Nigella Lawson Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

Submitted by Juenessa

"This yummy treat comes from Nigella's television show called "Nigella Feasts" and the episode is "Chocolate Heaven"."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 473.18 ml milk
• 99.22 g dark chocolate (bittersweet or semisweet, as preferred)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 9.85 ml honey
• 4.92 ml brown sugar
• 4.92 ml vanilla extract
• 29.58 ml dark rum (to taste)

directions

1. Put the milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk along with a cinnamon stick, honey, and sugar and heat gently until the chocolate is melted.
2. Add the vanilla and mix with a small hand whisk and still whisking, add a spoonful of the rum first and taste to see if you want more.
3. Add more sugar if you want this sweeter, too.
4. Take out the cinnamon stick and pour into 2 cappuccino or caffe latte cups.

Reviews

[mary winecoff]

This was absolutely wonderful! I used Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate. I think the honey, cinnamon and brown sugar added the extra oomph to this drink.

 

[flower7]

This is lovely! I used skim milk and 65% cocoa dark chocolate. Made as posted and enjoyed very much. Thanks for sharing!