Yep.

They can’t keep something that good to themselves.  Give this a try and let me know if you think it is close.  I made it a little more chocolate-y by adding the bittersweet chocolate, you could go with dark or a mixture.Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Copycat Recipe

• 2/3 cup whole milk
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt (the best you can afford)
• 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar crystals
• 1/4 cup whipped cream
• 2 tablespoons caramel syrup, divided (recipe at the bottom of that page)

Bring the milk, sugar, and cream to a simmer.  Keep it just under a boil and stir in the chocolate until melted completely.

Add one tablespoon of the caramel syrup to a warm mug and swish it to coat the inside of the mug.

Carefully pour in the chocolate.  Top with whipped cream, add a drizzle of caramel, a sprinkle of the salt and a dusting of the turbinado crystals.

Enjoy the fact that while Starbucks *may* stop making this delicacy you never have to!

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First, I would be reviewing Starbucks Signature Hot Chocolate… except I haven’t bought one yet. This may well change tomorrow because one of the flavors is calling me like the Sirens calling to Jason from whatever island that was….

Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate.

I love the sweet/salty combination…it just goes so  well with my personality.  They swirl caramel on the top of the whipped cream and then add turbinado sugar crystals and sea salt crystals.   They have two other signature flavors, Signature Hot Chocolate (made low fat milk? What the heck?) and Hazelnut Signature Hot Chocolate

So, has anyone tried them yet? Are they addictive..or just fattening?

One of the baristas said they were coming out with some new lattes on November 4..and one of them was espresso chocolate truffle…

Oh YEAH bring it on.

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