This is my attempt at recreating the hot chocolate from Wafels and Dinges. It's surprisingly easy to make your own--almost as easy as using a mix--and I think the result is really nice. Deep and rich without being sickeningly sweet!*Milk
*Good chocolate chips (I like Ghirardelli dark chocolate)
*Cinnamon
Heat up as much milk as you want in a saucepan over low heat. Then drop in as many chocolate chips as you want, whisking them around until they melt. For four cups of milk, I use about four handfuls of chocolate, but you can taste as you go and stop when it tastes right. After the chips melt sprinkle in some cinnamon, then keep heating it up and whisking now and then (without letting the milk boil), until the hot chocolate is a uniform color, all the graininess has gone away, and it is nice and hot. Simple, right?
Do you like the cup? It was a gift from Madison. Thanks Maddie!
-Kristin
6 comments:
You forgot a pinch of salt. You always add a pinch of salt to make the chocolate taste even better. This sounds sooo good right now!
OOh, I will have to try that next time!
Sometimes I'm lazy and just use dove dark chocolate in microwaved milk. I like it. I will have to try your dark chocolate pieces, which I have.
Are you making a cookbook with all your favorite recipes?
I tried the microwave way. I think it is just as good! And much easier...
Well...now I have been making hot chocolate every night with the Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips. Plus, there is whipped cream left over from Thanksgiving. Grrrrr.
I just saw this in the paper. You add Cinnamon Marshmallows to your hot chocolate. I'm not sure how the cinnamon would taste.
2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 powdered sugar
10..5 pkg. miniature marshmallows
Shake together cinnamon and powdered sugar in a plastic zipper bag. Add marshmallows and toss to coat.
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