Chilly outside?
 Want to take the edge off a kid’s rough day?
 Try Hug in a Mug’s cocoa! 

Time
2 minutes to gather ingredients
10-12 minutes to prepare cocoa
90 seconds to drink cocoa

Ingredients
1½ C whole milk
½ C   half and half
¼ C   semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/8 t  vanilla
1/8 t  cinnamon

Makes two generous cups.

Preparation
Combine  milk and half&half in deep saucepan. Heat over medium-high burner, stirring constantly. Do not boil the milk!

When the milk is warm/hot, add chocolate chips slowly, whisking constantly.

Add all chips, keep whisking until chips have melted.

Note: you’ll see tiny flakes of chocolate suspended in the milk. This is normal.
It makes the cocoa awesome.

Add vanilla and cinnamon once chips have melted. Stir for 1 more minute.

Pour into mugs immediately.

For extra flair, add dollop of whip cream.

Blow on hot liquid. Sip. Enjoy the awesome. Repeat.

 

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