I know…chili in your cocoa? It sounds strange but it is definitely not. It tastes wonderful! It is always good to follow up a spicy meal with some chocolate, but adding a little chili to that creamy hot chocolate only makes it better. And real hot cocoa we are talking about here, not the one from a pouch that you mix with water. The main ingredient will always be milk.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 Cup unsweetened cocoa powder, the good kind…not Hersheys. Go to a chocolatier or your local specialty organic food store.
- 1/3 Cup sugar
- 1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 Teaspoon ground chili peppers
- 1/8 Teaspoon salt
- 3 1/2 Cups milk
- 1/2 Cup hot water
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cinnamon sticks
Directions:
- In a saucepan combine the cocoa, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili and salt. Blend in hot water.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat and stir for 2 minutes while boiling.
- Add milk, stir and heat thoroughly, but do not boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Beat until foamy.
- Serve hot with the cinnamon sticks.