Today I get to share with you a fun little cookbook put together by my friend Laura of Real Mom Kitchen. Laura is one of the very first bloggers I met in person. She was so sweet to me and let me tag along with her and her sister all day at the blogging conference we were attending.
When Laura asked me to review her new Warm Up Your Winter Cookbook featuring hot chocolate and cider recipes I told her I’d love to! I love hot chocolate and hot cider.
The only problem was the day I decided to play around with some of the recipes it was in the 90’s! Not hot chocolate drinking weather. Fortunately for me there was a recipe for Frozen Hot Chocolate and I decided that was perfect for the weather that day.
I first discovered frozen hot chocolate in New York City at the famous Serendipity Restaurant. I think I planned our whole New York trip around visiting that restaurant to try the frozen hot chocolate. When I saw the recipe in Laura’s cookbook I was excited to give it a try at home!
The ingredients are pretty simple, some melted chocolate, milk, hot cocoa mix, a little sugar and ice.
Start by melting the chocolate chips in the microwave and add in the sugar, cocoa mix and part of the milk.
After it cools add in the rest of the milk and put it into your blender along with the ice. Pulse a few times and you have magic – frozen hot chocolate!
Of course hot chocolate is always better when topped with some whipped cream and sprinkles! The perfect treat for a 90 degree day or any day really! Excuse my mess. No need for a trip to NYC when you’ve got this great recipe for making it right at home!
Laura has a lot of other yummy recipes in the book. I can’t wait to try the Hot Vanilla and the Pumpkin Pie White Hot Chocolate! I’m going to let it cool down a bit first though.
You can get yourself a copy of Laura’s book by leaving a comment below letting me know what your favorite thing to add into hot chocolate is. Giveaway open to US residents only (sorry!)
Her cookbook can also be purchased here.
Other hot chocolate recipes:
Frozen Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1/2 C semisweet or milk chocolate chips or 4 oz. chocolate
- 2 tsp. hot cocoa mix
- 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 C milk divided
- 3 C ice cubes
- sweetened whipped cream
- chocolate sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Chop chocolate into small pieces and melt in a glass container in microwave for 10-20 second intervals until melted.
- Add in hot cocoa mix and sugar to melted chocolate. Mix until blended.
- Add in 1/2 C milk, stir until smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature
- In blender, place remaining milk, cooled chocolate mixture and ice cubes
- Blend on high speed until smooth and consistency of a frozen daiquiri
- Pour into mugs and top with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Recipe from Real Mom Kitchen
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Add-in coffee!
Looks and sounds delicious. For hot chocolate, I like the traditional marshmallows. But whipped cream is always a welcome addition.
I sometimes like to add some Baileys Irish Cream to my hot chocolate. Mmmmm!
Depending on the weather, i might be tempted to add butterscotch, strawberry, or peppermint flavors…although the reicipee as printed seems delightful!
Love frozen hot chocolates at Dairy Queen!
I like to add cherry syrup. It tastes just like a chocolate covered cherry.
I love adding raspberry syrup to hot chocolate! I can’t wait to try this frozen hot chocolate!
I love hot chocolate! My favorite add ins are caramel and marshmallows!!! I would love this cookbook! I love all of Laura’s recipes!
Whipped cream and sprinkles
Ive Been looking for this recipe! Thank you! Favorite thing to add to hot chocolate? One of two things, a cinnamon stick or my MOST fave a wee bit of cayenne!
Frozen or hot, I need a peppermint stick to stir.
I like my cocoa with a scoop of ice cream in it, yum!!!
Candy cane.. yum.. love all cook books..thanks 4 opportunity..
Depending on the season its either peppermint sticks, marshmellows, carmel, peanut butter sauce, or raspberry sauce usually in a white hot chocolate.
Would love this book, thank you for the chance.
Butterscotch snaps for a really cold night in Michigan. Mint in the summer
I like to stir mine with candy canes. Marshmallows are also a great option.
That sounds yummy.
Peppermint and marshmallows!
Schmarshmallows (as my children say) and something minty.
I love to make add coffee to my hot chocolate!:)
In Australia most places have these and call them iced chocolates. Every time I’m in the states and I ask for one everyone looks at me like I’m crazy. When I try to explain it I end up with a hot chocolate with ice blocks in it. Now I’ll know what to ask for!
Kahlua is the perfect touch to a hot chocolate after a cold, hard day!
My favorite thing to put in my hot chocolate is mini marshmallows 🙂 I would love to win a copy if the book.
Cinnamon.
My favorite might be mint. Always have been a fan of mint chocolate chips 🙂
I like caramel and course ground salt on my hot chocolate. YUM!!!
In my hot chocolate, its usually some hazelnut syrup or peppermint candy stick that melts while hot.. this frozen idea is unique!
I love marshmallows with a few white chocolate chips… yummy!
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Homemade Chocolate Marshmallows!! That is my favorite thing to add. I like the Kraft marshmallows on sweet potatoes!!
marshmellows always win out
marshmallows
some days I add marshmallows and then some days it is peppermint schnapps, depending on my mood.
Hot chocolate is my drink – almost year around. I don’t drink coffee but it hot chocolate for me! Would love a copy of this book – thanks for the chance to win it. I like to put flavored syrups in. My favorite right now is marshmallow.
I like to add flavored creamers to hot chocolate to make it richer. Carmel is a favorite. Whipped cream on top is a must!
