Thursday, November 20, 2008

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 qt milk (4 cups for those of you that don't have a conversion chart taped to their cabinet door)
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 crushed (1/4 cup) peppermint sticks
pinch of salt

Wisk milk into cocoa powder until dissolved. Add chocolate chips and candy. Simmer over medium heat, stirring intermittently. Simmer until chocolate chips and candy are melted (8-10 min). Add salt. Ladle into mugs. Enjoy the "Ooos and awwws" from your children!

For a variation, I added 1 cup of strong coffee and adjusted nothing else.

3 comments:

Leah Belle said...

i will be serving this to guests next week. thanks for sharing!

Leah Belle said...

made this tonight for fam after we put up the Christmas tree. yummy with dollop of cool whip on top!

Main Street Mom said...

I had some left from the other morning...added more milk and reheated...still great! The kids enjoyed it again, coming in cold from playing football!