I recently mentioned the hot chocolate machine my husband gifted to me last year. I had devised "the perfect recipe" for hot chocolate but neglected to write it down somewhere. I realized this a week or two ago when the first cool morning arrived in the devil's playground. I got the machine out of the cupboard & thought "what now?" I took a guess & that first mug of HC was pretty good. A tad too chocolaty perhaps but drinkable. I'll ease up on the dark chocolate next time.
My next attempted recreation was white hot chocolate. I didn't recall expending much effort on this version last year. Milk & chopped Ghirardelli white chocolate. It seemed to be missing a little something though but it was likewise drinkable. Not enough white chocolate perhaps?
I decided this afternoon to treat myself again but really "go wild" with the experimentation. Milk? Check. Ghirardelli white chocolate? Check. But this time I added a bit of stevia sweetener & half a teaspoon of french vanilla extract. Hot lusciousness!
22 comments:
ooOoo! That looks good Shirlee! I must confess here. I drink hot chocolate all year round. (blushing piggie here!) Granted not often in summer months, but still. My husband likes mint hot chocolate, not me though. Maybe you might?
Sounds delicious!! I love foam like that on my cappuccino :) ehheeheh
Enjoy!!! :D
that looks delish!!!!!
Now Shirlee, have you written the recipe down this time? Looks really good!
Yum!!!! I Love hot chocolate!!!
Prim Blessings
Robin
That looks so tempting, Shirlee!! I'm not much of a hot drink drinker, but I do love a good cup of cocoa every now and then :)
ooooooo perfect white moustache hot chocolate drink ;) heheheh
thanks for experimenting ... now can you send a bucket load over here please as it is defo hot chocolate weather BRRRRRR :) love mouse xxxxx
Yummmmmm...nice that you enjoy your hot chocolate machine!
Judy heartland stitcher
It sounds scrumptious.
Looks yummy Shirlee. I sent you an email, hope you received it. Hugs!
Amy Varnell-Miller
That looks great!! So good in fact, I think I'm going to drag out my latte machine and make one right now! Latte that is -- not chocolate. I gotta have my coffee.
Open the back door. I'm coming over.
What a yummy yummy drink.
Looks just wonderful , You could sprinkle a little chocolate powder on the top , in some of the coffee shops here they do a little pattern on the top.hugs.
Yummy yummy, I am coming over right now. hugs
This looks yummy!! Can I have one too, please??
I love white chocolate. This looks heavenly!
Happy Wednesday!
mmmm, vanilla and white chocolate? YUM!
That looks too good to drink, Shirlee!! ;)
Looks lovely sadly I cannot drink hot chocolate as it always gives me a migraine x
Now that looks delicious. Something else we have in common! I love hot chocolate.
Wow, what fantastic pictures from autumn.
Liebe Grüße Grit
Ok...confession time. After you posted several times last year about your wonderful machine, I bought one (sort of a Christmas gift for me and Lil' Crow who, like me, enjoys a good cuppa latte every now and again...) Confession: I took it out of the box after several months and still haven't used it. Frankly, I don't know how! I probably could figure out the hot chocolate...but the latte and cappucinno??? The little instruction book is a wee bit lacking in the basic directions if you ask me.... Anywho - if you could please share your hot chocolate recipe (at whatever stage of tweaking it is in at this point), I'd be most grateful...Perhaps we can start with that and I will build up my courage from there to experiment??? Smiles & Hugs from your Idiot Twin ~ Robin
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