Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson

Show: Nigella FeastsEpisode: Chocolate Heaven

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (23)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(23)

Cook Time:
5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 5 min
Total:: 10 min

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Ingredients

2 cups milk
3 1/2 ounces best-quality dark chocolate, bittersweet or semisweet, as preferred
1 cinnamon stick
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons dark rum, or to taste

Directions

Put the milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk along with a cinnamon stick, honey, and sugar and heat gently until the chocolate is melted.

Add the vanilla and mix with a small hand whisk and still whisking, add a spoonful of the rum first and taste to see if you want more. Add more sugar if you want this sweeter, too. Take out the cinnamon stick and pour into 2 cappuccino or caffe latte cups.

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Diane Loxahatchee, FL 02-08-2009
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Heavenly hot chocolate
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I didn't have any dark rum at the time I made it so I improvised and used Cruzan vanilla rum. The best hot chocolate I ever... had!!!Read more
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Elmelynn Doral, FL 11-26-2008
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Yummmmm.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is sooo satisfying, and great on a cold night.
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judith renton, WA 11-16-2008
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amazing
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Any lover of hot chocolate NEEDS this. But a warning once you taste this there is no way you can go back to instant. Lovely... to have when people come over (just pre measure everything in saucepan then voila easy to melt when ready). I like it without alcohol but if you don't have rum just experiment with whatever alcohol you have - its great with brandy, whiskey - whatever you have try it. Can't believe the taste of the recipe just perfection all together.Read more
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Meenakshi Wilmington, DE 04-20-2008
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Absolutely fantastic!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I make hot cocoa all the time--with milk and cocoa powder--but this recipe absolutely blew every other one away. It was like... liquid chocolate--the right amount of sweetness and just the right about of alcohol. I used half bittersweet chocolate and half semi-sweet; kept the honey and brown sugar, and it was the perfect sweetness.Read more
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Anonymous 08-13-2007
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soooooooo good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I didn't put the chocolate in immediately. Without it, it tastes almost like cinammon vanilla icecream. After putting the... chocolate in, it was even better!Read more
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N Raleigh, NC 03-03-2007
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Pleasant Surprise
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I'm not particularly fond of honey and would never have thought of putting it in hot chocolate before I saw Nigella's take on... it. I'm glad I put aside my skepticism and tried it; this drink is amazing! It has become my standard receipe for hot chocolate.Read more