My first thought was just to make the Mexican style hot chocolate that I usually make but my mom said that that kind is disgusting so probably everyone won't like it.. Well guess what mom, as it turns out, you're the only person who doesn't like it. So there.
Now that I've got that out of the way, I shall give you the recipe. It is a Nigella Lawson recipe, although I have never measured anything in it. The ingredients are milk, cinnamon, honey, vanilla extract (go for the good stuff), spiced rum and chocolate. I use a mexican hot chocolate bar, if I have one otherwise I use bakers semi-sweet chocolate. This time I skipped the rum so everyone could add their spirit of choice.
I thought white hot chocolate would be a nice contrast but i had no idea how to make it. Thanks to a quick google search I learned that most people make it from the same three ingredients- milk, vanilla, white chocolate chips. This search led me to here-
http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/12/gourmet-hot-chocolate/
yay! Hot chocolate party post! This was a gold mine for ideas, like using my smaller cups (so you can more easily have seconds and thirds) and candy cane stir sticks.
Here is my arsenal of hot chocolate condiments:
We have our FIVE flavours of marshmallows, mini candy canes, whipped cream, nutmeg, cinnamon, caramel syrup, baileys, spiced rum and kahlua. Oh the possibilities! My favourite combination of the evening was white hot chocolate, Kahlua, whipped cream, and caramel syrup. See,
To maximize marshmallow consumption I also made these
Smore's brownies! I made a row of each of the marshmallow flavours. So far the caramel ones are my favourite but I still have a few more rows to eat through.
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