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Old 11-09-2010, 07:48 PM   #1
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'Tis the season...

And Swiss Miss just won't do.
Please share your hot cocoa recipes.
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Old 11-09-2010, 07:59 PM   #2
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One dark chocolate hershey bar, one cup half and half. Melt together and add milk to taste.

Go to williams sonoma and spend half your food budget on their hot chocolate mix.
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The best hot cocoa I've ever had was made with goats milk.
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I've got Marielle's recipe for cocoa blocks. You need to do it in advance, but oh baby!! They're so fabulous, and they work as a chocolate fix if the need arises. and with a new baby on the way (I'm sure the need will arise!)

1/2 cup heavy cream
1 can sweetened condensed milk, 14oz
3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips (or you can use bars)
3/4 cup unsweetened baking chocolate
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 hefty pinches of kosher salt

unsweetened cocoa powder

First prep the pan, you'll need an 8x8" pan. I line mine with foil that I then butter and the easiest way I've found to mold foil for a pan is to use the pan as the mold. Just flip the pan over upside down.
Smush a sheet of foil over the pan molding it over the corners.
Remove the foil, flip the pan over and insert your molded foil. Smush the corners to fit then butter heavily.
In a medium sauce pan mix your condensed milk and heavy cream. Heat over low heat until the mixture is steaming but not boiling. Once the milk mixture is heated, remove from the burner and add the chocolate. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes. The chocolate will begin to melt.
Give it a stir and if there are unmelted pieces of chocolate place over low heat and stir to finish melting. At first it will look separated . But after melting completely it will look like this delicious pot of chocolate. Now is the time to flavor.
My flavorings of choice. Homemade vanilla and kosher salt since I've never had hot cocoa without salt to add balance to the sweetness. Stir it in.
Spread the mixture into your buttered pan. Set it aside and let it set overnight. Once set the mixture will have a matte surface and be firm yet easy to slice
Lift the square of chocolate out of the pan using the foil and then cut into 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" blocks with a knife dipped in hot water between cuts.
Now prep some cocoa powder in a bowl and your sticks if you wish to use them. Skewer a block onto a stick and then dip in the cocoa powder. I highly suggest you try one of these alone. It tastes like a truly decadent truffle.
I tucked mine into a zip top bag and store them in the fridge which should keep them for about a month. For longer storage you'll need to freeze them.
Now, for their true purpose. Think of these as hot cocoa bouillon cubes. Pour yourself a cup (8oz) of milk per cube. For one serving an individual mug and the microwave works fine. For more I'd do it in a saucepan on the stovetop.

Plop in a cube of chocolate. Then nuke until the milk is screaming hot which will melt the chocolate. You'll want to stir it at least once and then nuke some more if it hasn't finished melting. Creamy, already sweetened hot chocolate.
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Old 11-10-2010, 05:56 AM   #9
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my mom was telling me that Alton Brown did a Good Eats on hot chocolate but I haven't had time to look it up.
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my mom was telling me that Alton Brown did a Good Eats on hot chocolate but I haven't had time to look it up.
I Alton Brown!! I DVR Good Eats...I am a total dork..but I can't cook and he helps me out a LOT!!

I'm excited to read more hot chocolate recipes! Erin's sounds good...how much does that make?
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One York's Peppermint Patty in the bottom of a cup.
One cup of hot milk (or mixed with half and half) added to the cup.
Stir with cinnamon stick.
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Wash cup immediately to hide the evidence.
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This is the one I have been using for a couple of years for an "everyday" cocoa mix. It is pretty good...has the ease of the powder mixes and a nice depth of flavor. It makes a big batch!

Stage-Stop Hot Chocolate Mix presented by Texas Stagecoach Inn Bed & Breakfast

8 oz. container of non-fat dry milk
3 cups of Confectioner's Sugar
1 16oz. container of Nestle's Instant Chocolate Milk
1 6oz container of Creamora (or any non-dairy creamer)
Large box of instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup of miniature marshmallows
1 cup of miniature chocolate chips

Combine all ingredients. Store in an airtight container.
Mix 3 tablespoons of per cup of hot milk or water.
Serves winter company.
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here is his recipe http://www. foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/hot-cocoa-recipe/index.html
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i melted a hershey bar in a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water. i wisked in milk. in my cup i added the small marshmellows. you HAVE to have m'mellows in hot chocolate. i love when they kinda melt into it. mmmm....
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