All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. (Charles M. Schultz)
Oh, the inexpressible comfort of a cup of hot chocolate on a frosty winter day . . . Here’s a recipe for a mighty fine cup of cocoa. With a kick.
Mix the following ingredients together and heat in a saucepan over medium heat: 2 cups milk, 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, 2 tbsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract, 1/8 tsp. cayenne, 1 ounce chocolate.. When hot, but not boiling, remove from heat, pour into cups, and shave a little additional chocolate on top.
And if you don’t want to go to all that trouble, make a cup or thermos of cocoa from a really good cocoa mix and dribble in a dollop of kirsch . . . Cocoa lush, guaranteed to warm up the coldest ski trip or winter hike.
Or forget the kirsch, and pour on the marshmallows.
Or just heat up a cuppa Swiss Miss in the microwave and garnish with Cool Whip.
It”s all good.