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Sipping Chocolate for Cold Winter Nights

October 16, 2015 by Talia Bunting 6 Comments

What do you drink on those cold winter nights? Before I knew about sipping chocolate, I always had plain old hot chocolate. I still love plain old hot chocolate, of course, but for the times I need a little more oomph, I drink sipping chocolate. Also when I want to drink a candy bar.

French Sipping Chocolate

I first had sipping chocolate in Paris. The days were cold and wet and Joe and I would bundle Marston up in his stroller, walk to Luxembourg gardens, split a six ounce cup of sipping chocolate and walk around the gardens.

When we returned to America, I searched and searched for sipping chocolate, or even a recipe to make it myself. Apparently Starbucks did a take on sipping chocolate years ago but it never took off. Fortunately, my favorite Parisian blogger, David Lebovitz, had a recipe and his is delicious. I’ve tweaked it a bit here.

My Notes on Sipping Chocolate

This drink is really more of a dessert. It kind of tastes like a liquid candy bar. It’s good when you want to sip, not good when you want to gulp.

Good quality chocolate is essential, and if I catch you using Hershey, we are no longer friends. Friends don’t let friends buy bad chocolate.

also check out those bourbon marshmallows (hitting the blog next week!)

How do you like those bourbon marshmallows? (Hitting the blog next week!)

You can drink as much as six ounces. But, quite frankly, at dinner parties, I’ll often serve this in two-ounce demitasse cups along with a light dessert (berries and cream are perfect).

The general rule of thumb when cooking milk is to not let it boil. In order to thicken though in this recipe, it has to come to a boil. I don’t understand the mechanics of this, but it works. Just make sure it’s a low boil and not a rapid boil.

I also think this would be delicious with bourbon (what isn’t delicious with bourbon?) or some schnapps.

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Sipping Chocolate
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
7 mins
Total time
12 mins
 
Author: Talia Bunting
Recipe type: Beverages
Cuisine: French
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
  • 1½ of whole milk
  • ½ cup of whipping cream
  • 5 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon of espresso powder
  • fleur de sel
Instructions
  1. Warm the milk and cream in a sauce pan on the stove on medium heat
  2. When the liquid is warmed through add the chocolate and whisk till it melts, then add the espresso powder
  3. Bring to a low boil and allow to thicken, whisking almost constantly until thick
  4. Pour two ounces into demitasse cups.
  5. Top with a couple of pieces of fleur de sel.
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Comments

  1. Kacie says

    October 16, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Talia, this looks magical – great timing, too, it’s supposed to finally get really cold here in Nashville tomorrow!

    Reply
    • Talia Bunting says

      October 16, 2015 at 2:33 pm

      yeah! quick make it and sit under a blanket!:) xo

      Reply
  2. Dot says

    October 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    YUM! If I could have I would have gone to Angelina’s every day I studied in Paris. I’ve been looking for a good recipe since 2009, but I’ve never seen one with espresso powder in it.
    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Talia Bunting says

      October 17, 2015 at 8:35 am

      Dot – ME TOO. This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to the goodness that was Angelinas. You don’t have to use the espresso powder – I just think it can enhance the chocolate flavor.

      Reply

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