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Hot Chocolate with Caramel and Cinnamon

From the Chuck Siegel collection

Serves	8
Total Time	20 minutes

Introduction

This drink is a flavored twist on Hot Chocolate with a Milk Base from Chuck Siegel of Charles Chocolates.

Ingredients

	8	cups whole milk
	1	cup water
	1⅓	cups sugar
	1	cinnamon stick
	16	oz. bittersweet chocolate (70 percent cacao), chopped

Steps

In a large saucepan, bring milk, water, and sugar to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat.
In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, heat the sugar with the cinnamon stick until the sugar is dark amber.
Add the milk-and-water mixture to the sugar-and-cinnamon mixture. Stir over low heat until smooth. Add the chocolate and whisk over medium heat until just boiling.
Use an immersion blender (or a regular blender with a dishtowel held tightly over the blender lid) to froth the liquid for one minute. Serve in small mugs.

This content is from the Chuck Siegel collection.

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Average Rating 5

15% recommend this recipe

1. by cdziuba on Mar 14, 2008 at 2:50 PM PDT

Scrumptious recipe. I’ll try it this week.

2. by berwyn on Mar 15, 2008 at 4:52 AM PDT

One of my favorite memories was making hot chocolate with my mom during the christmas holidays. Those were the best childhood times!

3. by redron on Mar 15, 2008 at 8:41 AM PDT

love the recipe

4. by mousitch on Mar 15, 2008 at 12:18 PM PDT

My favorite memory would be sitting around a camfire sipping cocoa with my grandpa learning life lessons.

5. by monsumomo on Mar 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM PDT

ahhh after school (elementary) my mom would give me a glass of hot chocolate and i’d settle in and watch some cartoons!

6. by samanthapayntr on Mar 15, 2008 at 3:42 PM PDT

whenever i go camping with my friends, we always have a cup of hot chocolate on the first and last days of our trip, it’s so cold out there and the hot chocolate helps us warm up before we got to sleep!

7. by Suekey on Mar 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM PDT

I fondly remember having hot chocolate one days we got to stay house from school because of too much snow.

8. by iwinsweepstakes11 on Mar 15, 2008 at 4:32 PM PDT

I remember making real Hot Chocolate on Christmas morning when I was little.

9. by drala625 on Mar 15, 2008 at 4:35 PM PDT

I love dropping in the marshmallow and letting it melt while holding the mug to warm my hands after a cold day outside.

10. by gorzd on Mar 15, 2008 at 7:08 PM PDT

caramel and chocolate were meant to be together!

11. by JD on Mar 16, 2008 at 8:13 AM PDT

Post-sledding is the best time for hot chocolate :-)

12. by pincus on Mar 16, 2008 at 11:15 AM PDT

love this recipe

13. by hellokiki on Mar 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM PDT

I remember the first time I had Mexican hot chocolate, when I was in grade school. I made my mom take me to the Mexican grocery store after school to get some more!

14. by mariana on Mar 17, 2008 at 5:37 AM PDT

This recipe sounds really yummy and it reminds me all the hot cocoa days from my youth after sledding.

15. by blueviolet on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:48 AM PDT

This one sounds especially delicious! I’ve only had regular hot chocolate thus far. My mom used to have big steaming mugs of hot cocoa ready for us every single time after we went outside to play in the snow in the wintertime when we were kids.

16. by kaylee8 on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:53 AM PDT

Can’t wait to try this!

17. by ladyvon5845 on Mar 17, 2008 at 8:49 AM PDT

I love Hot Chocolate to warm my insides when it’s COLD outside.

18. by Liz Longenecker on Mar 17, 2008 at 8:54 AM PDT

When I was little, I used to eat a packet of hot chocolate powder without the milk... kinda gross, but little kids eat gross stuff :)

19. by lisalmg on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:08 PM PDT

My favorite hot chocolate memory is when I was little my mom would make hot chocolate and we were allowed to put as many mini marshmallows in our cup as we wanted. I loved to drink a little then keep adding more marshmallows.

20. by Bakersdozen on Mar 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM PDT

One of my favorite hot chocolate memories is a childhood one when my dad made us hot chocolate and baked pork rinds on a rainy day and our family worked on a jigsaw puzzle together.

21. by annemarie56 on Mar 17, 2008 at 8:09 PM PDT

My favorite hot chocolate memory is drinking it with my family during movie night during winter.

22. by mrstrooper on Mar 17, 2008 at 8:15 PM PDT

Having hot chocolate while watching the holiday parade with my children and husband...it was so much fun!

23. by lilyk on Mar 18, 2008 at 6:42 AM PDT

drinking hot chocolate with mini marshmallows when I was a kid

24. by Atreau on Mar 18, 2008 at 7:02 AM PDT

I love my hot chocolate with a bit of spice added. I remember as a kid my mom making hot chocolate and pastries on a snowy evening while my sister and I watched The Secret Garden. It is one of my favorite memories!

25. by anonymous on Mar 18, 2008 at 8:27 AM PDT

I love Cinnamon in Chocolate! This recipe sounds great.

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