Hot Chocolate

White Delight Hot Chocolate
Found https://www.today.com/recipes/white-delight-hot-chocolate-t64061

SERVINGS:4
Dulce de leche and sea salt give this dreamy white hot chocolate an extra punch of flavor.

Ingredients

4 cups whole milk
1 cups heavy cream
12 ounces white chocolate, chopped
8 ounces dulce de leche
1/4 teaspoon smoked sea salt (reserve a bit for garnish)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup crème fraiche for garnish
White chocolate shavings for garnish

Preparation

Bring milk and cream to a simmer in a saucepan. Place chopped white chocolate and dulce de leche in a bowl. Place this in a bowl over a pan of boiling water (double boiler-style), whisking until chocolate has melted. Add smoked salt and vanilla to white chocolate dulce de leche, reserving a bit of smoked salt for garnish. Slowly pour the milk and cream into the white chocolate dulce de leche mixture while continuing to stir. Serve in four large mugs. Whip crème fraiche with a tablespoon of warm water until fluffy. Garnish mugs with crème fraiche and white chocolate shavings. Finish with the reserved bit of smoked salt.

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Spiked Hazelnut Hot Chocolate
Found https://www.today.com/recipes/nutella-hot-chocolate-t3891

The 10-Minute Happy Hour Feb. 19, 2015 at 6:30 AM
 Nutella hot chocolate
Maureen C. Petrosky / The Kitchn
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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk
1/3 cup Nutella
1 cinnamon stick
4 ounces bourbon, Frangelico, cacao rum, or chocolate liqueur, optional
Oven-toasted marshmallows, optional (instructions below)

Preparation

In a pot over medium-high heat, bring the milk to a simmer. Add the Nutella, stirring until it has melted and become incorporated. Add the cinnamon stick and bring to a simmer.

Ladle into mugs and serve with fresh oven toasted marshmallows. (If serving with marshmallows, toast on a foil-lined baking sheet under the broiler for 30 to 45 seconds, until golden brown.)

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Turtle Hot Chocolate Float
https://www.today.com/recipes/turtle-hot-chocolate-float-t64046
SERVINGS:4

This over-the-top hot chocolate float can work as a decadent drink or wow-worthy dessert.

Ingredients

8 scoops butter pecan ice cream
24 ounces hot chocolate (see recipe below)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon Kosher salt
1/2 cup chocolate shavings
1 cup caramel sauce

HOT CHOCOLATE
12 ounces condensed milk
12 ounces half & half
16 ounces milk chocolate, chopped or grated
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

To make the hot chocolate:

Heat condensed milk and half & half to a simmer, add almond extract. Place chopped chocolate into a bowl, pour the milk mixture over the chocolate and whisk until smooth.

To assemble the hot chocolate float:

Pour a bit of your purchased caramel sauce onto a small plate. Dip the rim of a tall glass mugs or old fashioned milk shake glasses into the caramel. Sprinkle the rims with kosher salt, chocolate shavings. Add 2 scoops of butter pecan ice cream into each glass. Add hot chocolate, garnish top with chopped pecans.