Almond Hot Cocoa / Hot Chocolate

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 15 mini hershey bars
• 24 ounces milk
• 1 -2 ounce sugar (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon cocoa
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper (less is more with cayenne)
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon almond extract (flavor option a for almond cocoa)
• 1/2 candy cane, fine chopped (flavor option b for peppermint cocoa)
• 1 -2 teaspoon peppermint, altoids crushed into fine powder (flavor option c for peppermint cocoa)

Recipe

• 1 in a large sauce pan, heat milk over medium-low.
• 2 while heating milk, chop up hershey bars. (and peppermint, if applicable.).
• 3 once milk is hot (do not boil), stir in all other ingredients. (make sure to use only one flavoring.).
• 4 don't stop gently stirring.
• 5 take a spoon and taste it.
• 6 add sugar slowly, tasting as you go.
• 7 once you get to where you like it, stop.
• 8 turn off burners, and whisk until frothy. (note: i usually put it in a blender to make the whisking that much easier. shh, don't tell my grandma.).
• 9 pour into mugs and enjoy.