Halloween Orange Hot Chocolate

Slightly altered recipe from Kaboose.com; they got this neat treat from "the book Halloween Tricks and Treats by Matthew Mead (Time Inc. Home Entertainment, 2008)"

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 10 glasses hot chocolate

Ingredients

• 12  ounces  premium white baking chocolate
• 8  cups nonfat milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
•  orange food coloring
•  whipped cream (for garnish)
•  chocolate  nonpareils (for garnish)

Directions

1. Coarsely chop the premium white chocolate, transfer to a medium-size heatproof bowl and set aside.
2. Heat milk in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat, until bubbles begin to form at edge of surface, about 4 minutes.
3. Immediately pour milk over chocolate.
4. When chocolate begins to melt, stir until combined. Whisk in vanilla extract and 2 drops orange food color; whisk until a light foam forms on surface.
5. Pour into 10 mugs, garnish with whipped cream and chocolate nonpareils, and serve immediately.