When it’s cold outside, these will make you feel warm.

Hot Buttered Rum

2 quarts apple juicee
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon whole allspice
1 3″ stick of cinnamon
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
dash ground nutmeg
1 cup rum
1/4 cup cold butter, sliced into 8 pats (no substitutions)

Combine the juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, salt and nutmeg in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes. Stir in rum and bring back to a boil. Remove from heat as soon as it starts boiling and strain out whole spices.

Place a pat of butter in each of 8 mugs. Pour the hot rum mixture into the mugs.

Makes 8 servings.

Molasses Rum Toddy

2 (6-oz.) cans pineapple juice
juice of one lemon
1/3 cup molasses
1/2 cup rum

Combine pineapple juice, lemon juice, and molasses in a saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring until molasses dissolves. Remove from heat; stir in rum.

Makes 3 cups.

Hot Chocolate Coma

5 pints Half & Half
12 plain Hershey’s chocolate bars, coarsely chopped
Whipped cream

Pour half & half into a saucepan and warm over low heat. Slowly add chocolate pieces to the warm half & half and continue stirring until the chocolate is melted.

Pour into mugs and top with whipped cream.

Makes about 10 cups.

Rich Cocoa

3 Tbl. sugar
2 Tbl. cocoa
1/4 c. water
1 1/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light cream
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

In medium saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa; add water, stirring well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in milk and cream. Heat to serving temperature. Do not boil. Remove from heat; add vanilla.

Makes 3 servings.

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