Mocha Coffee Hot Drink Recipe
There’s nothing like a creamy, caffeinated treat to turn savoring the Sunday morning paper into a culinary event!
Ingredients
| 1/2 | cup | Dutch process cocoa |
| 2 | cups | half-and-half |
| 2 | cups | strong hot coffee* |
| 1/4 | cup | sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | vanilla extract |
| ~ | whipped cream | |
| ~ | sprinkled cocoa powder for decoration | |
| ~ | sprinkled cinnamon for decoration |
| Use best quality French or Italian roast coffee. |
Directions
1. Place the cocoa and ¾ cup of the half-and-half into a small mixing bowl and mix with a fork until well blended. Add more half-and-half if needed to form a smooth paste.
2. Pour the coffee, sugar, and the remaining half-and-half into a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan.
3. Add the chocolate paste to the coffee mixture, mix well, and bring to a simmer.
4. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla.
5. Divide the mocha coffee among two mugs and top each with whipped cream.
6. Dust with chocolate shavings and cinnamon; serve immediately.
Preparation Time:
10 minutes.
