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Mexican Hot Mocha Chocolate

Mexican Hot Mocha Chocolate

  • Makes: About 3 ¾ cups (925 mL)  
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes 

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups375 mL Carnation® Regular or 2% Evaporated Milk 

1 cup250 mL strong brewed coffee

3 oz90 g finely chopped semisweet chocolate

2 tbsp30 mL granulated sugar or honey

1/4 tsp1 mL ground cinnamon

1 tsp5 mL vanilla extract

Garnish:

Ground cinnamon or cocoa

Directions

  1 In a heavy saucepan, combine evaporated milk, coffee, chopped chocolate, sugar and cinnamon. Bring gradually to a simmer over medium heat, stirring with whisk to melt chocolate, until mixture is steaming.

  2 Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Froth chocolate using an immersion blender or very carefully, process in batches in blender with lid securely on. Serve in mugs, sprinkled with cinnamon or cocoa.

Tip(s)

For Mexican chocolate with a kick, stir in 1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) cayenne pepper or hot pepper flakes (or more), to taste.


Serve chocolate stir sticks with hot chocolate.


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