Starbucks, Cold Stone Creamery, Ghirardelli, and Mama Rose’s gourmet foods sell delicious hot chocolate blends to make from home.

Starbucks’ hot chocolate products are available in three to four delicious flavors:  Peppermint, salted caramel, white, and classic dark chocolate.

Cold Stone Creamery and Ghirardelli’s hot chocolate brands are located near the coffee isle in most major supermarkets. Both products are creamy and rich in flavor.

Mama Rose’s gourmet foods locally produce and manufacture a fat free hazelnut hot chocolate in Arizona. Purchase Mama Rose’s dessert hot chocolate at any Fry’s, Safeway, Trader Joe’s and Southwest souvenir trading stores. Visit mamarosefoods.com or call (602) 477-8333 to learn more.

Try a few of these delicious hot chocolate recipes. Experiment with a variety of flavors and create a signature recipe the whole family will enjoy.

Peppermint bliss hot chocolate with Baileys:

Boil 2 cups of hot water in a two quart sauce pan. Reduce heat to low temperature and add two individual pouches of Starbucks’ peppermint hot chocolate mix and stir. Stir in a half cup of baileys liquor with two tablespoons of honey.  Garnish with marshmallows. Yields: 2-3 servings.

Eggnog hot chocolate:

Boil 2 cups of hot water in a two quart sauce pan. Stir in 3/4 cups of Ghirardelli’s white moca mix and a 1/2 cup of almond milk. Stir contents on low heat. Stir in one cup of eggnog and one teaspoon of minced vanilla beans. Garnish with nutmeg. Yields: 2-3 servings.

Orange hazelnut hot chocolate:

In a two quart sauce pan, boil 2 cups of hot water with a 1/2 cup of orange zest for five minutes and stir.

Add 3/4 cups of Mama Rose’s dessert hot chocolate or Ghirardelli’s hazelnut mix with 1/2 cup of soy milk. Stir contents on low heat.

Remove contents from heat surface and set for five minutes. Add two tablespoons of honey or agave nectar and stir.

Use a strainer to remove orange rinds from hot chocolate and serve. Garnish with whip cream and cinnamon. Yields: 2-3 servings.

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