Christmas season is my family’s favorite season of the year. Officially, we start the 1st of November by decorating the house on the inside and outside. Both my kids and my husband are the biggest Christmas fans I know. Sometimes that enthusiasm is a little overwhelming for me. To settle my racing heart, I like to make me this delicious holiday whiskey drink. Believe me seeing about 20 elves or more, a large snowman family of 5, plus Santa Clause twice as tall as me sitting in front of our house can definitely be overwhelming ?.

Spiced Winter Blizzard: What I love the most about that holiday whiskey drink recipe

• I only need a couple of ingredients.
• The drink is ready to drink in a couple of minutes.
• The recipe is perfect for beginner home bartenders.
• It can be made for a crowd too.
• The recipe is adjustable.
• The flavors are incredible.
• It’s for people who like their drinks a little sweeter.
• Its an icredible whiskey cocktail recipe. One of my favorte holiday drinks.

Spiced Winter Blizzard- What you need for my super simple drink recipe

Jack Daniel’s Honey

• Jack Daniel’s Honey – When you drink that flavored whiskey straight, you will notice that it doesn’t have that artificial flavor many flavored whiskeys have but a light, sweet, honeyed flavor plus a rich taste of Jack Daniel’s signature Whiskey Old No. 7.
• Apple cider and tangerine juice – Fall and winter are the high seasons for delicious apple desserts and eating your fill of tangerines. Because these two fruits are typical for that particular season I wanted to add these flavors to my drink too—the sweetness of non alcoholic apple cider or natural cloudy apple juice and the tangy flavor of tangerines.
• Spiced homemade simple syrup -My simple syrup is easy to make and keeps in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. I added our homemade Pumpkin spice blend to it. This, in my opinion, contains so many warm and delicious spices, which makes it a fabulous addition to the honey, apple, and tangerine flavors.

Simple drink – with lots of flavor

I’m a simple drink recipe lover. I hate when a drink takes me more than 5 minutes to put together. That’s why Im really into this spiced winter Blizzard.

The only thing you need to do is throw all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker or a glass with a lid, take whatever you have at hand, add some ice cubes, shake, strain into to champagne glasses add some decoration and enjoy your delicious holiday drink.

I first encountered Jack Daniel’s Honey a couple of weeks ago, which immediately stoked my interest. The bottle has the signature appearance, of course, but written on the bottle was:”A blend of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and a unique honey liqueur of our own making, for a taste that’s one-of-a-kind and unmistakably Jack. ” Sounds great, right?

Substitution for Jack Daniel’s Honey

If you can’t find a honey-flavored whiskey, add a teaspoon of honey to your spiced simple syrup. No worries here. The drink will still taste great.

Spiced winter whiskey drink for a crowd

I leave you the recipe for a pitcher full of that spiced Winter Blizzard here. In case you would like to make that whiskey drink in a higher quantity ?.

• 300ml Jack Daniel’s Honey
• 200ml apple cider (or clouded apple juice) – or if you like it a little stronger use hard apple cider
• 200ml freshly squeezed tangerine juice
• 50ml or 1/4 cup homemade spiced simple syrup
• 1 1/2 cup ice cubes

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Big warm honey hug Nina

Here is the recipe for our homemade pumpkin spice seasoning.

Spiced Winter Blizzard – a holiday whiskey drinks recipe / 2 glasses

4 from 56 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: cocktails, Drinks, festive drinks, holiday drinksCuisine: American

Servings

2

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

2

minutes

Calories

230

kcal

Total time

7

minutes

The spiced winter blizzard is an easy drinks recipe made with Jack Daniels Whiskey Honey, apple cider, freshly squeezed tangerine juice and homemade spiced simple syrup.

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Ingredients

• Spiced winter blizzard

• 120 ml 120 Jack Daniels Honey about 4 oz

• 90 ml 90 apple cider about 3 oz

• 90 ml 90 tangerine juice freshly squeezed, about 3 oz

• 30 ml 30 spiced simple syrup about 1 oz

• 1/3 cup 1/3 ice cubes

• Homemade spiced simple syrup

• 200 g 200 white sugar

• 200 g 200 water

• 2 tbsp 2 pumpkin spice seasoning

• For Garnish for each glass

• 1 1 apple slice 1/2 inch thick cut 2 times lenght wise but not all the way through.

• 1 1 tangerine zest

• 1 1 star anis

Directions

• Homemade spiced simple syrup
• Whisk all ingredients together in a small pot.
• Bring to a boil for 3-5 min.
• take the pot from the oven and let it cool completely.
• Store in a screwed bottle for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.
• Spiced Winter blizzard
• Put all ingredients for the drink into a shaker or a jar with a screw lid and shake for 1 minute.
• Pour into 2 champagne coupe.
• Garnish with the apple slices, the tangerine zest , 1 star anis each glass

Notes

• Substitution: If you can’t find a honey-flavored whiskey, add a teaspoon of honey to your spiced simple syrup. No worries here. The drink will still taste great.

