Luxury hot chocolate

Name: Luxury hot chocolate
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 1.5 litres whole milk; 3 tbsp demerara sugar, plus extra to taste; 100g dark chocolate, chopped; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 150ml single cream; dark rum, whisky, brandy, Disaronno or Baileys; squirty cream; Cadbury flakes; (available from Waitrose and ocado.com) Chloe’s Hazelnut & Cocoa Wafers; cinnamon sticks; ground cinnamon; chocolate chips; mini marshmallows; fudge chunks

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time15 mins
Easy
Serves 8

Ingredients

3 tbsp cocoa powder
1.5 litres whole milk
3 tbsp demerara sugar, plus extra to taste
100g dark chocolate, chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
150ml single cream

TOPPINGS

dark rum, whisky, brandy, Disaronno or Baileys
squirty cream
Cadbury flakes
(available from Waitrose and ocado.com) Chloe’s Hazelnut & Cocoa Wafers
cinnamon sticks
ground cinnamon
chocolate chips
mini marshmallows
fudge chunks

Method

STEP 1
Put the cocoa in a large bowl or jug and mix in enough cold milk to make a smooth paste. Put the rest of the milk in a pan and bring to a simmer. Whisk the milk into the cocoa paste until everything is incorporated then pour back into the pan. Add the sugar, chopped chocolate, vanilla and cream, and heat gently, stirring until everything is combined. Sweeten with extra demerara sugar to your liking.
STEP 2
Pour the chocolate into heatproof glasses and let everyone add their own toppings.