Winter Mexican Hot Chocolate

Submitted by Chef Cathy

"I've had this recipe for awhile. I like to make this cause it is very soothing, creamy and frothy. I always get rave reviews when I make this for friends!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 48 ounces
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1419.54 ml milk
• 118.29 ml white sugar
• 85.04 g unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 4.92 ml ground cinnamon
• 2 beaten eggs
• 9.85 ml vanilla extract
• whipped cream, to taste

directions

1. In a large saucepan combine 1 cup of the milk, the sugar, chocolate, and cinnamon.
2. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until chocolate is melted.
3. Gradually stir in remaining milk.
4. Cook and stir until milk is hot.
5. Do not boil.
6. Gradually and slowly stir 1 cup of the hot milk mixture into eggs, then transfer entire mixture to saucepan.
7. Cook and stir for 2 minutes over low heat.
8. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
9. Stir quickly until very frothy.
10. Pour hot chocolate into mugs and dollop with whipped cream.

Reviews

[AcadiaTwo]

This is a great creamy recipe! Putting eggs in your hot chocolate seemed strange, so who would have thunk that it would be perfectly fine. Made for the Bargain Basement tag game.