No need to drop $4 every time you want a cup of fancy hot chocolate. Use your favourite mix (or recipe) and these simple add-ins; you’ll ward off the winter chill with gourmet cocoa from the comfort of your own cottage. Top with whipped cream—all that’s missing is the cardboard cup.
Make it creamy: Stir in 1 to 2 tbsp
peanut butter or 1 tbsp chocolate or butterscotch chips, or
add a scoop of vanilla
ice cream.
Liqueur is
your friend: Try Baileys, Kahlúa,
Grand Marnier,
crème de menthe, Frangelico, or
amaretto.
Spice it up: Mix in 1/4 tsp
cinnamon, nutmeg,
or cardamom.
Enhance the taste: Add 3 tbsp maraschino cherry juice, 1 tsp grated orange zest, 1/2 tsp
almond extract, 1 to 2 tbsp
seedless raspberry jam,
or 1 to 2 tbsp pumpkin
pie filling.
Let it melt: Add a caramel hard candy, a peppermint
or two, or a miniature candy cane (they’ll soften and add flavour as you drink).
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