Aztec Hot Chocolate

Name: Aztec Hot Chocolate
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups skim milk; 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon Splenda sugar substitute; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 pinch ground ginger; 1 pinch ground cloves; 1 pinch ground red pepper; 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; whipped cream

Submitted by KelBel

"Spicy and sweet. Over the holidays last year, I had hot chocolate with cayenne pepper in it. It was unexpectedly delicious. If you try this, add the cayenne, you'll be pleasantly surprised."

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photo by Baby Kato

Ready In:: 5mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 2

ingredients

2 cups skim milk
1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon Splenda sugar substitute
1 tablespoon honey
1 pinch ground ginger
1 pinch ground cloves
1 pinch ground red pepper
¹⁄₄ cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
whipped cream

directions

In a small saucepan, combine milk, sugar, honey, ginger, cloves and red pepper.
Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce to medium and simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
With wire whisk, stir in cocoa and vanilla. Stir briskly until frothy.
Serve in warm cups. Top with whipped cream.

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Reviews

This was quite the treat. A nice mug of thick, rich, creamy, dark chocolate, flavored with red pepper, vanilla and honey. What an awesome treat. I added more honey to the chocolate to bring out all of the lovely spices and for added sweetness, I also added a pinch of corse sea salt. It truly is a taste experience, not to be missed.

Baby Kato
prettty good i had a ss project on moctezuma II and this was a adition which almost every body liked but i defenitly liked it :)

mandarinB
With wind chill temps at -25F today it was perfect weather for a pipping hot mug of cocoa. I made one serving and found it very tasty but I think I would like a little more sugar. I didn't really taste the spices - my pinches must have been too small I guess. Overall, a nice recipe which will be excellent with a couple adjustments. Thanks for the recipe! Update: I added a couple pinches of additional sugar and it really brought out the flavor more - I could taste the spices much better. The additional sugar (maybe 1/4-1/2 tsp) brought this from a 4* to a 5*. Thanks again!

flower7
Unique twist on hot chocolate! It smelled wonderful while cooking, and the cayenne pepper adds a little kick to each sip. Thanks for sharing!

Starrynews
I doubled the recipe and basically used almost 1/8 teaspoon of all of the spices. Next time I will decrease the cayenne a tad along with the cocoa. I found it a little too cocoa-y which is highly unusual for me. I will definitely make this again though. Thanks for posting!

cyaos