Holiday time brings overindulgence. My “go to” drink of choice is Hot Chocolate.  If you try this recipe, you will not be disappointed.

I make this with Vanilla Soy Milk, but Whole Milk is awesome, too.  Put 2 1/3 cups in an Ibrik or sauce pan.

In a bowl, mix 3 ounces of unsweetened natural Cocoa with 3 ounces of Turbinado Sugar. Stir in 2 ounces of Navan Vanilla Liqueur with a table spoon of water and mix into a paste.  Add six twists of fresh ground Sea Salt.

Bring the Ibrik of Milk to a boil. Every time it is about to boil-over, pull the Ibrik off the stove and put in one big glob of vanilla liqueur-cocoa paste and stir like crazy with a spoon. Don’t burn yourself. Once the spoon is clean, put the Ibrik back on the fire and bring the deliciousness back to a boil, remove just as it’s about to boil-over and add another big glob of goodness to the solution, repeat until all the vanilla liqueur-cocoa paste is inside the goodness.

Put real deal natural vanilla marshmallows in the bottom of your cups or mugs and pour the deliciousness over them.  Then take your sea salt grinder and give a couple cranks to the marshmallows. You’ll be glad you did. 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Anthony Garcia