Yesterday it wasn't just cold, it was windy and rainy as well. I was in my office watching it be wintry out the window, and daydreaming about hot chocolate. As soon as I got home, I made some. I don't have any photos (stupid camera batteries are dead yet again), but I think everyone knows what hot chocolate looks like...
I put 2 mugs worth of soy milk in a small saucepan with a cinnamon stick and a dash of nutmeg. A teensy bit of the milk was actually coffee flavoured, like maybe 1/4 of one mug. I put that on superlow heat, so the milk would get all sinnamon infused. Then we broke up the remaining dark chocolate bunny we had. He was headless, and we took a few bites before we chucked it in, so it was probably about 1/2 a chocolate bunny.
It was 70% cocoa, so it was pretty chocolatey. I whisked the chocolate into the warm milk, along with a splash of vanilla and a scoop of brown sugar. When the chocolate melted, I poured it into mugs and topped it with ground cinnamon.Holy yum! Rich, chocolatey, and spicy, this is a drink to warm you from the inside. It went quite nicely with the last two pieces of supa spicy carrot cake, chock full of nutmeg and ginger. If I was sophisticated enough to keep anything in the house besides cheap beer, I would have added some brandy or kahlua or something to the hot cocoa. Maybe next time.
I know it's very warm in the US now, but the few Aussies who are freezing their bums off might find this recipe useful...
9 comments:
Aw, the kissing wabbits!!! The poor headless bunny... sacrificed to the hot cocoa gods! :o)
You're not whingy, we're just on opposite "schedules" here, so i can only imagine the weather in your wonderful part of the world.
Hot chocolate is soooo yummy. i don't drink coffee and i'm not the world's biggest tea fan (tho you wouldn't know it from my stash of about 25 different teas) but i do love what you made here! i've gone w/friends to coffeehouses and have ordered hot cocoa made with soymilk but i LOVE how you made yours.
Recycling at its best!!!!
I might try that right now - my toes are freezing!!!!
WOW that sounds good! I love the addition of spices. It sounds like liquefied choco pudding rather than hot choc.
Great cup of yum! We are getting into our summer months here, but I am wearing a spring jacket because it is about 65 degrees F here.
It was 95 degrees here today, and humid. (I love the heat & humidity. I'm in heaven.) But that would not stop me from enjoying a cup of your cocoa.
It could be 90 degrees out (which it is) and I'd still love to drink hot cocoa. Your addition of cinnamon and nutmeg sounds delish! Sometimes I add mint or cayenne (although not at the same time) to my cocoa. Lately I've been making mint cocoa and then pouring it over a tall glass filled with ice so it gets nice and chilled.
ahhh, hot chocolate is perfect. even though I'm sitting in 90-degree heat right now, that sounds perfect to me.
Awesome, it's currently 13 here today (and we're having a warm day, it was about 8 yesterday at it's warmest and we've been getting into the minus's in the mornings). I think I'll have me one of these tonight before bed (rice milk instead of soy though and no chockie bunny but I do have some dark chockie, one has orange and spices, might be a nice addition). Thanks for sharing, I have a hot chocolate craving now!
Wow... that sounds like the BEST hot cocoa I've ever heard of...
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