Spiced Hot Chocolate - ★Cooking Recipes★

This recipe produces a dozen 12-oz cups of delicious hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, cile powder, ginger and cardamom.
Directions for: Spiced Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

Hot Chocolate

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup granulated sugar

2 Tbsp vanilla sugar (use store-bought or see recipe below)

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

tsp freshly grated nutmeg

tsp ancho chile powder

tsp ground ginger

tsp ground cardamom

Vanilla Sugar

fresh vanilla bean

2 cups granulated sugar

Directions

Hot Chocolate

1. Sift all ingredients together into a large bowl. Whisk the mixture together to be sure the spices are evenly distributed.

2. To serve, stir 3 tablespoons of the mix into 1 cups (12 ounces) of hot milk. Serve in large mugs. Store the remaining mix in a tightly-sealed jar.

Vanilla Sugar

1. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with the back of a knife. Combine the sugar, vanilla pod and seeds together and store in an airtight container for at least 1 week before using.

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