Hot Chocolate Recipes
Before we present a hot chocolate recipe, it's important to know that there is a difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate. The terms are often used interchangeably. However, they are technically as different as white chocolate and bittersweet chocolate. Hot cocoa is made from cocoa powder, which is chocolate pressed free of all of its richness, meaning the fat of cocoa butter. Hot chocolate, on the other hand, is made from chocolate bars that are melted into cream.
The original hot cocoa recipe was actually a mixture of ground cocoa beans, water, wine, and peppers, and it didn’t take long however for Spaniards to begin to mix new things into the recipe, as well as heat it up and of course sweeten it with sugar. Since then hot chocolate and hot cocoa are drinks that have been revolutionized in many ways, and they have truly reached perfection in today’s world.
Hot Chocolate Recipe
For the basic hot chocolate recipe, you will need: 1 cup milk; 1 cup half and half; 8 tsp sugar; 1 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped; 1 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; and ˝ tsp vanilla.
In order to make this hot chocolate recipe, you need to heat everything, except for the vanilla, in a saucepan until the chocolate melts and the sugar dissolves. Pour half of this into a blender and mix until foamy, and then return it to the saucepan, and add the vanilla. Then you stir briefly, and then serve.
One good idea that you can add onto this is to add marshmallows. You can either buy the bigger or smaller ones, depending on what you prefer. If you're serving this drink to your family or friends, then you'll want to ask what their preferences are, so that everyone involved can be happy. Hot chocolate is truly the best wintertime drink, and so make sure that you have lots of it around at all times.
Here are some places where you can get additional hot chocolate recipes:
Mexican Hot Chocolate
This is serious chocolate. This very rich drink is almost a dessert in of itself. It makes the perfect late night drink with cookies as well as a great finish to the meal. Don't skip any steps and throw the eggs right into the chocolate. You will have hot chocolate with scrambled eggs floating in it. Read the complete recipe.
www.perfectentertaining.com
Decadent Hot Chocolate
Heat everything in a saucepan, except the vanilla, until chocolates melt and sugar dissolves. Pour half into a blender and mix until foamy. Return to the saucepan, and add vanilla. Stir briefly then serve. Read the complete recipe.
coffeetea.about.com
Hot Chocolate
James Beard once said that "A steaming cup of hot chocolate with buttered toast is surely one of the most heart warming, body-warming, and taste-satisfying combinations known to man." This statement is so true but we seem to have forgotten how delicious a cup of hot chocolate can be when a fine chocolate is blended with milk. By just using these two ingredients, what was once a children's drink made by pouring hot water over a mound of instant powder can be transformed into a sophisticated beverage enjoyed by all. Read the complete recipe.
www.joyofbaking.com
Hot Chocolate For Two Recipe
To prepare this Hot Chocolate For Two Recipe, first sugar does not dissolve readily in cold fruit juice or cold tea; sugar sirup is better. Read the complete recipe.
www.freerecipe.org
Rich 'N Thick Hot Chocolate
PLACE water and chocolate in heavy medium saucepan; cook on low heat until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring constantly with wire whisk. Add sugar; mix well. BRING to boil on medium-high heat. Boil 3 min., stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, stirring with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in vanilla. Reduce heat to medium. COOK until mixture is heated through, stirring occasionally. Read the complete recipe.
www.kraftfoods.com
Mom's Spicy Chipotle Hot Chocolate
The two hottest, most popular flavors: European chocolate and chipotle chilies — brought together in one of the world's favorite drinks. This hot chocolate recipe is different, warm and spicy. It's an easy to make recipe for hot chocolate and is sure to impress. Enjoy! Read the complete recipe.
www.recipesbymom.net
Wittamer Hot Chocolate
This recipe is from Michael Lewis-Anderson, the chocolatier at Wittamer chocolate shop in Belgium, one of my favorite chocolate shops in the world. Michael is a true master of chocolate and sports a terrific and rather wicked sense of humor: he once created a life-sized replica of Cher out of pure dark chocolate for the window of their chocolate boutique, which stunned and amused the staid patrons of Brussels. Read the complete recipe.
www.davidlebovitz.com
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
In a saucepan, combine the cream, milk, sugar and chocolate and cook until the mixture just begins to steam. Add the peppermint oil. Divide the hot chocolate into mugs and top with sweetened whip cream. Add a candy cane to each cup. Kids love this yummy drink. Read the complete recipe.
rubyglen.com
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