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| peppermint hot chocolate |
It's winter time and it's cold outside. Tis the season for hot cocoa goodness that tingles and warm the body when sitting in front of a cozy fireplace with a good novel or movie. This peppermint hot chocolate s the perfect suit for those blistery days or nights when you just don't want to leave the house. Mmm mmm good!
This delicious winter beverage goes perfectly with any variation of those yummy icebox sugar cookies. Sit by the fire and have a few cups of cocoa with up to sixty variations of too-good-for-you sugar cookies and relax the day or night away.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (3 ounces)
- 1 quart milk
- pinch of salt
- 7 peppermint sticks: 3 crushed (1/4 cup), 4 left whole
Directions
- Place cocoa in a medium saucepan.
- Gradually whisk in milk until cocoa has dissolved.
- Add chocolate chips and crushed peppermint; simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until chocolate and peppermint have melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Add salt. Ladle into mugs; serve each with a peppermint stick.
Note: This recipe makes four cups of peppermint hot chocolate.
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