If it is cold and frosty outside, there's nothing more beautiful than I read a nice big hot cup homemade chocolate. Why pay several dollars for a cup of gourmet chocolates when you can easily learn to make your own delicious hot chocolate drink to make?
You can use the classic creamy hot chocolate, or a little 'adventurous try the white chocolate or Mexican hot chocolate recipe. If you enjoy giving hot chocolate as a gift, then you might want to make your own hotMix the chocolate and place in decorative jars.
The following recipes can be made hot chocolate the old fashioned way, with a frying pan and a stove. Or maybe you want a hot chocolate maker, to acquire in order to speed things up.
How do you want, you will definitely enjoy the aroma and taste of delicious chocolate drink tickling your taste buds and tummy warming during the long winter days and nights.
Creamy Hot Chocolate
1 (14 ounce) can sweetenedCondensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla more
1 / 8 teaspoon salt
6 ½ cups hot water
Marshmallows (optional)
Directions
In saucepan over medium heat, combine condensed milk, cocoa, salt, vanilla and sugar and mix well. Stir in water slowly. Heat through, stirring
occasionally. Do not boil. Top with marshmallows. Store in a covered
Refrigerator. * Will last up to 5Days.
Makes 8 servings.
Easy Mexican Hot Chocolate
3 tablespoons instant cocoa mix
1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch of chili powder
¼ cup milk
¾ cup boiling water
Directions
In a large bowl, mix the hot chocolate mix, chocolate syrup, cinnamon and chili powder. Pour the milk. Add the type of boiling water and stir.
Makes 2 servings.
Spicy Hot Chocolate White
3¼ cups milk 2% fat
6 ounces white chocolate, chopped
1 egg, beaten
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
Place the white chocolate in a medium metal bowl over a pan of barely simmering
Water or in the upper half of a double boiler. Allow to melt the chocolate, stirring
occasionally until smooth. Stir in cayenne pepper and cinnamon. Whisk the egg
stir until smooth.
Gradually beat in a cup ofMilk until they are fully integrated, about 2 minutes.
Gradually whisk in remaining milk and heat until hot but not boiling. (It is not
I want a skin on top of the form of milk). Chocolate will be ready to drink when it is
the taste of the cayenne is masked by the temperature of the milk (the spiciness
the pepper will remain), or if the hot chocolate is at the desired temperature.
Ladle hot chocolate into cups and serve with a pinch ofCinnamon.
4 servings.
Zingy Mocha Hot Chocolate
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup milk
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch of hot chili powder
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
½ cup cold milk
Marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles (optional)
Directions
Combine chocolate chips and milk in a glass or plastic bowl, microwave on high,
Stir every 20 or 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.Combine coffee, cinnamon and chili powder is hot, instant coffee until dissolved. Stir in cold milk.
The trunk in 2 cups. Thin with additional milk, if desired. Garnish with chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Makes 2 servings.
Peanut Buttercup Hot Chocolate
1 (1 ounce) envelope instant cocoa mix
2 teaspoons creamy peanut butter
Directions
In a bowl, prepare chocolate mix as directed on package. Stir in 1 or 2 teaspoons
PeanutButter. Enjoy.
Makes 1 serving.
Russian Hot Chocolate
1 oz vanilla vodka
¾ oz Amaretto liqueur
1 tablespoon instant cocoa mix
4 oz hot milk
Directions
In a cup of coffee in the vanilla vodka, pour amaretto, and add the hot
Chocolate mix. Pour in boiling milk and stir well to mix.
Contains: 1 chocolate mix recipe serving.Hot
11 cups of milk powder
1 (8 ounce) container powdered non-dairy powder
2½ cup powdered sugar
1 (16 oz) container instant chocolate mix
Directions
Sift together the powdered milk, no milk powder, powdered sugar and instant
Chocolate mix. Store in airtight containers or jars for gifts
Application: Add 3-4 tablespoons of mix to 1 cup of water. Add a touch of cinnamon,
If you want to.
The 80 portions.
