Easy Spicy Hot Chocolate Drink Recipe Perfect for Snowy & Cold Winter Days Still Lingering

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Hot chocolate is always delicious on a cold winter day but with this extra-long winter weather that many parts of the US are continuing to experience, it's time to amp up the flavor a bit to get us out of this slump. I think this elegant and easy recipe, which incorporates the secret ingredient of Colman's Mustard, is just the thing to help us all through the dreary days that seem to be delaying the first signs of spring from arriving.

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Recipe

Spicy Hot Chocolate
Yields 2 Servings

2 cups milk

2 ozs bittersweet chocolate, broken into chunks or grated

4 tablespoons cocoa powder

4 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cornstarch

1/4 cup boiling water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 stick of cinnamon or 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon cocoa extra

A sprinkle of Colman’s Powdered Mustard

A pinch of salt

Optional: A dollop of brandy and a little whipped cream

Directions 

1. Mix the cocoa powder, sugar, salt, Colman's Powdered Mustard and cornstarch together in a small pan.

2. Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over the dry mixture and stir until everything is dissolved and you have a smooth paste. (You can skip this step and just add the dry stuff to the hot milk in the next step, but there will be cocoa lumps.) 

3. Put the milk, cinnamon stick and vanilla into a pot you can pour out of. 

4. Slowly heat the milk. When you judge it to be hot – not simmering or boiling, just hot – add the 2 ounces of chocolate. Stir to dissolve. 

5. Add the sugar/cocoa paste to the milk. · Keep stirring. When a ring of bubbles forms around the edges of the milk, turn the heat off. Remove the cinnamon stick. 

6. Pour the chocolate into two cups. Add an optional dollop of brand and a little whipped cream.

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About Colman’s Mustard 

Established in 1814, Colman’s Mustard of Norwich has been recognized widely as the iconic English mustard in the U.K. Available not only in Europe, but here in the USA. Sold as dry powder mustard and prepared liquid mustard, Colman’s Mustard provides a pure, fiery and complex condiment for all recipes and dishes. Visit www.colmansusa.com for more information.

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