Delicious Drinks to Warm Up Your Winter
February 1, 2024
Winter Hot Cocoa
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips, plus more for topping
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Mini marshmallows for topping
Time
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
Directions
- Heat the milk and half-and-half in a saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Stir in ¾ cup white chocolate chips until melted. Next, stir in the salt and vanilla.
- Serve the cocoa and top with mini marshmallows and white chocolate chips.
Cherry Citrus Punch
Ingredients
- 16-ounce jar maraschino cherries
- 3 limes, thinly sliced
- 1 orange, halved and thinly sliced
- 6 spiced hibiscus tea bags
- 1 12-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 2 liters chilled ginger ale
- 2 12-ounce cans chilled seltzer
- 1/4 cup grenadine
- 4 cups water
Time
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Directions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; drain cherries and reserve juice, about 1 cup, in the fridge.
- Spread the cherries, limes and oranges on a baking sheet; freeze for 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Simmer 4 cups water in a small saucepan. Add tea bags and let steep for 5 minutes.
- Discard the tea bags and let the tea cool, refrigerate until cold.
- When ready to serve, pour the tea and maraschino cherry juice into a punchbowl; add the orange juice concentrate and stir to combine.
- Add the ginger ale, seltzer and grenadine.
- Add the frozen cherries, limes and oranges before serving.
Maple Chai Tea
Ingredients
- 4 cracked cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¼ inch piece fresh ginger
- 3 whole cloves
- Pinch of ground nutmeg, plus more for topping
- 2 cups whole milk
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon loose leaf black tea
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Time
- Prep time: 8 minutes
- Total time: 8 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings
Directions
- Combine the cardamom pods, cinnamon stick, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, milk and water in a saucepan.
- Slowly bring the saucepan to a simmer for 3 to 4 minutes; add the loose leaf tea to the saucepan.
- Allow the tea to steep for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the maple syrup before straining the tea with a fine mesh sieve or tea strainer.
- Serve the tea and top it with nutmeg.
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