Spicy Hot Chocolate
Can’t fight the cold nights? Try hot chocolate with a spicy twist! The soothing flavors of chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla combined with mustard creates a perfect combination for spicing up this simple yet decadent treat.
Spicy Hot Chocolate
Spicy Hot Chocolate
Recipe Type: Drinks
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Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 2 ounces (half a bar) of bittersweet chocolate, broken into chunks or grated
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 stick of cinnamon or 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cocoa extra
- A sprinkle of Colman’s Powdered Mustard
- A pinch of salt
- Optional: A dollop of brandy and a little whipped cream
Instructions
- Mix the cocoa powder, sugar, salt, Colman’s Powdered Mustard and cornstarch together in a small pan.
- Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over the dry mixture and stir until everything is dissolved and you have a smooth paste. (You can skip this step and just add the dry stuff to the hot milk in the next step, but there will be cocoa lumps.)
- Put the milk, cinnamon stick and vanilla into a pot you can pour out of.
- Slowly heat the milk. When you judge it to be hot – not simmering or boiling, just hot – add the 2 ounces of chocolate. Stir to dissolve.
- Add the sugar/cocoa paste to the milk.
- Keep stirring. When a ring of bubbles forms around the edges of the milk, turn the heat off. Remove the cinnamon stick.
- Pour the chocolate into two cups.
- Optional: A dollop of brandy and a little whipped cream
Special thanks to Colman’s for sharing this fun recipe.
