Rhodolite
Veteran
I like making my own hot chocolate from scratch since I have more control, it's a little simple and a common recipe but I like added my own twist to it. This recipe makes about 4 mugs.
1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (baking chocolate powder)
1/2 cup of sugar (You can do 3/4 cup if you want a sweeter variety, I found that 1/2 a cup is more than enough.)
1 pinch of salt
1/3 cup of boiling water
3 1/2 cups of milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of peppermint extract
1/2 cup of half and half cream
1 can of whipped cream
Crushed peppermint candy and or crushed chocolate
Mix the cocoa, sugar, salt and boiling water together in a saucepan and bring it to a slow simmer and stir for a bit until it becomes a smooth syrup. Make sure that you're keeping an eye on it because it will burn.
Add in the milk and stir, allow the mixture to heat up but don't let it come to a boil.
After it's mixed and heated, remove it from the heat and add the vanilla and peppermint extracts and mix.
Divide the mixture up into mugs, usually about half full, then add half and half cream to fill the other half of the mug.
Add some whip cream at the top and sprinkle crushed peppermint candy or crushed chocolate...or both!
1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (baking chocolate powder)
1/2 cup of sugar (You can do 3/4 cup if you want a sweeter variety, I found that 1/2 a cup is more than enough.)
1 pinch of salt
1/3 cup of boiling water
3 1/2 cups of milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of peppermint extract
1/2 cup of half and half cream
1 can of whipped cream
Crushed peppermint candy and or crushed chocolate
Mix the cocoa, sugar, salt and boiling water together in a saucepan and bring it to a slow simmer and stir for a bit until it becomes a smooth syrup. Make sure that you're keeping an eye on it because it will burn.
Add in the milk and stir, allow the mixture to heat up but don't let it come to a boil.
After it's mixed and heated, remove it from the heat and add the vanilla and peppermint extracts and mix.
Divide the mixture up into mugs, usually about half full, then add half and half cream to fill the other half of the mug.
Add some whip cream at the top and sprinkle crushed peppermint candy or crushed chocolate...or both!
