I know it’s not really the time of year for hot chocolate, but the recipe for this one intrigued me and I wanted to share.

Rob, owner and chocolatier of Kingsbury Chocolates in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia shares his recipe for lavendar hot chocolate (complete with chopped pistachios on top!). I like that you can use any kind of milk, from whole to soy, and anything from dark chocolate to white chocolate!

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This guest post was written by my friend Adrith:

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I have loved a cold glass of chocolate milk ever since I was a little girl. One of the few things that truly dismayed me about my developing lactose intolerance was the idea of giving that up.

I’ve been a picky eater about as long as I’ve loved chocolate milk. When my husband suggested I try soymilk, I thought he was out of his mind. But going without for long enough found me standing at a coffee shop on Fort Campbell, buying a single-serving carton of Silk chocolate soymilk and thinking that the worst that could happen was that I would be out my $1.50.

It wasn’t bad!

The Silk website has a section called “Cooking with Soy” that has some really delicious looking dessert recipes (I particularly want to try the chocolate pudding, as pudding is one of those things that is tricky for me). The 8th Continent site, at the time of this writing, has a $1.00 off coupon for anyone who might be, like I was, reluctant to try it.

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[image via Adrith. Thanks, Adrith!]

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