Hot Chilli Chocolate

Oh yum,  we have invented our own recipe of hot chilli CHOCOLATE. (We watched the movie and decided it had to be a winner) Down here in tassy it is still the shoulder season so the evenings are ripe for hot drinks and schmoozing. It is supposed to be 13 degrees on Wednesday so I may even pull one out in the middle of the day they are sooooo good.

Start by buying some good dark cocoa. (Surprisingly Woolworths Home Brand is quite deliciously dark.) Multiply the recipe by however many mugs you’d like to make. (2 teaspoons of cocoa for two mugs, 3 for three mugs etc)

FOR ONE MUG

Place one heaped teaspoon of cocoa in a small pot.

Add two level teaspoons of raw sugar

Add one shake of chilli powder (or to taste -NB the chilli gets spicier as you heat it so if you taste it now it won’t have as much kick as it does at the end.)

Add enough boiling water to disolve cocoa

Add one mug of milk ( l like FULL creammmmm)

Stir over medium heat until milk is hot (not boiling)

Stir in some bitter dark chocolate pieces while it’s heating if you like things rich.

Pour into a comfortable mug (make sure you get all the bits of chocolate off the bottom) and enjoy.

This is one thing I’ll miss when the weather warms up. I’d post a picture but  I drank it already…

Ell