it’s been really, really cold in philly lately…and i’ve been craving some hot chocolate. i found a couple of alternative hot chocolate recipes that sound sooo good i can’t wait to try them…
spiced hot chocolate
ingredients:
- 6 cups skim milk
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
directions:
heat the milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat until lukewarm; stir the cocoa powder and sugar into the warmed milk until dissolved. add the vanilla, cinnamon, chili powder, nutmeg, and cloves. heat another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
– original recipe yields 6 cups
maple hot chocolate
ingredients:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 4 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 large marshmallows
in a large saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa and salt. stir in hot water and butter; bring to a boil. add the milk, maple flavoring, vanilla and 8 marshmallows. heat through, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted. ladle into mugs and top each with a marshmallow.
-original recipe yields 4 servings
if you try either of these let me know how it is!
I love the photo – I’m sure the hot chocolate is good too!
Love it! In my experience – when using chili powder its best to mix all the dry ingredients together first before adding to the milk – it gives much smoother results and avoids floating chili powder – eek! xX
Spiced cocoa is amazingly delicious!!!!!
looks delicious.
hmmm – would love to taste such a hot chocolate NOW!
Snowy greetings from germany, geisslein
I just made the maple hot chocolate yesterday. My family loved it! My mom gave me the ” I usually don’t like hot chocolate, but this one is so different. I really like it.” And my brother even liked it, and he doesn’t like much. Well, for me it was goodness in my mouth! :) definitely making this one again!