Totally Decadent Hot Chocolate
Notes: After using the vanilla bean, rinse it, let dry, and store airtight to use again. Use a vegetable peeler to pare orange peel and make chocolate curls.
Yield: Makes 4 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 296
- Calories from fat: 55%
- Protein: 5.8g
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated fat: 11g
- Carbohydrate: 33g
- Fiber: 1.9g
- Sodium: 104mg
- Cholesterol: 34mg
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1 vanilla bean (6 or 7 in.)
- 4 strips orange peel (orange part only), each about 2 inches long
- 3/4 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
- 2 tablespoons purchased caramel, butterscotch, or fudge sauce (or 1 tablespoon each of any 2)
- About 1/2 cup whipped cream
- Semisweet chocolate curls
Preparation
- 1. In a 1- to 2-quart pan, combine milk, vanilla bean, and orange peel. Warm over low heat to blend flavors, about 15 minutes, stirring often; do not boil. Discard orange peel; remove vanilla bean and save (see notes).
- 2. Add chopped chocolate and caramel sauce to hot milk; stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
- 3. Pour hot chocolate into mugs (about 8 oz.), top with equal portions of whipped cream, and sprinkle with chocolate curls. Serve with spoons.
Totally Decadent Hot Chocolate Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Beverages, Beverages, Nonalcoholic
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Chocolate
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Sodium
- OCCASION: Winter, Christmas
- PUBLICATION: Sunset
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