Need a little something to warm your heart on these long, cold winter nights? This festive season, spread a little Yuletide joy with these boozy hot chocolate recipes!
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Sailor Jerry & Hot Chocolate
- 1.5 oz Sailor Jerry Spice Rum
- 1.5 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
- 3 oz hot chocolate
- Dash of orange bitters
Add equal parts liquor to hot chocolate, top with whipped cream, shaved chocolate, and garnish with a cinnamon stick or candy cane.
Spiked Hot Chocolate
from Bon Appetite
- 3 cups whole milk
- 3 tablespoons crushed cinnamon sticks (preferably Ceylon)
- 9 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 2 oz bourbon
- Toasted marshmallows (for serving)
Bring milk and cinnamon to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, whisking occasionally and making sure milk doesn’t boil, until cinnamon is floral and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
Whisk in chocolate, sugar, and salt and cook, whisking frequently, until mixture is smooth and creamy and chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring cup; discard cinnamon.
Add bourbon to hot chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Divide among mugs, then top with toasted marshmallows.