Recipes - December 5, 2022

Best Tequila Cocktails for Winter

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Spiced Hot Chocolate

From Love to Know


  • 1 1/2 ounces tequila
  • 1/2 ounce Ancho Reyes
  • Hot chocolate
  • Whipped cream to garnish

Warm a mug by filling with hot water.

After mug is warm to touch, pour out the water.

In warm mug, add tequila and Ancho Reyes.

Top off with hot chocolate.

Garnish with whipped cream.

Sweater Weather

From Vinepair.


  • 2 ounces tequila
  • 1/2 ounce Fragelico
  • 1/2 ounce pear syrup
  • 1/2 ounce Angostura bitters

Combine all ingredients except bitters in a mixing glass with ice and stir until chilled.

Fine strain into a cocktail glass over an ice cube.

Dash bitters over the top of your cocktail.

Winter Citrus Tequila Smash

From Half Baked Harvest


  • 1 teaspoon orange zest
  • 1 blood orange, peel removed and quartered
  • juice from half a lime
  • 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  • 3-4 fresh mint leaves
  • 1-2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 ounces tequila
  • sparking water

In a cocktail shaker or glass jar, combine the orange zest, blood orange, lime juice, pomegranate juice, ginger, mint, and honey. Muddle all of the ingredients together, squashing everything to release the juices from the fruit.Add the tequila. Fill with ice and shake until