This easy hot toddy recipe is low in calories and delicious! It’s great for cold nights, and scratchy throats, and super easy to make too!
Make this hot toddy recipe for a cough, or just to warm up after a cold day… we love this low calorie hot tottie recipe and know you will too.

Making a hot toddy for a cold is quite common. The lemon and honey help soothe your throat and the whiskey helps you sleep. Next time you don’t feel great, try making one of these hot toddy colds recipe.
But making a whiskey hot toddy isn’t just for when you’re sick… This low calorie cocktail is also great on cold nights and holiday dinners. Try this hot toddy drink anytime you need a warm up after a long day in cold weather.
This easy hot toddy recipe is just 113 calories!
Easy Hot Toddy Recipe
In this article you will learn how to make a hot toddy recipe for a cough, or just for warming up on a cold night.
You’ll learn what’s in a hot toddy, and even find a printable recipe card for the low calorie cocktail.
This hot tottie recipe is easy and yummy, you can make this hot toddy for colds, or just cold nights…
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Ingredients for Hot Toddy Recipes (shopping list!)
- How to Make a Hot Toddy
- Easy Hot Toddy Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Hot Toddy Recipes
In the next section you will find ingredients for a hot toddy in a shopping list form, and below that a “how to guide” for making a low calorie hotty toddy recipe.
Let’s move onto what’s a hot toddy made of in the shopping list section.
What is a hot toddy? A hot toddy recipe is a warm cocktail with whiskey, lemon, and honey. Many people enjoy a hot toddy for colds and sore throats…
Ingredients for Hot Toddy Recipes
The ingredients for hot totties recipes, and hot toddy ingredients for colds are the same.
The lemon and honey help sooth your throat, and the whiskey will help you sleep… you can make a tea hot toddy for a cough with your favorite hot tea, or try this traditional hotty toddy drink below.

This hot tottie recipe is simple and easy… you only need the first 4 ingredients, but can “jazz up” hot tottie recipes with the garnishes below.
Shopping List for Hot Toddies:
- Water
- Whiskey
- Honey (or maple syrup)
- Lemon
- Cinnamon stick (optional garnish)
- Pear optional (garnish)
- Star anise (optional garnish)
Special Tip: In the printable recipe card below you will find all the measurements for they easy hot toddy recipe… There you can choose how many cocktails you want to make and the recipe card will do all the math for you!
Now that you know what goes into this easy hot toddy recipe, let’s move onto how to make a hot toddy in the “how to guide” in the next section.
In the next section you will learn how to make an easy hot toddy recipe for colds and cold nights…
How to Make a Hot Toddy
It’s easy to make a hot toddy recipe… and if you have a kettle you can use that in place of the pan.
In this section you will learn how to make our low calorie hot toddy recipe, and in the section below you’ll find a recipe card that you can email and share to your Pintrest boards!
In this section you will learn how to make a hot tottie in just 5 minutes… It’s an easy and delicious hot cocktail that’s perfect for holiday gatherings and cold nights.
How to Make a Hot Toddy Drink:
- In a saucepan, bring the water to a simmer. Pour the hot water into a mug.
- Add the whiskey, honey and lemon juice. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water.
- Garnish with a lemon round (cinnamon stick, pear and star anise if desired) and serve hot.
Special Tip: In the next section you will find a recipe card. There we have combined all of the measurements, ingredients, the “how to guide” and even the nutrition for these hot totties.
Now that you know how to make a hot tottie recipe, let’s move onto the sharable recipe card. There you can choose how many cocktails you want to make and it will do all the measurement math for you!
In the next section you will find a sharable recipe card for this low calorie hot tottie recipe… You can pin it to your Pintrest boards and email it to your foodie friends.
Easy Hot Toddy Recipe
It’s so easy to make this hot tottie recipe… You can skip the garnishes if you are making it to combat a cold, and add all the garnishes for holiday gatherings and homemade happy hours.
This low calorie cocktail is still very strong, so be sure to drink in moderation, we never cut the amount of booze in our low calorie cocktails just to cut calories. So watch out… this drink is potent!
In the next section you will find a nutritional label, and below that more amazing low calorie cocktails with whiskey! Be sure to check them out.

Easy Hot Toddy Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 ounce whiskey
- 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 lemon round
- 1 cinnamon stick optional garnish
- 1 slice pear optional garnish
- 1 star anise optional garnish
Instructions
- In a saucepan, bring the water to a simmer. Pour the hot water into a mug.
- Add the whiskey, honey and lemon juice. Stir until the honey has disappeared into the hot water.
- Garnish with a lemon round (cinnamon stick, pear and star anise if desired) and serve hot.
Nutrition
Up next… nutrition and calories in hot toddies!
Nutrition and Calories in Hot Toddy Recipes
Not all hot totties are made the same way. This low calorie cocktail recipe is thanks to the recipe card above. Be sure to check it out if you’re looking for low calorie cocktail recipes.
In the next section you will find more our low calorie cocktail recipes. We have lots of skinny cocktails on this site, something to please everyone.

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