I have never been a chocolate person. Given a choice of vanilla or fruit flavored treats or chocolate, the former will almost always win out. This makes my sudden obsession with hot chocolate a bit bizarre.
I don't know whether to attribute it to long sleepless nights with my nursing infant or simply to a love of the whip cream that I always squirt all over the top…
Whatever the reason, I have had more cups of Swiss Miss and Boulevard Organics hot chocolate this winter than I care to count..and gone through way too many cans of whipped cream.
Not really being one for processed foods, I have been trying to find a hot chocolate recipe that is as satisfying and easy to make as opening a packet of the sugary, powdery stuff…and different enough to make bothering to fuss around worth it 😉
Here are some links to recipes that have caught my eye:
Max Brener's Work-a-holic's Hot Chocolate
Copy-Cat Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
White Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Paula Deen's Frozen Hot Chocolate
Wittamer's Belgian Hot Chocolate
Serendipity's Frrrozen Hot Chocolate
and a You Tube clip showing how to make Chocolate Ganache (warning–annoying music!)
Care to share your favorite hot chocolate recipe or mix that I may have missed?