Mexican Hot Chocolate
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This delicious, not-too-sweet hot chocolate is richly flavored with cocoa and delicately seasoned with spices. The whole-stick cinnamon stirrers come in handy, as the old-fashioned chocolate mixture settles if not stirred before drinking. The blend of cinnamon and chocolate flavors is wonderful!
SERVINGS: 4
CATEGORY: Beverages
METHOD: Other stovetop
TIME: Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- Dash ground cloves or nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Whipped cream
- Whole cinnamon sticks
Directions:
Combine cocoa and sugar in small saucepan; stir in water. Bring to boil; reduce heat and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add cloves, cinnamon and milk. Simmer 5 minutes (do not boil). Whisk in vanilla. Pour hot chocolate into mugs; top with whipped cream. Use cinnamon sticks for stirrers. Yield: 4 servings.