Totally Decadent Hot Chocolate
Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Margaret Monroe Dickey; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis
With flavors of vanilla and orange, this sip earns its "Totally Decadent" title. After using the vanilla bean, rinse it, let dry, and store airtight to use again. Use a vegetable peeler to pare orange peel and make chocolate curls.
This recipe, and others like it, can be found in the article "8 Indulgent Hot Chocolates for the Coziest Winter."
How to Make It
Step 1
1
In a 1- to 2-quart pan, combine milk, vanilla bean, and orange peel. Warm over low heat to blend flavors, about 15 minutes, stirring often; do not boil. Discard orange peel; remove vanilla bean and save.
Step 2
2
Add chopped chocolate and caramel sauce to hot milk; stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
Step 3
3
Pour hot chocolate into mugs (about 8 oz.), top with equal portions of whipped cream, and sprinkle with chocolate curls. Serve with spoons.
Ingredients
2 cups milk
1 vanilla bean (6 or 7 in.)
4 strips orange peel (orange part only), each about 2 inches long
3/4 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
2 tablespoons purchased caramel, butterscotch, or fudge sauce (or 1 tablespoon each of any 2)
About 1/2 cup whipped cream
Semisweet chocolate curls
Directions
Step 1
1
In a 1- to 2-quart pan, combine milk, vanilla bean, and orange peel. Warm over low heat to blend flavors, about 15 minutes, stirring often; do not boil. Discard orange peel; remove vanilla bean and save.
Step 2
2
Add chopped chocolate and caramel sauce to hot milk; stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
Step 3
3
Pour hot chocolate into mugs (about 8 oz.), top with equal portions of whipped cream, and sprinkle with chocolate curls. Serve with spoons.
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