Aztec Hot Chocolate

KelBel's Note:

Spicy and sweet. Over the holidays last year, I had hot chocolate with cayenne pepper in it. It was unexpectedly delicious. If you try this, add the cayenne, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 1 mins
• Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon Splenda sugar substitute
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 pinch ground ginger
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1 pinch ground red pepper
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• whipped cream

Directions:

1. In a small saucepan, combine milk, sugar, honey, ginger, cloves and red pepper.
2. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce to medium and simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
3. With wire whisk, stir in cocoa and vanilla. Stir briskly until frothy.
4. Serve in warm cups. Top with whipped cream.

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

This was quite the treat. A nice mug of thick, rich, creamy, dark chocolate, flavored with red pepper, vanilla and honey. What an awesome treat. I added more honey to the chocolate to bring out all of the lovely spices and for added sweetness, I also added a pinch of corse sea salt. It truly is a taste experience, not to be missed.

[flower7]

With wind chill temps at -25F today it was perfect weather for a pipping hot mug of cocoa. I made one serving and found it very tasty but I think I would like a little more sugar. I didn't really taste the spices - my pinches must have been too small I guess. Overall, a nice recipe which will be excellent with a couple adjustments. Thanks for the recipe! Update: I added a couple pinches of additional sugar and it really brought out the flavor more - I could taste the spices much better. The additional sugar (maybe 1/4-1/2 tsp) brought this from a 4* to a 5*. Thanks again!