Hot-chocolate Anytime!

Imagine! You fur-balling into a soft blanket on a comfy sofa , with your favorite book in your hands, soft jazz playing in the background, perfectly feathering a cozy winter day!! Ahhh! and then… just like that, it all comes together even more beautifully with a gorgeous, decadent hot chocolate! 

Uff! I am almost smelling the aroma of a deep intense hot chocolate that can totally pull you out of any kind of drudgery. So lets just get down to making these ready to dunk cubes of hot chocolate that you can store at room temp or even in the fridge for a few months and use in case of ‘choco-gency’!! (licensed from chocolate emergency 😉 yes! that’s a real thing! )

Ingredients

  • 500 gms of your favourite kind of chocolate
  • 200 gms of mini marshmallows
  • 100gms of rice crispies (optional) 
  • for setting- Eight 3 by 3 inches square chocolate moulds or cutting chai cups or small disposable tea cups &  Eight wooden spoons
  • A cup with 200 ml hot milk to dunk one these lovely choco cubes sticks in.

Method

  • Chop the chocolate in small pieces
  • Make a bain marie which is essentially a double boiler and melt the chocolate on low heat, so you get an equally melted hot chocolate.
  • You can add anything u like to the liquid chocolate- dry fruit, canned fruit, rice crispies or flavorings like hazelnut extract etc.
  • Let the chocolate come to room temperature before you pour them into small cups.
  • Stack the small plastic disposable paper cups/ square moulds on the counter and slowly pour the cooled down chocolate into them. 
  • Let it set a bit outside before refrigerating.
  • Once the chocolate reaches semi solid condition, take a wooden disposable spoon and insert in the center of the chocolate cup. It should be done with a chocolate consistency that the  spoon stays straight and doesn’t wobble down or slide out.
  • Now you can happily let this refrigerate till totally set or the chocolate takes the shape of the cup.
  • Once set, you can take the chocolate out of the plastic cup mold and wrap it in a tiny sheet with a small ribbon. 

You can use these chocolate on spoons to make instant hot chocolate/cocoa.

Just add 200 ml hot milk to your favorite mug or cup and dunk this spoon in it. Wait for it to melt slowly as you sip on the heavenly drink on a cold winter night.


Hot tip: you can always pack some mini marshmallows, a stick of cinnamon or peanut butter on top of the set chocolate. In that case, insert a disposable lollipop stick or wooden skewer in the chocolate while setting! It would add the extra touch to the gorgeously delightful cup of cocoa.   
Enjoy it!

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