Easy Holiday Hot Chocolate Favorite with a Twist from Taste of Home
A hot beverage will be appreciated this weekend with the snow expected. Taste of Home has taken a old favorite, hot chocolate and added a tasty twist. Maple flavoring, mmmmmmm! Imagine the taste of rich, creamy chocolate coupled with maple flavoring, it will have the skeptics asking for another cup. (You might want to make a double batch!)
INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup Imperial Sugar® / Dixie Crystals® Granulated Sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 large marshmallows
DIRECTIONS
- •In a large saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa and salt. Stir in hot water and butter; bring to a boil. Add the milk, maple flavoring, vanilla and 8 marshmallows. Heat through, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows are melted. Ladle into mugs and top each with a marshmallow. Yield: 4 servings.