Pumpkin Pie Hot Chocolate
Hot chocolate enriched with pumpkin pie Irish cream and a little whiskey.
Pumpkin Pie Hot Chocolate is mug weather for the Kavanaugh bottle: hot cocoa, pumpkin pie Irish cream, and a short pour of whiskey. The cream liqueur supplies the pie spice and the dairy; the whiskey keeps it from reading as dessert-only. Built in a warm mug, it is the other hot drink beside the pumpkin pie Irish coffee.
Did you know?
“Irish cream in hot chocolate is older than the pumpkin-pie flavor; the seasonal bottle just points the same mug at Thanksgiving instead of a peppermint holiday drink.”
Bartender's Note
Kavanaugh pumpkin pie Irish cream is the intended bottle. Skip the whiskey if you want a softer mug — the cream liqueur is already alcoholic. Packet cocoa works; a richer homemade cocoa can take the full ounce of cream without tasting thin.
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How to make the Pumpkin Pie Hot Chocolate
- 1Warm a mug
- 2Add whiskey and pumpkin pie Irish cream
- 3Top with hot chocolate and stir
- 4Finish with whipped cream and nutmeg if you want the pie look
