Hot Cocoa for the Thrifty
January 18, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under food
Brrrrr. We’ve had some cold weather this week. Nothing beats a hot cup of cocoa after coming in from playing with the kids.
Good Housekeeping tested 19 nationally available supermarket brands of cocoa. Surprisingly, Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate hot cocoa tied for first place with Godiva. Swiss Miss can be purchased for about $1.79 a box.
Lake Champion Old World Drinking Chocolate was the winner. It has chocolate shavings instead of a powdered mix. Yummy. Each canister costs about $12. Ouch! Perhaps this one can be saved for special occasions (or for when the kids aren’t around).
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Peppermint Hot Cocoa Recipe
December 19, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under recipes
Showing some link love today. I was browsing around and found a recipe for peppermint hot cocoa. This recipe is from Less of Me~More of Him.
4 cups milk
3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
4 peppermint candy canes, crushed
1 cup whipped cream
4 small peppermint candy canes
In a saucepan, heat milk until hot, but not boiling. Whisk in the chocolate and the crushed peppermint candies until melted and smooth. Pour hot cocoa into four mugs, and garnish with whipped cream. Serve each with a candy cane stirring stick.
