The S’mores Hot Chocolate from the Carolina Inn combines two campfire favorites. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, property makes the drink with both Mexican chocolate and white chocolate and lines the rim with graham cracker crumbs. A brûléed marshmallow garnish tops it off.
Chicago catering firm Blue Plate is serving the inventive Into the Woods cocktail this season. The drink combines Reposado tequila and lemon with unusual ingredients including pecan-spiced maple syrup, port reduction, and 2010 Vintage Caramel Dream Pur-Eh tea. The garnish is fresh thyme.
“The signature cocktail is the ‘Winter Warmth’—a blend of Belvedere vodka, sweet vermouth, milled cherry juice, and eggnog froth with a dusting of nutmeg and a star anise garnish.” Cocktail from Shiraz Events in Miami, New York, Los Angeles and London
“Celsius is known to most New Yorkers for their winter fare—for this party we hire them to serve some of their signature drinks, like the Snowcap: Kahlua, Absolut vanilla, hot chocolate, and whipped cream.”
A spiked tea, the chamomile toddy at Porter House New York in New York mixes camomile tea with Bulleit Rye, star anise, cinnamon, and honey.
The Warm Winter Crisp at Cherry at Dream Downtown hotel in New York combines Honey Crisp cider, Southern Comfort, and ruby port. It's served warm with a splash of jalapeño agave.
For a Southwestern take on hot chocolate, Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe serves a green chile hot chocolate with green chile powder, piloncillo sugar, vanilla extract, hot cocoa, milk, and whipped cream.
