Chocolate is soul food for me, chocolate is the most delicious thing on earth. There is no equivalent to the experience of placing a perfectly shiny piece of chocolate on your tongue, letting it melt slowly in your mouth till it goes all around and then chewing it when it becomes too irresistible. I love cooking with chocolate mostly because I end up eating a lot of it neat while chopping.
That said I don’t exactly start my day with hot chocolate – its one of those things I make when I am particularly tired mentally. Every bit of making hot chocolate is invigorating – starting with the aroma of chocolate that is beginning to melt to the whisking of chocolate to a smooth shiny consistency. I like my hot chocolate dark and rich with not too much milk or flavourings.
Ingredients (for one serving of hot chocolate)
- Dark chocolate – 2 ounces (I use 2 1/2 ounces for darker hot chocolate)
- Water – 1/4 cup
- Warm Milk – 1/2 cup (adjust as per taste)
- Honey – 1 tsp
- Vanilla extract or flavouring of choice – 1/2 tsp
Method
- Chop chocolate with a serrated knife.
- Warm water in the microwave for 20 seconds on high. Add chopped chocolate, whisk and microwave on high for 1 minute or so. Stir once in between after the first 30 seconds.
- Whisk the chocolate well till its smooth and shiny. Add honey and vanilla and mix well.
- Pour into serving cup. Let it cool to lukewarm.
- Warm slightly, pour warm milk and serve.
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Same here chocolate is my soul food too.
I can eat them day and night, let me out like this i would love to eat them day and night.
But then it goes straigt to my stomach and thighs as fat :-)
Love the chocolate milk.
hehehehe so u decided to post something that were not in the choices huh!!!clever:)…hot chocolate is always welcome in my house..any time..love it that much:)
I know how much u love chocolate Laks and am sure u must have completed the whole bowl all by urself!..:D..
Yummy!!
Hugs
Siri
You really like Chocolate, don’t you? Enjoy. We need cold something tomorrow, it’s going to be very HOT weekend. See you on Monday!:)
nice detour from the readymade hot chocolate powder one….
I like anything with chocolate Lakshmi.Love the Choco bowl
great that u made hot chocolate at home..LOooooooooooooooooove this..
OHHH YUM! Looks GREAT! I’ll have to try it!! :) :)
loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeechocolate… no wonder i just bloat n never reduce.. :) iam sure u wud have finished this one in one go….
I hear there’s a place close to you called Boulangere that makes Hot Chocolate worth killing for. Have you tried it?
lovely one. Imagining u couching on the chair near the balcony with this mug of goodie and your favorite book! Heaven on earth :)
Oh my I with you all the way when it comes to chocolate – mmmmm!!
Rosie x
Hi Lakshmi,
Today was the first time I visited your blog.It is very nice.
I loved the hot chocolate recipe,I love everything chocolate.
I may try it out sometime in the future.
Usha
http://veginspirations.blogspot.com/
These look amazing. I’m so excited about this recipe! These were really good and incredibly fast and easy to make! Nice recipe of chocolate. ! I have tried this chocolate. I’ve been telling everyone about Healthy Chocolate It’s all natural, diabetic friendly, promotes weight loss and tastes awesome!!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing
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