Heart and Soul Hot Cocoa

Name: Heart and Soul Hot Cocoa
Yield: makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: Cocoa powders to consider are E. Guittard, Droste, Hershey’s, Scharffen Berger, or—by far my favorite—Valrhona.; 3/4 cup sugar, or more; 1/2 cup unsweetened alkalized or dutched cocoa powder, or more to taste; 4 cups whole milk; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons malt syrup (optional); 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; Artisan marshmallows or whipped cream (optional)

December 9, 2011

This rich cocoa warms the heart and soul like no other. After you’ve served the cocoa, the leftover amount makes a good base for chilly chocolate milk the next day. Store it in the refrigerator and just splash in cold, fresh milk to lighten it up.

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