Shaker Gourmet: Hot Cocoa

It's snowing here! I mean really snowing and it's sticking! There was nothing and then POOF! It's coming down heavy. The kids bundled up and went out to play in it for a bit. When we came in, I made some hot cocoa to warm up. Used to be that I'd make it with milk and Hershey syrup...but I don't have any of the syrup here, just unsweetened cocoa. So, I winged it and it came out fantastic--good enough that I had to come post about it, LOL.

Hot Cocoa
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup water
3 cups milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla

Whisk sugar, cocoa powder, and water in sauce pan until well combined. Turn on heat to med. Whisk in milk. Whisk in cream and vanilla. Heat until nice and hot, stirring occasionally.

Serve in mugs with marshmallows or whipped cream or both! Or, well, nothing if you don't want it.

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