Winter is here and with it comes the need for some warmer drinks. Setting aside the classic Hot Chocolate, guests of Destination Hotels – a collection of award-winning hotels and resorts in premier vacation destinations throughout the U.S. – can indulge at select properties from Oregon to San Diego with Destination’s own caramel drizzled, cinnamon spiced, and whipped-cream-topped craft cocktails.

Sunriver Resort, A Destination Hotel (Sunriver, OR) (above)

Caramel Toddy – Carson’s American Kitchen & Twisted River Tavern

• 2 tbsps. Caramel Sauce
• 1 ½ oz. Five Farms Irish Cream
• 1/2 oz. Buttershots Schnapps Liqueur
• 1 cup Hot Chocolate
• Whipped Cream
• Pinch of Sea Salt

Method: Warm the mug with hot water for approximately two minutes and pour water out. Rim the mug with Carmel sauce. Add 1 ½ ounces Five Farms Irish Cream, ½ ounce Buttershots. Pour in one cup of hot chocolate. Top with whipped cream. Drizzle with Caramel sauce and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt.

Manor Vail Lodge, A Destination Hotel (Vail, CO)

High Alpine Wine – The Fitz Bar & Restaurant

• 1 bottle of red wine (Cabernet)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 Star anise
• 5 cloves
• 1 tbsp. honey
• 2 oranges sliced

Method: Mix all ingredients. Steep in a crock-pot for one hour. Serve hot – Enjoy!

Wild Dunes  Resort, A Destination Hotel (Isle of Palms, SC)

Charleston Coffee – Coastal Provisions

• 0.5 oz Rum
• 1.5 oz Kahlua
• Coffee, amount according to preference
• 0.5 oz Grand Marnier
• Sweet Cream, amount according to preference
• Pinch of Cinnamon
• 3 Espresso beans to  garnish

Method: In a coffee glass, add 151 Rum and Grand Marnier, ignite flame & sprinkle with cinnamon to toast the spice. Layer in Kahlua and coffee. Top with sweet cream and a dash of cinnamon. Garnish with three espresso beans.

Lansdowne Resort & Spa, A Destination Hotel (Leesburg, VA)

Hot Buttered Rye – Coton & Rye

• ½ oz softened butter
• 1 oz brown sugar
• ground cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove, ginger
• 3 oz hot water
• 1 oz Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye whisky

Method: Mix soft butter, brown sugar and a dash of each of the spices together thoroughly. This is the batter. Add 3 oz of boiling water to your batter and stir well until a frothy top forms. Stir in your rye and garnish with nutmeg.

Paradise Point Resort & Spa, A Destination Hotel (San Diego, CA)

Winter Paradise – Tidal

• 2 oz. Plantation Double Age Dark Rum
• 3 tbsps. Spice Cream

Method: Build in a coffee mug. Top with hot water, stir till cream melts, add whipped cream on top, sprinkle cinnamon powder and enjoy. **To make the spice cream you will need:

• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon powder cinnamon
• Whole clove (muddle into powder)
• ¼ cup honey
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon allspices
• 1 cup heavy cream

Method: Blend or whip till medium texture.