• Easter Bunny Hot Chocolate

    by  • December 13, 2005 • dessert, drinks • 2 Comments

    After forgetting the cocoa at the grocery store Thursday and getting snowed in on Friday, I was jonesing for a nice hot chocolate. Alas, we had none left. At least, we didn’t have any of the usual suspects: Nestle, Swiss Miss, etc. But I wasn’t going to be deterred by that unfortunate fact.After a bit of hunting and hawing, I located uneaten chocolate bunnies from last Easter…They weren’t open and appeared perfectly edible. To be sure, I sampled a nibble. Mmmm. Chocolate.
    (Hint: Hot chocolate is delicious served with super-easy Toasted Coconut, Caramel and Milk Chocolate Madeleines.)

    So off to the stove the bunny and I went, along with milk. I heated up the milk until it was warm but not hot and began breaking an ear into little pieces that I sprinkled into the pan. After stirring for maybe five minutes, the chocolate melted and combined with the milk forming a surprisingly delicious and chocolately drink that totally took care of the craving. Okay, craving’s a bad word. It exceeded my expectations. There, that’s better.

    See also Organic Hot Chocolate.

    Low and behold, after purchasing two tins of hot cocoa from Williams-Sonoma – peppermint and chocolate – I discovered chocolate, real chocolate, inside. And you heat it in milk and stir, stir, stir. So I guess my instinct was pretty good on more than one level.

    Easter Bunny Hot Chocolate
    serves two

    2 cups milk
    the ears of a jumbo hollow Easter bunny

    Heat milk on stove set at medium-low until warm, but not boiling.

    Break bunny ears into pieces and sprinkle into milk.

    Stir constantly for 5-10 minutes until chocolate and milk are completely blended.

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    2 Responses to Easter Bunny Hot Chocolate

    1. Sarah
      December 13, 2005 at 1:25 am

      It’s funny how much more I have Needed Chocolate after having a child.

      Reply
    2. Sarah
      December 14, 2005 at 4:47 am

      I know what you mean…I wasn’t a big candy person at all before birth. But I’ve found that chocolate can be a very good friend…and it never talks back.

      Reply

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