Winter Holiday Drinks 2025 : Egg Nog, Wassail, Atole, Coquito, Kremas, Tom + Jerry's, Punch, Mulled Wine, Jägertee, Buttered Rum, and so on. Which cocktails and other beverages do you plan to enjoy this Winter?

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I am thinking about making Haitian Kremas this year, after trying to purchase some unsuccessfully last Dec.

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Atole recipes

hat tip @mrsleny

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Champuraddo

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Thank you! Will bookmark these.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/12/25/460869589/in-peru-sipping-the-season-with-a-cocktail-de-algarrobina

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They sound delish … thank you for sharing.

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You’re welcome!

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This one is for me :slight_smile:

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and this one

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I used the NYT recipe as guideline … used blue corn masa, almond milk and ground panela. It’s delicious. Thanks again!

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A Trinidadian friend sent me a recipe several years ago for the same basic thing, which they call “Ponche de Crème”. Below is an exact copy from the email he sent me. Still scratching my head on this one…wondering if he was drinking some when he wrote it.

• 12 eggs
• 4 tins evaporated milk
• 8 tins condensed milk
• 1 lime skin

Put lime skin and eggs in mixer, mix for 10 minutes.
Stir in milk, then rum
Add bitters and nutmeg

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I bought this book a couple of years ago. Very handy if you need to make cocktails for a crowd.

We have a new Puerto Rican restaurant in the neighborhood that makes coquito year-round. It’s probably non-alcoholic, so I’ll have to buy some and spike it. And my wife likes to make gluhwein.

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I got this recipe for glög from a Swedish friend of my mother’s after she brought it to a New Year’s Day open house my mother threw. It’s for a big batch, but I’ve more-or-less cut it down by a third with no issues.

For 3 bottles of dry red wine, bring to a boil and then simmer together for 10-15 minutes the following:
2 cups water
8 oz brown sugar
10 cardamom pods, lightly crushed
15 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
Several slices fresh ginger, bruised
1/2 tangerine, cut up

Strain and mix syrup with wine. Spike with akvavit or brandy if desired. To serve, heat over low heat and offer blanched almonds and golden raisins to float.

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Some snapshots of holiday drink menus at Toronto’s Winter Holiday Market at the Distillery District.

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@mrsleny, another recipe for an Atol, but using fresh corn instead of masa.

https://chatelaine.com/recipe/drinks/atol-de-elote-corn-drink-recipe/

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