PEPPERMINT HOT CHOCOLATE

I hope all of you had a great weekend!
Mine sure was busy and fun with my family. We are enjoying the countdown and opening our Advent Calendar notes each day with the kiddos. This weekend we went so see some awesomely decorated houses in the neighborhood, and we also made some  OH SO  YUMMY  peppermint hot chocolate.
We sure needed it, the weather got super cold by Sunday afternoon.
This warm pleasing hot chocolate was heaven.
The best thing was actually when we figured we need some hot drink and found this recipe. I dig my pantry and found everything at home to make this super delish hot chocolate.
YAY!
Don’t you love when you have what you need and no need to drop to the store?
YAY!
Don’t you love when you have what you need and no need to drop to the store?
Milk, unsweetened cocoa, peppermint and chocolate chips…
That is it!
That is it!



INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 cups milk
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
7 peppermint sticks ( 3 crushed, 4 whole )
pinch of salt
DIRECTIONS
1.Place cocoa in saucepan. Whisk in mil gradually until cocoa has dissolved.
2. Add chocolate chips and crushed peppermint; simmer over medium heat, stir occasionally, until peppermint and chocolate have melted {8-10 min }
3.Bring to boil and remove from heat.Add salt.
4. Serve in mugs with peppermint sticks.
5. Garnish with whipped cream or marshmallow.
Recipe adapted from www.marthastewart.com

This is a great recipe, perfect for Christmas tree decorating, gift wrapping nights.
One cup of this HOT chocolate will leave you completely satisfied.

How about giving this perfect HOT chocolate as a gift?
Put ingredients to a small  mason jar and print out this cute tag with it.
You have the option to write how many cups of milk to add, in case you want to half the portion.
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 I have another sweet gift idea for ya!
Enjoy!
I am done with our Christmas decoration, and I have shared our
CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR last week…
 if you missed, come peak in

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Made this just now as I wanted to make some homemade hot chocolate for after Christmas dinner and this was a hit! We didn't have any peppermint sticks available so I added 6 of the white chocolate candy cane Kisses in and it was delightful! Thank you!
Wonderful!I love hot chocolate with anything added, I am sure your white chocolate kisses were yummy in it! Thanks for stopping by and leaving me with your sweet words!
This is a perfect little treat for a chilly night, Aniko! Thanks so much for sharing at Marvelous Mondays. Pinned!
It really is;-) Thank so much for stopping by and pinning:-)Xoxo
cute! Those cups are from IKEA right? I wasn't sure about the patterns, but looking at your photos I wish I would have got some, because they look great ;o) EMily
Emily, thank so much! Well, these mugs are from Dollar Tree!Yep! Don't you love them? I painted the dots on the white mug with my sharpie ( will post about it).
This looks so delicious!! 😀 Thank you for sharing the recipe 🙂
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Thanks Ashesela! It's an amazing hot chocolate..just made it again yesterday:-)thanks for stopping by!