Recipe courtesy of Nigella Lawson

Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

Name: Alcoholic Hot Chocolate
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: american
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

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Level: Easy
Total: 10 min

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 5 min

Yield: 2 servings

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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.