Hot chocolate is always better with a little splash of spirits. These are the best liquors and liqueurs for livening up your boozy hot chocolate.

Fruity, chocolatey, coffee, chocolaty..there are liqueurs out there to match just about every truffle in a heart-shaped box. Here are some liqueurs to serve or pair with chocolate.

Blended Family Spirits and Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee in Roswell came together to create a new low-sugar espresso liqueur.

I like to add some chocolate bitters to the mix to balance out the bitterness of the coffee liqueur and bring more roasted depth to the orange aspects.

There’s also an Espresso Chocolate Irish Cream option from Aldi for a more intense mix of coffee and chocolate flavours that is also on offer for £7.99.

Coffee liqueur brand, Kahlúa, has entered into the cream liqueur category with the limited-edition launch of Kahlúa Chocolate Sips.