5 Best Easy Holiday co*cktail Recipes | Inspire • Travel • Eat (2024)

What is the best cold weather co*cktail when you need to turn to the best winter drink? Cold weather is here and we all need the best hot toddy recipe to bundle up with!

The hot toddy recipe for colds is also a must when you just want some comfort during cold and flu season. A true hot toddy normally does not have tea however this recipe includes the tea option as typically it tastes much better with tea vs. the more straight version.

A hot toddy with tea also helps with colds due to the nutritional value and other benefits from the tea you use for this amazing winter drink.

Course: co*cktails, Drinks

Cuisine: American, Drinks

Keyword: Holiday co*cktails, holiday drinks, Hot toddy, Hot Toddy Recipe, winter co*cktails

Prep Time: 1 minute min

Cook Time: 2 minutes mins

Total Time: 3 minutes mins

• 1/4 cup hot water or brewed tea lemon tea or black tea is best
• 1-2 oz whiskey/bourbon/rye rum or brandy
• 1 tbsp raw honey
• 1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice

Optional

• 1/4 cup hot apple cider in place of water/tea

Garnish Options

• Cinnamon stick
• Sliced apple
• Star Anise
• Lemon wedge

• Put hot water or tea in your mug, add lemon juice, honey and whiskey.

• Garnish with lemon, cinnamon stick and a star anise if you have one.

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Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: adult drinks, Alcohol, alcohol drinks, Christmas co*cktails, christmas drinks, eggnog, Holiday co*cktails, holiday drinks, holiday hosting, liquor, Spiked Eggnog, Spiked Holiday Drinks

Prep Time: 2 minutes mins

Cook Time: 2 minutes mins

Total Time: 4 minutes mins

• 1 oz bourbon or whiskey or rye
• 1.5 oz amaretto
• Fill eggnog
• Dash nutmeg optional
• Garnish cinnamon, cinnamon sticks & maraschino cherries

• 1. Pretty simple. Mix all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Shake, serve over ice and garnish.

• 2. You can always stir if you don't have a shaker.

How to make spiked apple cider is so easy! You can make the best spiked apple cider and it truly is nothing more than buying a few ingredients, heating it up for 30-60 minutes and you are done!

This process of heating the hot apple cider with the spices is called mulling, which is a fancy word for heating with spices. Thus, you do need to mull your hot apple cider but it is as easy as watching paint try as we will learn.

You can make spiked hot apple cider in a crockpot but really all you need is a standard pot or saucepan and put it on the stove to simmer! This easy spiked apple cider recipe calls for just 4-5 ingredients as well!

Course: co*cktails, Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple cider vinegar, Best Fall co*cktails, Bourbon co*cktails, Fall co*cktails, Holiday co*cktails, Spiked Apple Cider, Spiked Hot Apple Cider

Prep Time: 1 minute min

Cook Time: 1 hour hr

Total Time: 1 hour hr 1 minute min

• 4.5 cups apple cider
• 4 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 star anise
• 2 oz preferred liquor Spiced rum, whiskey, bourbon, fireball or dark rum

Optional

• 1 apple sliced

Garnish

• apple slices on rim or inside glass
• Cinnamon stick Can use the ones you used to cook with.

• Pour apple cider into pot and add the spices, then bring to a small boil.

• Turn heat down to a simmer for 60 minutes, 30 is fine if needed.

• Pour liquor into your glass and then ladel or pour your cider into your glass.

• Garnish and you're done!

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Alcohol, alcohol drinks, christmas alcohol, Christmas co*cktails, christmas drinks, Holiday co*cktails, holiday drinks, holiday hosting, Spiked Eggnog, Spiked Holiday Drinks

Prep Time: 3 minutes mins

Cook Time: 2 minutes mins

Total Time: 5 minutes mins

• 2 oz vanilla vodka Regular vodka works too
• 2 oz almond Milk or any preferred milk
• 1 oz irish cream liqueur Bailey's or Carolyn's
• 1 tbsp hot chocolate powder
• Garnish crushed graham crackers, chocolate sauce & marshmallows

Optional

• eggnong
• 1 oz espresso
• 1 oz Kahlua

• 1. Crumble graham crackers on plate, rim glasses with chocolate syrup then dip the glass in the graham crackers.

• 2. Shake all other ingredients in a shaker with ice, pour over ice, garnish and serve!

  

Holiday co*cktails are the best and this one is so perfect and colorful for hosting!

Start with the base, a high-quality tequila that sets the stage for the magic to come. Add a splash of orange liqueur for that citrusy kick, a squeeze of fresh lime juice for the zing, and a hint of agave syrup to balance the flavors. Now, here comes the enchanting twist—mistletoe-infused simple syrup. Imagine the subtle, herbal notes of mistletoe dancing with the boldness of tequila, creating a symphony of flavors that captures the essence of the season.

5 from 3 votes

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: adult drinks, alcohol drinks, christmas alcohol, Christmas co*cktails, christmas drinks, Holiday co*cktails, holiday drinks, holiday hosting, Spiked Holiday Drinks

Prep Time: 2 minutes mins

Cook Time: 2 minutes mins

Total Time: 4 minutes mins

• 2 oz tequila Blanco or reposado
• 1 oz triple sec
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice

Garnish

• Salt/Sugar or crushed candy cane rim
• 2-3 Cranberries
• Sprig of rosemary
• Mini candy cane

• 1. Sugar/Salt/crushed candy cane rim. Put salt or sugar or crused candy cane on a plate.

  For salt/sugar run water over edge of glass then turn the glass edge into the salt/sugar to coat.

  For candy/cane the cane is sticky itself so don't use water, if the cane isn't sticking very well you can put simple syrup or syrup on a plate, coat the rims of the glass and then dip in the candy cane.

• 2. Get a shaker, add in ice, tequila, triple sec, cranberry juice & lime juice into shaker and shake it up.

  If you don't have a shaker you can just add to a large cup and stir or use two cups and pour back and forth into each other to mix up.

• 3. Pour over ice and garnish.