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Hot cocoa is a pretty simple drink. The first step is to pour hot water into a mug and then fill it with hot cocoa. Stir in a little sugar and milk and you are done. I like to mix up a cup of milk and sugar with a cup of hot cocoa for a fun hot cocoa, and it is a great way to enjoy a hot drink when you are feeling lazy.
The thing about hot cocoa is it doesn’t have the same complexity of a cup of tea. That means that I’ve had to invent the art of making hot cocoa out of my own ingenuity. Today I whipped up a batch of hot cocoa to try to make myself feel less guilty about spending a little time making tea instead of drinking it. The results were pretty tasty, but it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.
As always, the biggest problem with making hot cocoa is that it takes time and patience. I have a fairly flexible schedule and it can be a little difficult to start and set up a batch, but once I’m in and making the first cup, I am a lot less likely to go back for it.
Tea is one of the easiest things to make when youre in a rush, but when you’re rushing around for hours on end to make the perfect hot cocoa, it can be quite difficult to come back at the end to finish it off.
The answer to this lies in hot cocoa makers. By the time Im in a hurry to whip up a cup of hot cocoa to enjoy with my morning coffee, I’ll have been making it for hours and hours. So why not take advantage of the fact that it already has been brewing for hours and hours? It’s a recipe for disaster if you forget to bring it with you.
Hot cocoa recipes are all the rage right now, but they tend to focus on making the perfect cup of hot cocoa. However, they can also be quite complicated. So what are the best hot cocoa recipes to use when youre just getting started? We asked around to find out. We got a lot of great responses from people who are great chefs and have good recipes. Here are the top ones we found.
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The original recipe came from the best cocoa maker in the world, The Master of Ceremonies at Café Boulud. Chef-la-la Boulud did a fantastic job of making a really great hot cocoa.2.
The second recipe came from the “Gourmand” at the local French cafe that makes a gourmet version of the original recipe. Chef-la-la was also great.3. The third recipe is a little more involved but also involves some really nice things like milk chocolate, caramel, and caramelized apple.
And finally, I’d like to give a shout out to the new flavor at the LaSalle in downtown Chicago. The LaSalle is where you can get one of the best chocolate covered espresso beans around and it’s got the best chocolate covered espresso beans outside of LaSalle’s. The first time I tried one of their new flavors, I was shocked and then I was totally excited.
