Mocha for the Holidays
Equipment
- 1 quart-sized pan
Ingredients
- 6 ounces strong, hot coffee (or espresso)
- 1/2 cup hot (not boiling) whole milk
- 2 Tablespoons Ghirardelli chocolate chips or chocolate syrup
Optional: candy canes, cinnamon sticks, whipped cream, sugar, mini-morsels, Bailey's
Instructions
- Brew your favorite coffee as you usually do.
- Place the whole milk in a pan on the stove, add the chocolate, and whisk together.
- Heat on medium high and continue to whisk until the milk starts to simmer around the edges (do not boil) and the chocolate is thoroughly melted.
- Pour the heated milk/chocolate into the coffee, stir and serve. You have an easy, yummy hot drink in a few minutes.
Notes
At the holidays, we serve the mocha drinks with whipped cream on top, and/or plop a cinnamon stick into the mug. The photo shows the variations of the basic recipe, with ground cinnamon, frothy milk, or chocolate powder on top for enhanced flavor.
These days, we travel with hot chocolate packets which mix nicely with a 6-8 ounce mug of coffee. The chocolate covers a lot of nasty notes of suspicious brown liquid presented as coffee.