Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe

  Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe is the best drink when you're craving a decadent treat. Rich creamy cocoa, with warming spices - cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and vanilla - make this a delicious hot cocoa for a cold winter day! Plus, it only takes a few minutes to make! 

Ingredients

  

• 4 cups whole milk
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• ⅛ cup granulated sugar
• ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 whole cloves
• 4 oz dark, bittersweet chocolate (60%)
• 1 tablespoon 100% cocoa powder
• ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)

Instructions

 

• Combine milk, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla in a medium sized sauce pan. Heat over low-medium heat on the stove until mixture steams, about 5 minutes. Watch carefully and don't let the mixture boil or burn.
• Add chocolate and cocoa powder to the steaming milk and whisk until it's melted, about 2 minutes.
• Remove the hot chocolate from heat and use a strainer to discard cinnamon sticks and cloves.
• Add the cayenne pepper, if using.
• Pour the Mexican hot chocolate into individual mugs. If desired, top with homemade whipped cream, a dusting of cayenne pepper, marshmallows, or chocolate shavings.