14 Hot Drink Recipes for Winter

Warming Hot Drinks for Cold Days

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This collection of winter hot drink recipes has some great seasonal and holiday-inspired ideas to carry you through winter, with recipes from Occasionally Eggs and friends. There’s so much more than hot chocolate when you’re looking for a cosy drink at this time of year.

All of these recipes are either dairy-free or vegan as written, or can be easily adapted. I recommend soya or nut milks for hot drinks made without dairy, as oat milk has a real tendency to thicken when heated. Also be careful not to boil the mixture (it often turns it into a kind of pudding).

You’ll find a real variety of drinks here, from hot chocolate and flavoured lattes to tea blends, ciders, and coffee.

I first published this collection in 2019. It’s been updated to reflect new recipes that have been added to Occasionally Eggs and to make it easier to navigate and more helpful to readers. The hot cocoa photo above is by Sophie MacKenzie.

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Creamy Hot Drinks
Teas, Tonics, and More

Creamy Hot Drink Recipes

All of these recipes except the gingerbread latte are dairy-free as written. Dairy milk can always replace non-dairy. As mentioned above, I recommend unsweetened soya milk when making hot drinks, but cashew milk and almond milk are great alternatives. Soya milk foams up very effectively without any additives – unlike store-bought ‘barista’ non-dairy milks.

Cashew Gingersnap Lattes

Gingersnap spices, dark brown sugar, and whole cashews blended with hot coffee make the creamiest vegan gingersnap lattes in minutes.

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Two mugs with lattes and topped with cinnamon.

Deluxe Dairy Free Hot Chocolate

This dairy-free hot chocolate is made with oat milk, enriched with cocoa butter, and sweetened with maple syrup or honey. Cocoa powder adds a deep chocolate flavour, with a touch of vanilla and a tiny pinch of sea salt to round it out.

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A mug of hot chocolate with a foamy top and some shaved chocolate on top.

Golden Milk

Lightly sweetened spiced golden milk (Haldi Doodh) is made with turmeric, ginger, pepper, and cinnamon, and sweetened with honey.

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Yellow cup of a yellow drink on a blue gingham cloth.

Gingerbread Latte

A 3 ingredient gingerbread latte made with coffee, milk, and homemade gingerbread syrup. Perfect through fall and winter, and even better than pumpkin spice!

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Chamomile Latte

This latte is a great drink to sip come evening or past that point when caffeine doesn't serve you well.

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A large mug of a foamy drink with cinnamon on top.

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte

A dairy-free and naturally sweetened twist on the popular fall coffee blend, this easy vegan pumpkin spice latte is creamy, warmly spiced and simple to make at home with real pumpkin puree.

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A white mug filled with a light orange drink and whipped cream.

Cinnamon Mocha

This mocha combines warming spices with cocoa and coffee making an extra-special drink. For an extra treat add some coconut cream to the top.

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Woman's hand holding a cup with a mocha in front of autumn leaves.

Vegan Hot Chocolate Mix

An easy 3 ingredient vegan hot chocolate mix, with just cocoa powder, sugar, and a hint of salt for a perfectly chocolatey instant drink.

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Hot chocolate in a glass mug with whipped cream and chocolate.

Teas, Tonics, and More

Some of these are immune-supporting drinks, something to make when you have a sore throat and need some relief. Others are just nice to drink when it’s cold out. Try one of these instead of bagged tea or standard coffee!

Lemon Ginger Turmeric Tea

This easy and delicious lemon ginger turmeric tea, mixed with honey and lemon, is the best sore-throat tea you can make at home. Added cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom make a very warming spiced drink.

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Woman in a white sweater holding a glass mug of yellow tea with a lemon slice.

Cranberry Ginger Tea

Easy cranberry tea, made with ginger, orange, and fresh cranberries. This beautiful tea is great all winter long, adding some much needed colour!

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Glasses of cranberry tea, with berries floating in the glasses, and spoon in one cup.

Spiced Pear Cider

Pear cider makes a nice seasonal alternative to apple, with a slightly milder flavour and plenty of warming spices. This version is made partly with juice to speed up the process slightly.

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Cider in three glasses with cinnamon sticks.

Turkish Coffee

A traditional, authentic Turkish coffee recipe from Turkish recipe developer Aysegul Sanford.

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A small cup of coffee in a decorated blue cup with plate.

Orange Peel Tea

Make this sweet spiced orange peel tea with fresh or dried orange peels, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, honey, and fresh orange juice.

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Two glasses of orange tea with pieces of orange and spices in them.

Homemade Holiday Tea Blends

Homemade tea blends are sure to please the tea lover on your list. These three blends from Heidi are great for gifts or to make for yourself.

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Three small glass jars filled with fruit tea blends.

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About Alexandra Daum

Alexandra Daum is a professional recipe developer, food photographer, and cookbook author. She started sharing carefully tested vegetarian recipes in 2014 and has since published hundreds of recipes with seasonal ingredients and whole grains as the focus. Her work has been featured on CTV, in House & Home and Chatelaine, on popular websites like Buzzfeed and Best Health, and in countless other publications.