Cozy in a cup, Salted Caramel Hot Toddy Cocktail is a simple boozy hot drink that’s perfect for cold winter nights. Many believe this cocktail has healing effects when you’re fighting a cold.
A Hot Toddy is a warm and comforting alcoholic beverage traditionally made with whiskey, honey, lemon juice, and hot water. However, my version has Knucklenoggin Salted Caramel Whiskey, apple cider, honey, and lemon juice.
SALTED CARAMEL HOT TODDY COCKTAIL
HISTORY OF THE HOT TODDY
As with many old recipes that were written until modern times, there are several theories of how the Hot Toddy was developed.
- One theory is it started in British-controlled India. In the 1610s, dictionary.com notes, the Hindi word “taddy” meant “beverage made from fermented palm sap.”
- The British passed this on in their cold homeland of England and Scotland and claimed the concoction as their own.
- Still another theory states that 18th-century Scottish doctors prescribed them so that it would cover up the strong taste of raw whisky or aid with sickness from the common cold.
Likely, the truth lies in a combination of those tales.
DOES A HOT TODDY ACTUALLY CURE COLDS?
People have used the Hot Toddy as a natural remedy for easing aches and pains of a common cold for decades. For the most part in the age of modern medicine, it was assumed that it was one of those home remedies that worked because we thought it worked (placebo effect). However, a Hot Toddy is actually pretty great, from a scientific perspective, at soothing your cold. The Mayo Clinic recently confirmed that “warm liquids can be soothing and help ease congestion”. Alcohol is a great decongestant it dilates the blood vessels, making it easier for your mucus membranes to deal with the infection.
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- Glass heat-safe mug
- Jigger or liquid measure
- Heat source – microwave, stove, or hot burner
- Spoon
- Beautiful bar set
- Honey
- Retro oven mitt
SALTED CARAMEL HOT TODDY COCKTAIL
Ingredients
- 8 ounces apple cider
- 1 ounce Knucklenoggin Salted Caramel Whiskey Knucklenoggin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce honey more if you want it sweeter
Instructions
- In a heat-safe, microwave-safe mug, add apple cider and heat for 90 seconds.
- Using an oven mitt, remove the mug from the microwave.
- Immediately stir in the lemon juice and honey. Stir until the honey dissolves.
- Stir in Knucklenoggin Salted Caramel Whiskey. Serve hot.
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