Slow Cooker Spiced White Hot Chocolate
Now the colder evenings are coming upon us I have taken to having a nice hot drink between 8:00pm and 9:00pm. Last night it was just plain Cadburys drinking chocolate in a mug with hot water and some lovely creamy milk, finished off with whipped cream and some soft miniature marshmallows. Very naughty but I did so enjoy it. It does us all good to enjoy a treat or two every now and then but during the colder months of the year in particular I love of an evening a nice hot drink of some sort of the other. It has become an autumn/fall custom for my little household.
Indeed, I first bought a very small slow cooker solely for the purposes of making mulled wine for myself in the run up to Christmas and over Christmas as OH does not drink it, so I think in many respects I am carrying on the story with this drink.
OH does not do spicing of any kind especially cinnamon. Me I cannot get enough of the cinnamon. I just love it. So this evening's hot drink will be one of sheer decadence. I love white hot chocolate it is an absolute favourite but I have never made this one before. So if there is any left over it will be popped into the fridge and used up tomorrow evening.
Indeed, I first bought a very small slow cooker solely for the purposes of making mulled wine for myself in the run up to Christmas and over Christmas as OH does not drink it, so I think in many respects I am carrying on the story with this drink.
OH does not do spicing of any kind especially cinnamon. Me I cannot get enough of the cinnamon. I just love it. So this evening's hot drink will be one of sheer decadence. I love white hot chocolate it is an absolute favourite but I have never made this one before. So if there is any left over it will be popped into the fridge and used up tomorrow evening.
Ingredients:
8oz good quality white chocolate
4 cups of half and half which is basically a mixture of half quantity double cream and half quantity whole milk so I am led to believe from friends in the States.
2 extra cups of whole milk
14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
7oz jar marshmallow cream
4 sticks of cinnamon
1 vanilla bean split and scraped or 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom or 4 cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1 whole nutmeg
Method
Place all the ingredients into a slow cooker and cook on low for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours stirring occasionally.
Remove cinnamon sticks, pods and nutmeg before serving.
Serve with whipped cream and dust with cocoa or white chocolate.
Most of all enjoy. If I get a chance I might even make some home made cookies to go with.
Catch you soon.
Pattypan
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4 cups of half and half which is basically a mixture of half quantity double cream and half quantity whole milk so I am led to believe from friends in the States.
2 extra cups of whole milk
14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
7oz jar marshmallow cream
4 sticks of cinnamon
1 vanilla bean split and scraped or 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom or 4 cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1 whole nutmeg
Method
Place all the ingredients into a slow cooker and cook on low for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours stirring occasionally.
Remove cinnamon sticks, pods and nutmeg before serving.
Serve with whipped cream and dust with cocoa or white chocolate.
Most of all enjoy. If I get a chance I might even make some home made cookies to go with.
Catch you soon.
Pattypan
x
Wow, wow, wow!!! That sounds sooo delicious. I think I'd get diabetes from drinking it though, haha :D Please let us know how it turns out.x
ReplyDeleteWow! I think that might be enough to last you a week! Mind you - white chocolate and cinnamon - yum yum 😋 x
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