Ingredients
Hot Cocoa
- Cooking spray
- 1 litre whole or semi-skimmed milk
- 360 ml hot water
- 150 g soft brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons instant espresso coffee powder or granules
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 175 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 dried ancho chilli
To Serve
- Finely grated chocolate
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Mist a slow cooker with cooking spray. Pour the milk and hot water into the slow cooker with the brown sugar, coffee powder, vanilla essence, chocolate, cinnamon sticks and the ancho chilli.
- Cover and cook on a low heat setting for 2 to 3 hours. Stir the hot cocoa and remove the ancho chilli before serving. Garnish individual servings with finely grated chocolate and whipped cream.
Tips
Mexican hot chocolate is frothy when served. To achieve this effect, vigorously stir hot cocoa with whisk until very frothy just before pouring into mugs to serve.
If you cannot find any dried ancho chillies, you can use a regular dried chilli, but the heat will be a little less intense.
