I’m a self confessed chocoholic, to me you can never have too much chocolate! While making some hot chocolate for my family, I thought of playing around with some ingredients to change it up from your typical hot chocolate to something really fun! I used some cayenne pepper to heat it up, but you can opt not to use it and it will still be great!
To make this I used:
250ml full cream or semi-skimmed milk
2 tbps Cocoa
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp vanilla
Sugar to taste
Directions
On a pan, bring milk to a simmer. While it’s heating, put the cocoa powder, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, vanilla and sugar to taste into a mug. Once the milk simmers, pour it into a jug and shake it with the lid on, then microwave it for 30 seconds to froth the milk. Add the milk to the mug with the dry ingredients and stir until they mix well. Top it off with some whipped cream and dust with cocoa.
I love spicy hot chocolate. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
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Me too! First time trying it, but I absolutely loved it!
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I can’t wait to make this for my husband – it is right up his alley. I just posted about French Hot Chocolate. You might enjoy it. See http://lizellyn.com/2015/07/14/french-hot-chocolate-for-bastille-day/
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You have no idea what you just started, this is my new addiction! Tried it today morning and it was delicious! The bittersweet chocolate made it heavenly!:-)
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So glad you liked it! I’ll let my daughter know she created a new fan.
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Same here. I hate to own up 🙂
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Haha Jacqueline chocoholics unite!:-)
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I have never tried spicy chocolate! It will definitely add a whole new level haha 😉. Since its rainy and cold here in the Netherlands, while it is supposed to be summer and warm, if been drinking a lot of this. I’ll def try it 🙂
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It’s sooo cold here in Kenya as well! This has definitely been keeping me warm! Enjoy this new level of hot chocolate haha😉😉
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This looks amazing, I can just imagine the fun the pepper and sugar will have on my taste buds.
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Your taste buds will definitely thank you for trying this!
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