Creamy Chili Hot Chocolate

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Author: Delphine Fortin
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 2 servings 1x
Category: Beverages
Diet: Vegetarian

This warm, comforting hot chocolate with hints of chili is not your average drink. Extremely thick and creamy, you will dream about it again and again!

Ingredients

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½ vanilla pod
2 cups (500 ml) milk
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder, unsweetened
3 ounces (85g) 70% dark chocolate*, chopped
¾ cup (180 ml) heavy cream
1 stick cinnamon**
½ small chili pepper, seeded***

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Instructions

Pour about ⅔ of the milk into a medium saucepan. Make a slit through the vanilla pod, scrape the seeds and add to the saucepan together with the vanilla pod. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
In a smaller saucepan placed on low heat, melt the chocolate together with the cream, stirring constantly to prevent chocolate from burning.
Add the chocolate mixture into the first saucepan, and use the remaining 1/3 of milk to rinse out the chocolate saucepan. Add it to the main saucepan and give a good stir to make sure chocolate is well combined into the milk.
Infuse cinnamon stick, chili, and simmer for 2-3 minutes on medium high heat. Take out the chili, the cinnamon stick and the vanilla pod, and serve immediately in 2 bowls or cups.

Notes

* I recommend you use high quality baking dark chocolate, with a cocoa percentage of 70% or higher.

** Instead of cinnamon stick, you can use ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.

*** If you don’t have a whole chili pepper, replace with just a pinch of ground chili pepper.

Important note: if you don’t like spicy food, you can omit chili (and even cinnamon) in the recipe. Feel free to add just a pinch of sea salt to balance the sweet flavors if you wish.