{"id":7022,"date":"2022-12-02T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2022-12-02T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:00:05","slug":"happiness-is-hot-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=7022","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is Hot Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Marisa Seager<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year I wrote an article titled \u201cChai You\u2019ve Gotta Try\u201d, but this year I\u2019m switching it up to yet another favorite that is always in season \u2013 chocolate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some of the coziest hot chocolate recipes to try this season:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanilla Almond Hot Chocolate<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingredients: 1 cup sugar, 2\/3 cup baking soda, \u00bc teaspoon salt, 8 cups 2% milk, 2\/3 cup water, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, \u00bd teaspoon almond extract, and miniature marshmallows (optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa, and salt. Stir in the milk and water. Cook and stir the mixture over medium heat until it is heated all the way through. Now is the time to turn off the heat and stir in the extracts. Serve with marshmallows.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peppermint White Hot Chocolate<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingredients: 5-1\/2 cups 2% milk, 1\/3 cup heavy whipping cream, 4 teaspoons crushed peppermint candies, 12 ounces white baking chocolate, \u00be teaspoon peppermint extract, and miniature marshmallows (optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a saucepan, heat the milk over medium heat until bubbles start to form around the sides of the pan. In the meantime, beat cream in a bowl until still peaks form. Fold in 1 teaspoon of crushed candies. Whisk the chocolate into the milk until smooth. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the extract. Serve with leftover sprinkled candies and marshmallows.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gingerbread Hot Chocolate<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ingredients: \u00bc cup packed brown sugar, \u00bc cup baking cocoa, 1 tablespoon molasses, 1-1\/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1-1\/2 teaspoons ground ginger, \u00bd teaspoon ground allspice, dash of salt, 3 cups whole milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and whipped cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a saucepan, combine the brown sugar, baking cocoa, molasses, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground allspice, and salt. As you combine these ingredients, gradually add in milk. Cook and stir the mixture over medium heat until it is heated all the way through. Remove it from the heat, stir in the vanilla, and serve with whipped cream topping.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, all of these recipes are written to make hot chocolate the old-fashioned way but feel free to add in some of these extra ingredients to your standard hot chocolate mix. Don\u2019t worry, I won\u2019t judge!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original recipes from: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/hot-chocolate-for-the-holidays\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/hot-chocolate-for-the-holidays\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Marisa Seager Last year I wrote an article titled \u201cChai You\u2019ve Gotta Try\u201d, but this year I\u2019m switching it up to yet another favorite that is always in season \u2013 chocolate.\u00a0 Here are some of the coziest hot chocolate recipes to try this season: Vanilla Almond Hot Chocolate Ingredients: 1 cup sugar, 2\/3 cup&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-7022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-wellness","category-lifestyle","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}