For wintertime, cocktail cravings lean toward boozy hot drinks and cocktails that feel fortifying and comforting. My general rule for winter cocktails is: less fruit, more chocolate and coffee!
But it’s not a hard and fast rule, and you’ll find some cocktails in this collection that blur the lines. The most important thing about winter cocktails is that they seem cozy and comforting.
And if none of these are quite what you were after, you can always take a look at some alcoholic hot chocolate cocktails.
Why settle for plain hot chocolate when you can have the Spiced Mexican Tequila Hot Chocolate? This decadent cocktail that will warm you from the inside out.
The French Toast is a tasty little shot that blends Baileys with cinnamon and butterscotch schnapps. It feels like comfort food.
There’s hot chocolate, and then there’s Toasted Coconut Hot Chocolate Rum cocktail. It’s a tropical twist featuring dark rum, coconut milk, and cocoa powder.
This delicious drink is a lot like a Mulled Wine that you make quickly in the microwave instead of in a pot on the stove. It is definitely a shortcut, and the result is tasty.
Boozy S’mores Hot Cocoa is just right to take the chill off a cold winter evening. It blends S’mores flavored vodka with hot chocolate for a toasty chocolate flavor with hints of honey and cinnamon.
The Brandy Alexander is a dessert drink: chocolatey, sweet, creamy and smooth. Because the alcohol taste is so light, you might think of it as a spiked milkshake. But it’s more subtle and grown-up than that.
Enjoy the delightful Toasted Marshmallow Martini – an indulgent cocktail combining creamy marshmallow flavors and smooth vodka, perfect for cozy evenings!
The Toasted Almond Cocktail is a classic drink recipe featuring two liqueurs and cream. It’s rich and sweet – enough to be a dessert replacement. It’s creamy with mocha almond cherry notes.
Featuring cognac, which is lit on fire. Then you put the fire out by pouring hot coffee over it. With cinnamon, lemon and sugar.
This one combines vodka with classic winter flavor of cranberry juice, served warm. You have to give this one a try!
This drink features Baileys, Frangelico and coffee or espresso. It’s a creamy, nutty, sweet cocktail.
The White Russian is a delicious, creamy treat of a drink. It tastes like a chocolate mocha with cream, so what’s not to like?
This warm drink adds delicious butterscotch schnapps to hot coffee. What more could you want?
You can’t get through winter without an Irish Coffee or two. Can you? Why would you even try? Irish Coffee is one of the simplest and oldest recipes for a coffee drink.
It blends coffee with Irish whiskey and either sugar or Irish cream. It’s a wonderfully bittersweet hot cocktail that’s perfect for after dinner or as a nightcap (but you might want to make it with decaf coffee).
The classic Hot Toddy features whiskey blended with clove, nutmeg and lemon juice and served with a cinnamon stick. It will warm you all the way to your toes.
It’s a great way to turn unexceptional whiskey into something delicious. But it’s even better with a great bourbon whiskey.
The Avalanche Cocktail takes the vodka out of a White Russian and replaces it with Crown Royal.
The Marshmallow Shooter cocktail actually tastes like a marshmallow. It’s sweet and vanilla with a creamy texture. You may have to try to control yourself – you’ll want another one, and another one…
A drink that looks like chocolate milk, but it’s a blend of gin, cognac, chocolate liqueur, and heavy cream.
This cocktail blends comforting tea with whiskey and Irish cream, and it’s served hot.
Featuring scotch and Drambuie with warm milk. This one’s a little bit sweet, a lot creamy and far from weak.
Have a Kahlua Hot Chocolate when you’re trying to get warm. It’s so simple and so tasty. The only way to complicate it is with whipped cream and sprinkles. This delicious recipe blends hot chocolate and Kahlua together for a tasty treat.
It’s perfect for cool evenings or anytime you’re in the mood for hot chocolate. And we’ve got plenty more Kahlua drinks where that one came from!
This is a hot coffee drink featuring amaretto and dark creme de cacao. The name says it all.
Mulled wine is a delicious warm drink made of wine and cognac cooked with sugar and spices. It transforms any leftover or cheap wine into something wonderful, warm and comforting.
This drink combines hot coffee with creme de cacao, Kahlua, brandy and whipped cream. It’s ideal for rainy or cold evenings, but it goes down surprisingly well anytime a coffee sounds good.
Another classic, with a pat of butter floated atop hot dark rum. This recipe will make a batch of hot buttered rum in separate glasses. That way they are all ready to go when you have guests arrive.
