Hot Chocolate Bar

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Cook: 10 min
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Ingredients

Hot Chocolate:

4 1/2 cups whole milk

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/4 cup sugar

Garnishes:

Espresso shots

1 toffee candy bar, crumbled (recommended: Heath Bar)

Mini marshmallows

Cinnamon-Sugar, recipe follows

Cinnamon-Sugar:

1 vanilla bean

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan, heat 4 cups of the milk over low heat, being very careful not to let the milk boil. In a small bowl, mix together the cocoa, sugar, and the remaining 1/2 cup milk. Add the cocoa mixture to the warm milk, and continue to warm the cocoa until hot.
  2. Pour into 4 mugs and serve along with the garnishes.

For the hot chocolate bar:

  1. On a large serving tray, arrange the mugs of hot chocolate, a small pitcher of espresso shots, a bowl of crumbled toffee candy bar, a bowl of mini-marshmallows, and a bowl of Cinnamon-Sugar. Invite your guests to flavor and garnish their hot chocolate as they desire.;

Cinnamon-Sugar:

  1. Cut the vanilla bean in half, lengthwise. Using the back of a knife, scrape along the inside of the vanilla bean to collect the seeds. Scrape vanilla bean seeds into a small bowl. Add sugar and cinnamon and stir to combine. Set aside in a small serving bowl.;

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Julie B.

Love this idea! When making this for my g/f's and I (who are always on diets, I decided to try skim milk instead of whole, and splenda instead of sugar. Still awesome! I was a little worried about the exchanges but it was still very yummy. Will definitely make this again, maybe add some Kahlua next time. With a little coffee mixed in, who needs Starbucks?

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