Its official: Juno is here and classes are cancelled; let the snow day festivities begin! Maybe your idea of a perfect snow day is playing in the snow with your roomies, or avoiding the freezing cold at all cost? Either way what is better than curling up with a delicious cup of hot chocolate? Here are four easy recipes for those who are so over the boring hot coco packets, but are still craving that warm, yummy cup of deliciousness.
Salted Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
What girl doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate?! Now imagine that heavenly combo in a steamy cup….sounds like perfection to me!
Ingredients
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa
¼ cup water
3 cups milk
3-4 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter
½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
Dash of salt
Recipe
In a saucepan, add the sugar and cocoa and whisk in the water until smooth, then whisk in the milk over medium-high heat. Heat until steaming. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter and chocolate chips. Let sit for a few seconds, then blend with a hand-held immersion blender or whisk until frothy. Finish with a touch of sea salt and some marshmallows.
Nutella Hot Chocolate
Nutella is a girl’s best friend. So why not try this fun recipe and you will feel like you are sipping on cloud 9.
Ingredients
Nutella
1 cup of Milk
Whip cream
Recipe
In a saucepan pour ¼ cup of milk and then add 2 spoonfuls of Nutella. Whisk together the mild and Nutella on medium-low heat until blended. Then slowly pour the remaining milk (3/4 cups) into the saucepan. Stir until it becomes hot and frothy. Finally serve and enjoy.
Orange Hot Chocolate
Add a little fruity touch to bump up the flavor of your typical hot coco recipe!
Ingredients
2 large navel oranges
4 cups 1% low-fat milk
3/4 cup sweet ground chocolate and cocoa
Whipped Cream
Recipe
Carefully remove rind from oranges using a vegetable peeler, making sure not to get any of the white pithy part of the rind. Combine orange rind and milk in a large saucepan, reserving orange pulp for another use. Bring milk mixture to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 20 minutes.
Strain milk mixture through a sieve into a bowl, discarding orange rind. Return milk to pan. Stir in chocolate. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring constantly
Mexican Spiced Hot Chocolate
Be like the Spice Girls and “spice up your life” with this recipe that will warm you to the core.
Ingredients
4 cups milk
¼ cup cocoa powder
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. vanilla extract
¼ tsp. chipotle powder or chili powder
Pinch of nutmeg
Pinch of cayenne
Toppings: whip cream and chocolate sauce
Recipe
Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat until simmering. Stirring frequently. Remove from heat and serve immediately