18 Boozy Hot Chocolate Recipes for the Rest of Winter (2024)

Ariel Knutson

Wait, you haven’t tried adding Nutella to your hot chocolate? You need to get on that immediately.

Get the recipe: Spiked Nutella Hot Chocolate

If you want next-level boozy hot chocolate, try using your broiler.

Get the recipe: Broiled Bailey’s Hot Chocolate from Amanda K. by the Bay

You might think the star of this recipe is the bourbon, but it’s actually the homemade vanilla bean whipped cream.

Get the recipe: Boozy Hot Chocolate with Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream from The Almond Eater

This is a great gift idea for the holidays. As the blogger behind Damn Delicious explains, “Simply combine the dry ingredients and throw them into a cute jar with a ribbon and you’re set. It doesn’t get easier, or cheaper, than that!”

Get the recipe: Kahlua Hot Chocolate from Damn Delicious

I like the hot-cold thing going on with this drink. You warm the hot chocolate and stout together and then you pour it into a mug with a scoop of ice cream.

Get the recipe: Stout Hot Chocolate with Ice Cream from Floating Kitchen

Of course there is a Harry Potter boozy hot chocolate. Of course! This one has bourbon, by the way.

Get the recipe: Pumpkin Butterbeer Hot Chocolate from Half Baked Harvest

How good does that marshmallow top look? This recipe gets the boozy factor from whiskey.

Get the recipe: S’mores Hot Chocolate co*cktail from Sugar & Soul

The blogger behind Lemons for Lulu describes this drink as a “rich and creamy, warm version of the popular mudslide co*cktail!” Sounds about right.

Get the recipe: Mocha Mudslide Hot Chocolate from Lemons for Lulu

This is like a mix between a Pumpkin Spice Latte, hot chocolate, and a co*cktail. It sounds pretty perfect.

Get the recipe: Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate from Minimalist Baker

This hot chocolate is all about balance. It’s the perfect mix between sweet, spicy, and boozy.

Get the recipe: Coconut Cardamom Bourbon Hot Chocolate from Autumn Makes & Does

The perfect companion for a Netflix binge.

Get the recipe: Hot Cocoa with Rum from Verily

A comforting cup of rich hot cocoa spiked with whiskey and dolloped with rich whipped cream, is all you’ll need for a little happiness to finish off a long week.

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This recipe goes beyond just adding red wine and hot cocoa together. It gets its spice from a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Get the recipe: Spiced Red Wine Hot Chocolate from Afternoon Espresso

You know those chocolate oranges that are popular around the holidays? This is basically the boozy beverage version of that treat.

Get the recipe: Boozy Orange Hot Chocolate from Momtastic

There is so much happening in this drink that I don’t know where to start. You really don’t want to miss out on those chocolate-dipped eggnog marshmallows.

Get the recipe: Naughty Nice Hot Cocoa with Spiked Eggnog Marshmallows from Half Baked Harvest

This rich hot chocolate is spiked with dark rum, and is rounded out with honey, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.

Get the recipe: Alcoholic Hot Chocolate from Erinnish

This is the red wine hot chocolate recipe that is taking over the internet. Make it now and understand why it’s so trendy.

Get the recipe: Red Wine Hot Chocolate from Imma Eat That