In Mexico in Mzansi, Aiden suggests garnishing the Mexican hot chocolate with toasted mini marshmallows and whipped cream. I found it too sweet with the marshmallows so made a second batch to enjoy plain.
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Mexican Hot Chocolate
The first time I can remember enjoying hot chocolate was in 1976. I went to America to spend Christmas with my family and my cousins and I spent a lot of time outdoors. It was really cold, but I have happy memories of playing in the snow, and learning to ice skate. After coming in from being out in the fresh air, my aunt would make us hot chocolate. I am quite sure it came out of a tin but the memories make me smile. She would pile small marshmallows on top, and this to me was the ultimate treat. But now, my taste buds have changed, and I much prefer my hot chocolate to be less sweet. This recipe uses very little sugar which made it perfect for me.
A little bit of history
A drink of hot chocolate is purported to have existed 5300 years ago in what is today known as Ecuador. It became popular in the Mayan culture about 3000 years ago, and was central to Aztec culture around 1400 AD. Once introduced to Europe by the Mexicans it has evolved quite a bit. The Mayans drank theirs cold. Cocoa seeds were ground into a paste, mixed with water, cornmeal and chillies and the poured back and forth from a pot to a cup until a thick foam was formed. Now one can find spiced hot chocolate in Latin America, a thick version in Italy, and a thinner consistency in America. Today it is as simple as taking a powdered hot chocolate mix, adding boiling water or hot milk and enjoying it as is.
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Mexican Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 500 mls milk
- 20 g coconut sugar
- 15 g cocoa powder
- 2.5 mls ground cinnamon
- 1.25 mls vanilla extract
- 1 small pinch cayenne pepper
- 30 g 80% dark chocolate discs
Method
- Place the milk, sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, vanilla and cayenne into a small pot
- Place over a medium temperature and rbing to a summer
- Once simmering, add the chocolate a disc at a time, whisking while they melt
- Once completely melted, remove from the heat and pour into mugs and serve
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- 2012: Tequila Bolognese
- 2011: Big Bottle Wine Event
- 2010: Food Quiz Number 37 For A Friday
Good idea
thank you!
Hi Tandy, I also don’t like sweet drinks. This sounds perfect.
Winter will come around soon enough for you to try it 🙂
Wish I were holding one now :-))
I would send you one if I could!
I bet this is really good! Thanks!
It is really, really good!
Hot chocolate is very popular in the states especially around Christmas time. When I was young, we had a log basin that would freeze over in the winter ( before global warming) and would stay solid frozen from Dec through February or even March. My mom would make thermoses of hot chocolate and we would walk 5 blocks to skate on the basin and come back to warm up to my mom who would stand there and watch us skate but have hot chocolate ready! Poor mom- she probably was freezing standing there. But we only had one car and dad was working. Your recipe looks delicious and the information interesting.
thank you for sharing a childhood memory!
Love it. Thanks for reminding, I need to make it. I had the Mexican hot chocolate with spices when I attended a chocolate making class in Puerto Vallarta last September.
that class must have been amazing!
I have sometimes made a french hot chocolate (not sure how french it is really) with masses of whipped cream on top! So delish!
That does sound delish 🙂
Mexican hot chocolate truly is wonderful! I’m going back in January and you can be sure I’ll be enjoying at least a cup a day while I’m there. And in the meanwhile, I have your recipe to tide me over…
Especially as your weather is cooling 🙂
I would love to try your hot chocolate Tandy, it looks divine. I don’t feel like it as much now that the weather is warming up, so perhaps a cold version for me.
I am sure a cold version would be very refreshing 🙂