Warm your party guests' spirits with our selection of hot drinks, including Irish coffee, hot chocolate, and chai tea.

Welcome loved ones in from the cold with a mug of traditional mulled wine.

Hot chocolate is the perfect after-dinner drink to serve everyone (young and old) at your New Year's gathering.

What's better on a winter night than warm apple cider? Ours is flavored with cinnamon, allspice, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.

Chai tea has been a favorite refreshment in India for centuries. Essentially a blend of tea, ground spices, honey, and milk, it can be enjoyed hot or cold. Our version, which replaces cow's milk with soy milk, is served hot.

This variation on the basic recipe takes advantage of the deep flavor in a good, dark rum, perfectly enhanced by a spiced butter made with brown sugar -- rum's raw material -- and assertive spices such as cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Orange zest adds the exclamation point.

Keep guests buzzing with excitement until the ball drops with this creamy espresso beverage. 

St. Patrick's Day isn't the only holiday an Irish Coffee hits the spot -- it's also a welcome after-dinner treat on New Year's Eve.

With whipped cream and honeyed walnuts, this drink is like a dessert. And when made without the bourbon, it's perfect for children.

Our decadent take on a classic is made by melting chopped semisweet or milk chocolate into fresh milk.

Party guests will want a second helping of this hazelnut-flavored cocktail courtesy of Charles Corpion from the Four Seasons.

This warm and spicy beverage combines apple cider, red wine, maple syrup, fresh oranges and apples, and a sprinkling of whole black peppercorns.

Mexican chocolate is flavored with cinnamon, almonds, and vanilla. It is available in Mexican markets and some supermarkets.

Give plain black tea a twist with this easy-to-make recipe.

Use any nut, rice, or soy milk to make this dairy-free take on a classic.

This winter nightcap is garnished with both ground cinnamon and a cinnamon stick.

Anyone who loves chocolate and peanut butter in candy form will find this hot drink irresistible.

This spin on hot buttered rum has a cardamom-spiced pineapple puree in the mix. Because the fruit is roasted, the punch takes some time to prepare, but it pays off in decadent flavor.

As an alternative to apple cider, try this mulled beverage made with cranberry juice.