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Smokeand Oak Hot Chocolate with cream garnish and chocolate drizzle on red plate with holiday ornaments

Smoke and Oak: Smoked Hot Chocolate 

Picture of Heather Wibbels, Cocktail Contessa, pouring a cocktailHeather Wibbels
This Smoke and Oak Hot Chocolate combines the taste of smoke, chocolate and bourbon to build a warm drink that toasts you from within just like a barrel. Let your senses take you to a cooperage where barrels are being toasted and charred or the rickhouse with the smell of bourbon and oak. Either way, it’s a great way to spend a winter evening - thinking of the bourbon fun we’ll have when the weather is better.
5 from 2 votes
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Course Drinks
Cuisine Bourbon Cocktail
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 10 -12 oz hot chocolate
  • 2 oz oaky bourbon - I used Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
  • Dash of ground cinnamon
  • Dash of cayenne
  • Bar spoon smoky scotch or mezcal
  • Garnish: 1-2 oz smoked whipped cream, dash of cinnamon, chocolate drizzle

Instructions
 

  • Add the hot chocolate to a warm mug. Add bourbon, a dash of cayenne powder, a dash of ground cinnamon and a bar spoon of smoky scotch or mezcal. Whisk to combine. Layer 1-2 oz of smoked whipped cream on top and a dash of ground cinnamon.

Notes

**For smoked whipped cream
  • 3 oz whipping cream
  • 1/2 oz smoky scotch or mezcal
Add the hot chocolate to a warm mug. Add bourbon, a dash of cayenne powder, a dash of ground cinnamon and a bar spoon of smoky scotch or mezcal. Whisk to combine. Layer 1-2 oz of smoked whipped cream on top and a dash of ground cinnamon.
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