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I’ve mixed countless drinks and seen the magic rum brings to winter nights. It’s about warmth and comfort, blending beautifully with cinnamon, nutmeg, and citrus. These ingredients transform rum, typically a summer hero, into the heart of winter’s best sips. My favorite part is the way these flavors mingle, creating something that not only warms your hands but your soul too. It’s straightforward—rum and winter are a match made in heaven. Check out this roundup for the best winter rum co*cktails.
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Chocolate Hot Buttered Rum
With a nickname like "liquid brownie batter," you can't go wrong! This co*cktail is a luscious version of a timeless winter favorite. It's essentially a beautifully-crafted spiked hot chocolate. It's a simple, easy recipe with minimal ingredients. Dark brown sugar and cocoa powder elevate Hot Buttered Rum's inherent richness.
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Spiced Rum Winter Punch
This drink combines spiced rum with elements like apple and hard pear cider for a naturally sweet essence. It has mass appeal, making it excellent to break out for large holiday parties.
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Cold Night Collins
A Cold Night Collins embodies the crispness of winter months. It maintains the familiar base of sparkling water, citrus, and sugar but adapts to the season using sharp lime and an herbal liqueur.
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Black & Vanilla
If you are searching for a cozy libation to pair with fireside snuggles, look no further. The Black & Vanilla is a rich and sweet hot co*cktail with the perfect amount of spice.The drink's serving temperature combines with its comforting coconut milk, amber rum, and mint flavor blend to warm you from the inside out.
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Spiced Apple Tiki Smash
The Spiced Apple Tiki Smash is the perfect drink to combat glum and dreary weather. Pineapple juice, cider, and rum come together to create a surprisingly wintery flavor with spice, lightness, and cheer. This co*cktail is perfect for holiday parties. It brings interest, being a little outside the traditional winter co*cktail box. Tiki Smashes also famously utilize multiple types of rum, which will surely put your guests in a festive mood.
Also known as a Rum Moscow Mule, a Rum and Ginger beer offers ultimate refreshment through ingredients like white rum and lime juice. It sounds more like a summer co*cktail than one to break out for the holidays, but the spiced syrup brings winter vibes.
Hot Buttered Rum
Hot Buttered Rum is ideal for keeping warm on a frigid night. It uses dark rum, nutmeg, vanilla, butter, brown sugar, and more to closely hug the senses. This drink has brought warming cheer to people for hundreds of years! This recipe makes enough to fill four mugs, making it perfect for a small gathering to watch your favorite Christmas movies or wrap gifts with friends. You can also easily tamper with the alcohol level of each drink by adding more or less hot water so each guest can customize it.
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Winter Mojito
Here is another co*cktail that transforms a traditionally summery refreshment into frosty perfection. Winter spice favorites, like cinnamon, clove, and star anise, mix with spiced rum and Spanish liqueur to bring an entirely new essence to the club soda, mint, and lime juice base. The liqueur and syrup in this co*cktail are heavy in vanilla and caramel flavors. Each element plays a critical role in bringing winter to Winter Mojitos.
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Winter Daiquiri
Impress everyone at your holiday bash by serving Winter Daiquiris to guests in co*cktail glasses with crumbled cinnamon sticks atop the rum, clementine, and maple concoction. This drink is as delectable as it is gorgeous. Clementines are in peak season from late fall into early winter, placing them perfectly in this Christmas-time co*cktail. The Winter Daiquiri is also simple enough that green bartenders can give them a go.
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Spiced Rum Daiquiri
Here is another welcome twist on the traditionally summery daiquiri. It uses lime with vanilla and spices to warm up the flavor and tailor it to winter months.It makes a great holiday party drink because it will catch people's attention, and you can easily alter the recipe to highlight different flavors.
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Winter Spiced Apple co*cktail with Rum
Dark rum, apple juice, and spices present a nostalgic winter flavor that suits this hot drink. It's another easy and uncomplicated recipe you can throw together any chilly night for warmth and a buzz.
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Dark N' Winter Stormy
This steamy co*cktail is ideal for nursing the blocked sinuses or sore throats that harsh winter winds can bring. It uses fresh ginger tea, nutmeg, dark rum, hot water, and honey.
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Winter Sunshine Rum
Coconut milk and orange juice brighten dark winter days in a Winter Sunshine Rum. The milk gives this drink a beautiful snowy appearance, making it a jolly addition to holiday party menus.
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Sex on a Snowbank Winter
This fun play on Sex on the Beach follows Winter Sunshine Rum with a coconut cream base that looks positively frosty. It's the ultimate holiday party drink. If the bright flavors and pretty presentation don't get your guests to smile, the name sure will!
14 Winter Rum co*cktail Recipes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
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Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: winter rum co*cktails
Servings: 1
Author: Paul Kushner
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Written by Paul Kushner
Founder and CEO of MyBartender. Graduated from Penn State University. He always had a deep interest in the restaurant and bar industry. His restaurant experience began in 1997 at the age of 14 as a bus boy. By the time he turned 17 he was serving tables, and by 19 he was bartending/bar managing 6-7 nights a week.
In 2012, after a decade and a half of learning all facets of the industry, Paul opened his first restaurant/bar. In 2015, a second location followed, the latter being featured on The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
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