How to make good hot chocolate without using swiss miss or other already made kinds?!
How to make good hot chocolate without using swiss miss or other already made kinds?
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Answers: We have a great recipe for Hot Dark Chocolate. Not one but three deep-chocolate versions of your favorite wintertime sip. You can easily double or triple this recipe to serve a crowd.
- triple-tested at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute.
INGREDIENTS
1 quart(s) milk
1/4 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup(s) sugar
2 ounce(s) semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
1. In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk to simmering over medium heat.
2. With wire whisk, stir in cocoa, sugar, chocolate, and vanilla. Heat mixture 3 minutes or until chocolate melts, stirring occasionally. Pour into warm mugs to serve.
Mexican Hot Chocolate:
Prepare Hot Dark Chocolate as above, but add 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches long) to milk in step 1.
Coffee-Spiked Hot Chocolate:
Prepare Hot Dark Chocolate as above, but stir 1/4 cup coffee-flavored liqueur into chocolate mixture just before serving.
For more chocolate recipes, go to http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/search/f... Source(s):
GoodHousekeeping.com If you have Hershey's (or any other kind) of cocoa powder it usually has the recipe...i think if you heat up milk and the powder and some sugar you have the best hot chocolate ever The recipe is on the can of Hersheys cocoa. Rich and Indulgent Cocoa
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa
Dash salt
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in large mug. Heat milk in microwave at HIGH (100%) 1-1/2 minutes or until hot.
2. Gradually add hot milk to cocoa mixture in mug, stirring until well blended. Stir in vanilla. I serving. I like to buy drinking chocolate. It is sold at Whole Foods and some other grocery stores where I live. Instead of powder it is actual pieces of chocolate. There are a few different flavors.