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 230kcal
• Carbohydrates: 21g
• Protein: 1g
• Fat: 1g
• Saturated Fat: 1g
• Sodium: 11mg
• Potassium: 126mg
• Sugar: 20g
• Vitamin A: 114IU
• Vitamin C: 14mg
• Calcium: 8mg
• Iron: 1mg

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Looking for a delicious and warming winter beverage? Try your hand at this traditional Austrian Glühwein recipe. This classic concoction is perfect for filling mugs on chilly winter nights, complete with the right blend of fragrant spices and robust flavors. Perfect for cold winter days and prepared in under 10 minutes.

I love the winter and Christmas season. Nothing makes me more happy than that special season. In Austria the Christmas time is famous for their Christmas markets and their varieties of delicious Glühwein and Punch.

Glühwein recipes and their history

A Glühwein is the Austrian version of a mulled wine or glögg. Traditionally a Glühwein is a red wine infused with spices like cloves, cinnamon sticks, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg or anise and sometimes contains raisins too. Sometimes you’ll get it with a “Schuss” (a shot) which means that rum or some other liquor has been added. But today there are a lot of different flavoured mulled wine recipes available and the creativity knows no end.

Heated spiced wine was first recorded in Rome during the 2nd century.

A Glühwein is roughly translated as “glowing wine” ( from the temperature the wine is heated to)and is very popular in German-speaking countries and in the region of Alsace in France. It is a traditional beverage offered during the Christmas holidays and is exclusively served on Christmas markets.

Gather the Ingredients.

Begin by gathering the ingredients needed to make this Glühwein. Once you have gathered all of the necessary ingredients, you are ready to begin.

Ingredients

• 1 bottle of quality red wine, you don’t want to get a headache, right?!?
• 250ml Remy Cointreau or any other orange flavoured tripple sec
• 500ml cranberry juice
• 150g fresh cranberries
• 3 star anise
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 1 vanilla pod
• 5 gloves
• 100ml orange juice
• 100g brown sugar
• 3 tangerines cut into slices

Preparing that delicious holiday drink recipe

Put all the ingredients into a medium sized pot and heat it up to a simmer. let everything steep for about 20 minutes on low heat or until the cranberries are tender and burst.

Serve hot in a mug or mugs with a handle 😊

One of the best things about Glühwein is that it can be served hot in a mug or mugs with handle and lid. And even if you don’t own any special mugs, it still tastes amazing when served in a simple glass or ceramic container. But to truly capture the warm rustic atmosphere that comes along with this traditional Austrian wine, find yourself some sturdy mugs or steins to serve it in. Whether they have fancy handles and seals, or simply two holes for easy sipping – your guests will love how special their hot Glühwein experience will become!

Happy holidays everyone and enjoy that delightful warming drink with people you love and care <3

Warm spicy hugs Nina

If you enjoyed this recipe maybe you’d like our refreshing recipe for Blackberry Mojitos too.

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Cranberry Cointreau mulled wine recipe – an easy Austrian Glühwein recipe

4 from 14 votes

Recipe by Nina Course: Drinks, holiday drinks, hot alcoholic drinksCuisine: American, austrian, norwegian, worldly

Servings

8

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Calories

307

kcal

This is an delicious recipe for an easy mulled wine. Its made up wit red wine some delicious spices, fresh cranberries and Cointreau, a yummy orange flavoured triple sec. perfect to get warm on cold winter days.

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Ingredients

• 1 bottle 1 red wine quality wine, you don't want a headache the next day

• 250 ml 250 cointreau or another orange flavoured tripple sec

• 3 3 star anis

• 3 3 cinnamon sticks

• 5 5 cloves whole

• 1 1 vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 500 ml 500 cranberry juice

• 100 ml 100 fresh orange juice

• 3 3 clementines cut into slices or 2 oranges cut into slices

• 100 g 100 brown sugar or more

• 150 g 150 fresh cranberries

Directions

• Put all ingredients in a medium sized pot and heat it up to a simmer.Important: No boiling!Let the mulled wine simmer for about 30 minutes on low temperature so that the spices release their flavour.Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

• Calories: 307kcal
• Carbohydrates: 46g
• Protein: 1g
• Fat: 1g
• Saturated Fat: 1g
• Sodium: 14mg
• Potassium: 312mg
• Fiber: 1g
• Sugar: 41g
• Vitamin A: 78IU
• Vitamin C: 32mg
• Calcium: 55mg
• Iron: 1mg

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