12/23/2025
The easiest gift! And a recipe that'll keep you warm at night🔥 The hot toddy is not a cure for the common cold, but it will cure your soul- and it's National Hot Toddy Day! This cozy cocktail is made with bourbon, comes together easily, and only requires 4 ingredients that you might already have at home.
A Hot Toddy is hot concoction of bourbon, honey, and lemon poured over with herbal tea🍯
Ingredients:
2 oz. Maker's Mark Bourbon*
1 oz. honey
1 oz. splash lemon juice
4 dashes Tiki bitters (Optional. Tastes like allspice, cinnamon, clove, tropical fruit sweetness, mild bitter, warm spices, ginger, lime.)
1 star anise pod (or tea bag)
1 cinnamon stick (Don't have any? Use a splash of fireball cinnamon whiskey for a little extra sweetness and less honey.)
1 cup hot water
*can substitute any bourbon
STEP 1
Boil water in a teapot. Steep star anise pod, tea bag inside.
STEP 2
Add bourbon, honey, lemon, and Tiki bitters to a mug. Stir.
STEP 3
Serve in glass mugs with a cinnamon stick or spoon.
STEP 4
To enjoy, pour tea over cocktail base to taste, and stir.
