Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Recipe

Today marks the first day of Blogmas and I, along with almost 100 other amazing bloggers, will be taking part in the #TheBigBlogmasProject2014. Blogmas is a challenge, we have to write a post every single day in December about the chosen topic for the day, it's pretty hard work.

I wanted to kick off the first day of Blogmas with a very tasty (and festive) Gingerbread Hot Chocolate recipe. These days we have a whole host of different flavours we can add to our hot drinks and during the festive period, ginger is one of my favourites. A little fact for you all, I'm intolerant to cinnamon, which makes navigating festive foods and drinks a little tricky. Ginger is my cinnamon, it adds that kick most people get in their mince pies or mulled wine and it means I don't have to miss out on that Christmas spice. 

You can buy the gingerbread syrup from your local coffee shops or amazon, but you can get a similar effect by using the cheaper alternative, ground ginger. Ground ginger can be found in almost any supermarket and it's pretty cheap. So, if you want to make your own tasty Gingerbread Hot Chocolate, here's what you'll need:

Ingredients & Equipment

• A mug or latte glass 
• 3 tsp Chocolate drinking powder (ideally the kind you add milk to rather than water)
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp Ground ginger (1/4 will give a very subtle ginger flavour, 1/2 will make it a little stronger)
• Milk (measure out in your chosen cup)
• Squirty cream
• Mini marshmallows
• Mini gingerbread men to decorate

Method

1. Measure out your milk into your chosen cup. Leave approx 1 inch for cream. 
2. Heat up the milk for 3 minutes in the microwave in either your cup, or in a heat proof jug.
3. Mix together your drinking chocolate and ground ginger so that the powders blend together. Then add to the hot milk and stir well. 
4. Transfer to your chosen cup (if you've heated it in a jug) then apply a generous amount of squirty cream.
5. Add marshmallows and gingerbread men for added tastiness. 
6. Sit back and enjoy your tasty Gingerbread Hot Chocolate. 

Don't forget to let me know if you try out this recipe and make sure you look up #TheBigBlogmasProject2014 for lots of other wintery posts. 

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