An Insider reporter says her Mexican abuela's champurrado is a seasonal staple that will leave your home smelling of cinnamon, clove, and piloncillo.

Champurrado is best sweetened with sugar and flavored with chocolate, cinnamon, or other seasonings. Here's a recipe to make it at home.

Adapted from Patricia Rubalcava. Abuelita and Ibarra Mexican chocolate tablets are available at most grocery stores. Champurrado can be garnished with cinnamon sticks, if desired.

Champurrado Recipe Champurrado is a chocolate-based atole, a warm and thick Mexican drink, prepared with Mexican chocolate, water, and milk, spiced with cinnamon sticks, anise, and sweetnened with ...

But unlike most seasonal drinks, champurrado's appeal extends to two different holiday periods, albeit holidays that don't sit too far away from each other on the calendar. It's a popular sip ...

“Whenever the daughter makes the champurrado, everyone complains that abuelita’s recipe is better, and so the recipes are passed down that way,” she says.

Melissa's abuela (left) and Melissa (right) sipping champurrado.Melissa Wells/Business InsiderWhen the weather begins to chill, my Mexican abuela whips out her famous champurrado recipe.This ...