This looks amazing!!! I like to try different things in my hot chocolate…candy canes, whipped cream, marshmallows…and those nights mommy needs to “relax” a little…some Whipped Vodka 😉 I’d love it if you’d stop by and link up at my link-party Feed Me Friday
I have to have marshmallows in my hot chocolate, although I’ve been known to add some Baileys Irish Crème or Kalua on occasion :~)
We will be trying that frozen hot chocolate today! My kids will LOVE it!
I like mini marshmallows in my hot chocolate.
My oldest daughter and I went to Serendipity in June for the first time and LOVED their frozen hot chocolate. We were lucky and only had a 30 min wait. Can’t wait to try your version.
Vanilla!
Some Baileys and whipped cream! Yum!
Ohhh this looks awesome!! I LOVE frozen hot chocolate, Serendipity’s is the best!!! I will have to try making this at home too, this looks delicious!!!!
favorite thing to add is whipped cream
If you like FHC’s you need to try one at Dairy Queen! Order it with cocoa fudge and chocolate ice cream. A perfect treat in this warm PDX weather :-). It’s my go to treat during the summer!
I love adding some chocolate bar to my hot chocolate to make it extra rich. Yum!
Hands down real whipped cream, yummm!
oh yummy! this looks so good. my fav to add to hot chocolate is cinnamon mint. soooo good. thanks for the chance!
Whipped cream, of course… but occasionally… if it’s an “adult” beverage kind of night, I might splurge with a lil’ splash of Bailey’s Irish cream or Frangelico liquors. Non-alcohol irish cream or hazelnut syrups work as well! 🙂
Whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. Must have sprinkles!
I just love hot chocolate on its own – pure and simple.
Marshmallows – lots of them! (Nearly equal amount marshmallow to hot cocoa ratio!)
I like to add peppermint leaves
Absolutely my favorite thing to add are lots of mini marshmallows. Lots.
I love hot chocolate with any of the flavored creamers – hazelnut, almond joy, salted caramel, etc. oh – and lots of whipped cream on top!
My favorite thing to add to hot chocolate is whipped cream!!!!
My children love it when I add mini candy canes, mini marshmallows, or whipped cream to our cocoa. We’re all dippers, though, so the thing that gets in there most is buttered toast.:)
My favorite thing to add to hot chocolate is marshmellows and stir in a candy cane!!
I’m a classic, mini marshmallows and whipped cream kind of girl. But now that you’ve got me thinking, I think a big spoonful of peanut butter melted in would be heaven.
Adult beverage
Take one shot glass. Add the following to a mug of hot chocolate:
Bailey’s creme
Kahlua
Amaretto
that is 1/3, 1/3,1/3= one shot glass, not three shots!
Top with whipped cream topping if desired. YUM!
It is like drinking a dessert AND it will warm you up on a cold winter’s day!
Whipped cream is a must. Marshmallows aren’t bad either!
I like to add Hershey’s kisses and toffee bits. Mmm……
whipped cream!
This sounds wonderful! Especially since it is still in the 90’s here in Arizona too. My girls would love this!
I would add some sort of extract… cinnamon… peppermint!!
Thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to check out her cookbook!
Carrie
This recipe sounds great! I can’t wait to try it:) I do like to put whip cream and “sprinkles” and marshmellows in my hot chocolate. I also like to add chocolate chips sometimes too.
Thanks for the recipe!
Marshmallows AND a candy cane or cinnamon stick. Both are great!
Since I live next to NY and I’m fortunate enough to be in the city a lot because all my kids live there, I’m also lucky enough to go to Serendipity on a whim. One problem, the lines and the wait are to long to bother because I can make it at home since they released their long kept recipe a secret. Now we’re all lucky to be able to make it at home. They do sell a packaged mix that you can buy there and online but fresh, real ingredients are so much better and economical!
My very favorite…..I love adding coffee. For a really special treat, try adding coffee (a shot of espresso or very strong brew for best flavor) and some Kahlua. Yummmm, wanting some now!!!!!
Yes, there is a unique taste to Hot Chocolate whether it is cold or hot!
Whipped cream and sometimes a few marshmallows. Looking forward to hot chocolate weather !!
Mint is yummy! I usually have it straight chocolate, but willing to try new things. In fact, I’m going to make this frozen hot choc, right now. Thx.
I love to add peppermint!
Whipped Cream
I love to add Butterscotch Schnapps. My kids love to add marshmallows of course!
Thanks!
The kid in me love marshmallows added to hot chocolate – and the adult in me likes to add extra chocolate!! A combination of pure comfort bliss.
Oh, and as I read the first paragraph – had to read that second sentence over again. At first read thought it said, “Laura is one of the very first bloggers I met in PRISON.” Very glad that’s *not* where you two met in PERSON!! LOL ;o)
Me too!!!
I love the typical add in’s such as whipped cream and marshmallows, but I especially love a little crushed red pepper to jazz it up a notch.
I love to put a scoop of peppermint ice cream in my hot chocolate. Yum!
Crushed candy canes & whipped cream!
I love marshmallows with my hot chocolate and if I am making it into an adult drink I will add some peppermint schnapps. Looks like a fun drink book.
My favorite thing to add to hot chocolate is salted caramel syrup. It’s the only thing I look forward to with the cold weather. This book looks really fun! I waited for 2 hours for a table at Serendipity in NY to try their frozen hot chocolate once–it will be fun to try to recreate it. Thank you!
Lots of marshmellows!!!!
I love dipping buttered toast in my hot chocolate! Mmmmm!
Oooo, me too. That’s what I should have said too!
whipped cream and marshmellows. 🙂
I love to add a peppermint stick used to stir and flavor!
Cinnamon and whipped cream! I LOVE hot chocolate.
Still in the 90s here too….I will be giving this a try….thanks