Dark Hot Chocolate

Do you love a delicious hot chocolate drink in the winter time? This Dark Hot Chocolate is a great choice! It has a rich, creamy chocolate flavor that is perfect for a warm hot chocolate.

My kiddos love to go outside and play in the snow during the winter. They build forts, have snowball fights, and love to go sledding. I always like to have a nice cup of warm hot chocolate ready for them when they come inside. What a great way to warm up!.....and delicious!

This recipe is simple, and you'll have several cups of hot chocolate mix to have on hand. If your making hot chocolate several times during the winter like I am, it sure won't last long.

First you'll need to break up the unsweetened baker's chocolate, and add to the food processor. This will break it up more and create a powder out of it. There may be some small chunks, which is ok, it will melt when the drink is prepared for serving.

Add all the ingredients to the food processor to blend and mix well. This recipe makes 4 cups of hot chocolate mix, so there will be plenty to keep for later use. Place the dark hot chocolate mix in a jar or container for easy keeping to make hot chocolate in the future.

What a great idea for a simple Christmas gift as well!!

For one cup of dark hot chocolate, use 2 Tbsp dark hot chocolate mix per 4 ounces of boiling hot water. Make sure to use boiling water, so that it is hot enough to melt any chocolate chunks that are in the mix.

To make a large batch of Dark Hot Chocolate, bring 5 cups of water to a boil. Add the water to a slow cooker and add 20 Tbsp of the Dark Hot Chocolate mix and stir together well. Use the slow cooker, on keep warm setting, to keep the hot chocolate warm. Ladle out when needed.

Top with your favorite toppings: mini marshmallows, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, or cinnamon.

Dark Hot Chocolate

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

Ingredients for Dark Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate Mix

3 oz. unsweetened baker's chocolate

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 cup powdered milk

1/2 cup Dutch Process (Euorpean-style) cocoa

1 tsp powdered vanilla, optional 

1 Tbsp Clabber Girl Corn Starch 

1/2 tsp kosher salt

Toppings 

-Vanilla Marshmallow Kisses or Marshmallow Bits

-Whipped topping, 

-Ground cinnamon

Directions for Dark Hot Chocolate

1. Add all mix ingredients in a food processor and blend together until well combined. Makes about 4 cups of dry hot chocolate mix. 

2. Use 2 Tbsp dark hot chocolate mix per 4 oz. boiling hot water. It is important to use boiling water, as it needs to be hot enough to melt the baker's chocolate. 

3. Let the mix sit for one minute, then stir the beverage to be sure that all the chocolate is melted. 

4. Top the prepared hot chocolate vanilla marshmallow kisses, or marshmallow bits, whipped topping, and cinnamon. 

5. To make a large batch of dark hot chocolate, bring 5 cups water to a boil.

6. Mix boiling water with 20 Tbsp Dark Hot Chocolate mix in a slow cooker, and stir well.

7. Keep slow cooker on keep warm setting, and ladle out the hot chocolate drink as needed.

8. Top with your favorite hot chocolate toppings.

Note: For 1 cup of Dark Hot Chocolate, use 1 cup of boiling hot water with 4 Tbsp mix. 

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 thoughts/opinions are always 100% my own. 

Chocolate Cream Nectar, A Rumford Complete Cookbook Recipe

Summer days just got more fun with a flavorful iced coffee!!

A perfectly mocha flavored beverage, this Chocolate Cream Nectar drink has just the right blend of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla flavors mixed together!

This is a delicious iced that can be made right at home! Save yourself a trip to the coffee shop.

The Chocolate Cream Nectar recipe is super easy! The hardest part is waiting for it to chill! I like to make it the night before and then it's ready to go the next morning. A delicious cafe coffee that you can make at home.

The Chocolate Cream Nectar recipe is on page 215 of the Rumford Complete Cookbook!

Here is my version of the recipe

Chocolate Cream Nectar

Ingredients:
1 chocolate square (about 2 oz.)
1/2 cup liquid coffee
3 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
whipped topping

Directions:
In a medium saucepan, melt the chocolate square over a low heat. Add the liquid coffee and cook for two minutes, stirring with a whisk continuously. Add the sugar and water and cook for an additional five minutes. Chill completely. Add vanilla and stir together well. Pour into glasses over ice, each containing a tablespoon of whipped topping. Makes 4 cups.

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

I have loved enjoying it on mornings relaxing outside!

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Iced Coffee in Perfection, A Rumford Complete Cookbook Recipe

Relax this summer by sitting out on the patio, with an iced coffee in hand, enjoying reading a book and soaking up some sunshine. Doesn't that sound great!

Making a cold coffee at home can be simple and easy. Enjoy your favorite coffee flavor, creamy from the milk, and a little sweet from the whipped topping.

Here is a tasty iced coffee recipe found in the Rumford Complete Cookbook. Iced Coffee in Perfection is on page 214 in the 1908 cookbook.

Here is my version of the recipe.

Iced Coffee in Perfection
Ingredients: 
1 pint cold coffee
1 pink milk
Ground cinnamon
Whipped topping
Cracked Ice

Directions: 
Fully prepare and chill coffee for it to be cold. Have milk fully chilled as well. Blend together in a pitcher and mix well. When serving, add the cracked ice. Top off with a large dollop of whipped topping. Sprinkle over top each glass with the cinnamon.

PRINTABLE RECIPE HERE

Perfect in a coffee mug......

....or a mason jar!

What a great way to enjoy coffee in those hot days of summer!

This post is sponsored by Clabber Girl but my

 thoughts/opinions are always 100% my own