https://twitchinkitchen.com/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:07:24 +0000 MyBB https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-107.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:26:08 -0400 https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-107.html *I am sticking this because something so decadent should never be lost in a long list of threads!

This is sinful, delicious, not convienient to make, but WELL worth the trouble.
This is NOT Low calories!
Thanks to Frugal Gourmet for this one!

calories: Per 8 ounces -
(with milk) 460
(with 1/2 & 1/2) 580

Hot Chocolate To DIE For!

For each cup, in a double boiler, combine:

2 to 3 ounces milk chocolate I use Cadbury candy bars!
1 teaspoon butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Stir together until completely melted and smooth. Then add:

1 cup half and half or cream I use whole milk if the latter is not on hand

Add the half and half slowly, incorporating it gradually as it heats, but do not boil.
Serve over a handful of mini marshmallows and garnish with a dash of nutmeg.

variations:
Substitute dark (semisweet) chocolate or white chocolate (very elegant!).
Try adding liqueurs, ie: Kahlua (for milk chocolate)
Cointreau ( for dark chocolate)
Peppermint Schnapps (for white chocolate)]]> *I am sticking this because something so decadent should never be lost in a long list of threads!

This is sinful, delicious, not convienient to make, but WELL worth the trouble.
This is NOT Low calories!
Thanks to Frugal Gourmet for this one!

calories: Per 8 ounces -
(with milk) 460
(with 1/2 & 1/2) 580

Hot Chocolate To DIE For!

For each cup, in a double boiler, combine:

2 to 3 ounces milk chocolate I use Cadbury candy bars!
1 teaspoon butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Stir together until completely melted and smooth. Then add:

1 cup half and half or cream I use whole milk if the latter is not on hand

Add the half and half slowly, incorporating it gradually as it heats, but do not boil.
Serve over a handful of mini marshmallows and garnish with a dash of nutmeg.

variations:
Substitute dark (semisweet) chocolate or white chocolate (very elegant!).
Try adding liqueurs, ie: Kahlua (for milk chocolate)
Cointreau ( for dark chocolate)
Peppermint Schnapps (for white chocolate)]]> https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-106.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:22:02 -0400 https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-106.html

This is a distinctly South American drink and it's still popular in South America today.

This is the correct spelling, and if the descriptions of the Cortez party
are correct, then this is the drink. When the Aztecs were drinking a
beverage made from the cacao tree it tasted nothing like what we know in
our time. The drink that Montezuma loved, and supposedly drank by the
potful, had hot pepper in it and no sugar at all. After reading some of the
responses of the Europeans to the beverage, I have developed the following
easy recipe. I doubt that you will be drinking this every morning but it is
fun to try now and then. ~ Jeff Smith from: The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American

Chocolatl Drink

Ingredients:

2 cups chicken soup stock
or, canned chicken
1/2 teaspoon plain cocoa powder
1 drop or more tabasco to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


That's it. Heat the chicken stock and season it with the cocoa, Tabasco,
vanilla, and cinnamon.]]>

This is a distinctly South American drink and it's still popular in South America today.

This is the correct spelling, and if the descriptions of the Cortez party
are correct, then this is the drink. When the Aztecs were drinking a
beverage made from the cacao tree it tasted nothing like what we know in
our time. The drink that Montezuma loved, and supposedly drank by the
potful, had hot pepper in it and no sugar at all. After reading some of the
responses of the Europeans to the beverage, I have developed the following
easy recipe. I doubt that you will be drinking this every morning but it is
fun to try now and then. ~ Jeff Smith from: The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American

Chocolatl Drink

Ingredients:

2 cups chicken soup stock
or, canned chicken
1/2 teaspoon plain cocoa powder
1 drop or more tabasco to taste
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


That's it. Heat the chicken stock and season it with the cocoa, Tabasco,
vanilla, and cinnamon.]]> https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-103.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:05:49 -0400 https://twitchinkitchen.com/thread-103.html This is great with a splash of Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum or without the adult beverage added in.


Spiced Cider

Ingredients:
One Gallon apple cider (get the good stuff that is all cloudy and you have to shake, not that clear crap that looks like apple juice)

4 tablespoons honey
8 cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons whole cloves
One Lemon sliced up
Butter *optional

Put all this in a nice big pot and bring to a boil. Simmer at least 30 mins and then remove the lemon slices and spices.

Serve hot with a cinnamon stick as a stirrer.
Add a spash of spiced rum if you like.
Put a small pat of butter if you like.]]> This is great with a splash of Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum or without the adult beverage added in.


Spiced Cider

Ingredients:
One Gallon apple cider (get the good stuff that is all cloudy and you have to shake, not that clear crap that looks like apple juice)

4 tablespoons honey
8 cinnamon sticks
2 teaspoons whole cloves
One Lemon sliced up
Butter *optional

Put all this in a nice big pot and bring to a boil. Simmer at least 30 mins and then remove the lemon slices and spices.

Serve hot with a cinnamon stick as a stirrer.
Add a spash of spiced rum if you like.
Put a small pat of butter if you like.]]>