1.06.2011

Homemade Mint Hot Coco

[ Unsweetened coco powder ]

Nothing warms my heart and soul in the dead of winter quite like a steaming cup of hot coco. And since the nights and mornings have been exceptionally cold, for California standards of course, I decided to make this recipe for hot chocolate—surprisingly, it's less labor intensive than I thought it would be and ten times better than those packaged mixes from the store. Since whip cream was not in house I added a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream, which gave a creamy top while flavoring with mint, and, extra chocolate... yes please.
[ The richer, the better. Next time I'm going with 2% ]
[ The chocolate mixture simmering, and making the kitchen smell amazing at the same time ]
[ Fresh mint and mint chocolate chip ice cream to garnish ]
[ The melted ice cream leaves a perfectly creamy top ]

7 comments:

jillian m. said...

oh my god, i loooove mint hot chocolate! i've never thought of adding a scoop of mint chcolate ice cream...that sounds absolutely delicious. way to improvise!

Dorien said...

that looks sooo delicious..I'm gonna make me some hot coco too - right now! =)

Anna Jane said...

i just found your blog and i love it! homemade hot chocolate + mint choc chip ice cream?! sign me up.

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Angga said...

Yummy!!! I think I'm making this sometime this weekend we are doomed to have 5" of snow lol
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Samantha said...

woah this looks amaaazing!!!

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Sam from Hundy and Undy said...

I'll take two, please and thank you. I would have never thought to use ice cream!


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COCO said...

YUMMIE!! I love the pics!!

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