Name: Hot Chocolate with Coffee and Hazelnut Liqueurs
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 3/4 cup chilled whipping cream; 6 tablespoons sugar; 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup water; 3 1/2 cups whole milk; 12 tablespoons Kahlúa or other coffee liqueur; 12 tablespoons Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur); Grated semisweet chocolate

Louise Pickerel of Muskogee, Oklahoma, writes: "The hot chocolate with coffee and hazelnut liqueurs here is my version of a restaurant recipe. I call it a "chocolate bar," and it does make a nice, lighter alternative to dessert after a filling meal. It's also something good to curl up with in front of the fire."

Warming and full of holiday cheer.

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