That's right, hot chocolate and candy canes!! Oh, so delicious!! The mint really makes it taste like Christmas! How wonderful it is to curl up on the couch with a cup on a cold night, watching The Forgotten Carols, reading a Christmas story, or just staring at the tree! Add some fresh baked cookies and you have yourself a little bit of heaven. hahaha!
Homemade Hot Chocolate
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup white sugar
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup boiling water
3 1/2 cups milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (or a little vanilla creamer - mmmm!!!)
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs. Add the cream to the mugs of cocoa to cool it to drinking temperature.
(Recipe from Sherbet Blossom)
What are your favorite Christmas treats?
Stay Warm!!
1 comments:
Chocolate-dipped pretzels. Ask Josh about it - they are seriously addictive!
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