Alcohol pairs fantastically with hot chocolate, but people often reach for Bailey's, Buttershots or peppermint Schnapps ... a higher quality chocolate chip brand like Ghirardelli.

To find the best chocolates, I sampled 36 top brands for appearance ... Even before adding your choice of schnapps or liqueurs, a haute hot chocolate should be intense and richly flavored.

Should you choose, you can also dress it up a bit with flavor shots like vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate, strawberry or peppermint ... with Omanhene hot cocoa, a brand that was birthed in Milwaukee ...

The Aurora Boreas, a citrus-focused, spiced winter tiki drink, features spiced rum, clove and cinnamon–infused Chambord, simple syrup, Canton ginger liqueur, evaporated milk, and pea flower powder.

With its pink hue, refreshing creaminess, and crunchy bits of candy throughout, we absolutely adored this brand's peppermint ...

Haute Chocolate (Courtesy of Four Seasons) But its double-digit price — $25, or $31 if you choose to add whiskey or peppermint schnapps — isn’t just a reflection of the renowned, expensive ...

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WATERLOO — A Waterloo man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a car and taking hundreds of dollars worth of liquor from grocery stores on an almost weekly basis. Waterloo police arrested ...