World Spice Merchants : Recipes : Old-fashioned Cocoa

Also known as Drinking Chocolate, this is the rich, thick, comforting sip that we never outgrow.

1 cup milk

2-4 teaspoons cocoa

Makes one serving

Combine in heavy-bottomed saucepan.
Heat to just below boiling.
Stirr frequently.
Hold at this temperature for a few minutes, stirring constantly.
Do not boil, or a skin will form on the milk.
Remove from heat and pour into mug,
straining to remove any spice chunks.
Sweeten to taste.

Traditional toppings include whipped cream followed by a dash of cocoa, and some of us still have a thing for those lil' marshmallows [sigh].