Hot Dr. Pepper is the drink to try this holiday — fans say it’s ‘on another level’

When you think of warm winter drinks, hot chocolate and mulled wine may come to mind.

But what about Dr. Hot pepper?

Soda — which is usually served over ice — has become the hottest drink this festive season, according to TikTokkers trends.

On social media, the heated soda has become a viral sensation, with content creators trying out the drink.

One user, who goes by Morgan Chomps, posted a tutorial showing users how to make Dr. Hot Pepper.

“This is soda on a ‘next level,'” she declared in the video posted last month.

She recommended warming Dr. Piper. so that it simmers a little, but not boils, before the fresh lemon slices. In a separate clip, she revealed the “lazy” way to make Dr. Pepper hot.

While critics chimed in, saying the drink “sounds disgusting”, Morgan insisted it is, in fact, “delicious”.

“Dr. Pepper’s spices work really well as a hot drink,” she explained as she sipped the holiday libation, which goes flat when heated. “And the lemon just brings it all home.”

But while the drink may be in style, it’s not necessarily a new phenomenon.

“I always remembered Mom in ‘Blast From the Past’ putting Dr. Pepper on the stove. Must have been a thing from the 60s,” commented one user.

“I’ve been drinking this since the 70s,” said another.

Advertisements published in the 60s also promote the hot drink.

A 1964 ad posted on Instagram promotes the warm soda as a “happy holiday idea” that’s “devilishly different.” He also suggests adding a “thousand of rum” to try “something special”.

In another ad posted on Reddit, the drink is said to be “delicious served steaming hot.”

“I knew a guy in college who had a hot pot in his dorm room just to do that,” commented one Redditor. “All these years I thought he was extremely strange!”

“I really like myself. Warming it up seems to make it taste more like an almond-amereto-spicy ana, instead of just sweet and fizzy,” another described.

Meanwhile, fanatics of Dr. Pepper have also experimented with “Dr. Pepper Egg Nog” — a stomach-churning combination of spicy sweet soda and traditional eggs — that bears similarities to the viral “dirty soda” and “protein soda” trends that surged in popularity earlier this year.