Drink Recipe ⇾ Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate

An excellent recipe for a cool nights. A festive drink for the holidays after caroling. Use flavors like peppermint extract and garnish with candy cane for festive Christmas holiday. It's also very good with Baileys® Irish cream and mint. Garnish with some mint leaves on top of the whipped cream. Can be cook in a slow cooker as well. Top with whipped cream, caramel, and chocolate chips.

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup white sugar
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 cups whole milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup heavy whipping cream

Cooking Directions

1. Whisk sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and salt together in a small bowl.
2. Bring milk to a boil in a saucepan, whisking constantly. Whisk in cocoa mixture until dissolved, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
3. Stir cream into hot chocolate and pour into mugs.

Nutrition Facts

• calories413.8
• carbohydrateContent52.5 g
• cholesterolContent65.2 mg
• fatContent20 g
• fiberContent4.3 g
• proteinContent10.1 g
• saturatedFatContent12 g
• sodiumContent149.9 mg
• sugarContent45 g