Mexican Hot Chocolate
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
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4
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CATEGORY
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Beverages
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METHOD
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Other stovetop
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PREP |
10 min. |
TOTAL
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10 min.
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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.