Hot Chocolate + Strawberry Cupcakes has Valentine's Day written all over it. Eliot + I made these Strawberry Cupcakes yesterday (and have already plowed through half of them!)... a Sprinkles recipe! And will be making the following hot chocolate recipe today, it's super.
Hot Chocolate : 1/4 cup unsweetened organic cocoa powder, 1 quart organic milk, 1 cup organic semisweet chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract + a pinch of salt. | Put cocoa powder in saucepan. Stir in milk a bit at a time until cocoa liquefies; add remainder. Add chocolate chips; melt over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Ladle into mugs; top with whipped cream or frothy milk . Serves 4. Based on a recipe from Martha . Hot chocolate image complimentary of this flickr gal.