nothing cures a cold day like cozying up with a steaming cup of homemade hot
chocolate
today I'm going to show you how to make hot chocolate three delicious way I'm
going to start with my classic hot chocolate recipe and then i'm going to
show you a suite and silky white hot chocolate recipe and finally we are
going to make a dark hot chocolate recipe with a little bit of a Cayenne
kick
it's going to be delicious so get ready for it
let's start with our classic hot chocolate recipe know each of these
recipes makes a single cup of hot chocolate all you have to do is multiply
each recipe by how many cups you want in a small saucepan i'm going to start by
heating up one cup of milk and a quarter cup of cream know if you want to keep
this on the later side you can totally omit the cream and just add a little
more milk that's fine but I think if you're going to make hot chocolate you
might as well go all the way
so we're going to heat up our milk in our cream mixture over medium-low heat
you want to make sure you're doing this low and slow because you don't want to
skull this mixture once you start to see a little bit of steam rising from your
pan you know it's time to turn off the heat and add your chocolate
no for this classic recipe i am using milk chocolate chips
what I love about using milk chocolate chips is that they're quite sweet
already so you don't need to add any additional sugar but you can really use
any kind of chocolate your life
all we're going to do is take our with and stir the milk mixture until the
chocolate is completely melted and it's all combined
and voila you have gorgeous hot chocolate that is ready to drink
we're gonna top it with a little bit of whipped cream and because it's seasonal
some crushed candy canes
what could be tastier
now it's time to talk about our white hot chocolate in our small saucepan
we're going to heat up a cup of milk and a quarter cup of cream
once that has come up to temperature we're going to turn our heat off and
then we're going to add some white chocolate chips now I love white
chocolate chips because they're super sweet so you don't need to add any
additional sugar
we're also going to add just a splash of vanilla because i find it just brightens
up all the flavors
we're going to whisk this mixture until the white chocolate chips and melted
entirely and then we're going to pour it into our mug
now i'm going to finish off this beautiful white hot chocolate with the
whipped cream and a little Oreo crumble for good measure
finally I'm going to share with you my recipe for some spicy dark chocolate in
a small saucepan i'm combining my milk in my cream over medium-low heat
I'm going to bring it to temperature and then turn off the heat I'm going to pour
in some shaved dark chocolate and then we're going to add some cinnamon and
little bit of cayenne pepper or kick you can add as much or as little Cayenne as
you want it's really just a matter of how spicy you want to make that I like
to add about an eighth of a teaspoon I think that's plenty
i'm also going to add just a spoonful of sugar
once again you're going to with this beautiful concoction until all of the
chocolate is melted then you can put it in a mug
top it with the whipped cream and a little bit more cinnamon
how delicious is that absolutely good enough to drink
I hope you'll give these tasty recipes a try and if you do be sure to tweet or
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