Gingerbread Hot Cocoa (1 mug or 4!)

a cup of hot chocolate with cinnamon sticks and 2 gingerbread men on the side

Servings: 4

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 8

Enjoy all the classic gingerbread flavors in a warm and rich cup of hot chocolate that will immediately become a new holiday favorite!

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Ingredients

¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup brown sugar, or regular
Pinch salt
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
⅓ cup hot water
6 cups milk, dairy or non-dairy
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Prep:

In a small dish, combine the cocoa powder, sugar, salt, ground ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Make the hot cocoa:

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk the water and the cocoa powder, sugar, and spices mixture. Continue stirring constantly until the cocoa powder and sugar have turned into a liquid chocolatey mixture.
Pour in the milk, and warm it up over medium heat until it's hot -do not boil it, or you'll risk burning the milk.
Turn off the heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour into mugs and serve immediately.

Notes

For one: in the bottom of a mug, mix 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder, 2 tablespoons of sugar, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, and a pinch of nutmeg. Heat 1 ¼ cups of milk until hot but not boiling (in the microwave or stovetop). Pour a little bit of the hot milk, just enough to cover the powdered mixture, and with a spoon or small whisk, until the cocoa, sugar, and spices have dissolved. Then, add ¼ teaspoon of vanilla pour the rest of the hot milk into the mug, and stir to combine.

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