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Hot Chocolate with Chocolate-Chip Whipped Cream

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Here's a rich version of a favorite warm-up.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

1/2 cup chilled whipping cream
2 tablespoons plus 1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 6 ounces)
3 cups whole milk
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Whip cream, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in medium bowl until peaks form. Fold in 1/4 cup chocolate chips. Cover; chill up to 4 hours.

    Step 2

    Combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup chocolate chips in heavy medium saucepan; add milk and cocoa. Whisk over medium heat until mixture almost simmers and chocolate melts. Whisk in remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Ladle hot chocolate into mugs. Whisk chocolate-chip cream to thicken if deflated; dollop cream atop hot chocolate.

TagsHot ChocolateBeveragesChocolateCocoaNonalcoholicGluten FreeNut Free5 Ingredients or FewerEasySimmerChristmasBon Appétit
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