So you want to make a warm, boozy drink? Here's how: Start with tea, coffee, cocoa, or cider or -- go ahead -- skip a non-alcoholic flavoring altogether and keep the focus on a base liquor. Spice it or mull it, as you wish. And that's that.

Here are 12 drinks that'll keep you warmer -- and happier -- than another layer of socks:

Irish Hot Chocolate by Marian Bull

Brown Butter Spiced Ale by sdebrango

How to Make a Hot Toddy Without a Recipe by Marian Bull

Bumble Brown Punch by Dessert's On Me

Glögg (Mulled Wine Punch) by Erik Lombardo

Honey-Pomegranate Mulled Wine by Dinner was Delicious

Hot Spiced Drunken Apple Cider by Cordelia

Franklin Stove, a.k.a. Boozy Mulled Cider by Erik Lombardo

Hot Toddy with Dried Cherries and Lime by Amanda Hesser

Dirty Chai Toddy with gingerroot

Mulled White Wine with Pear Brandy by Merrill Stubbs

Delicately Fragrant Mulled Cider by ody