼ cup maple syrup
4 cardamom pods, slightly crushed
1 orange, juiced (save the peel)
6 whole allspice berries
Instructions:
Yield: 2 cocktails
Ingredients:
8 oz. apple cider
4 oz. bourbon
3 oz. ginger liqueur
4 maraschino cherries
Lemon juice to taste
Cracked black pepper
Instructions:
Yield: 4 drinks
Ingredients:
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
3 cups whole milk
4 oz. milk chocolate chips
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate chips
4 oz. tequila
2 oz. peppermint schnapps
Pinch of salt
Whipped cream
Mint leaf for garnish
Instructions: