I haven't tried any of these, but found a few variations on the regular Hot Chocolate...

Parisian Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
¼ cup whole milk
¼ cup heavy cream
2 tbsp sugar
2 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces

Combine all ingredients in a pot on the stove and simmer until chocolate melts. Don't let the mixture boil because the milk may burn. Serve with whipped cream or marshmallows

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
1 cup milk (any percent)
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
1 tbsp creamy peanut butter

Combine milk and chocolate in a pot on the stove and simmer until warm. Stir in peanut butter. Serve with graham crackers and marshmallows.


Microwaves, Homemade, Rich Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
1 ½ cups milk
2 oz dark chocolate

Place chocolate in mug. Microwave for 20 seconds. Pour ¼ of milk into cup. Microwave for 30 seconds. Stir mixture with spoon. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir again. Pour remaining milk into cup. Microwave 2 minutes. Enjoy!


Mexican Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
1 ½ cups milk
½ vanilla bean
1 red chili pepper
1 cinnamon stick
2 oz. Bittersweet chocolate

Split vanilla bean and pepper. Remove seeds from pepper. Simmer milk in a pot on the stove with vanilla bean, pepper, and cinnamon. Heat until just before boiling. Turn down heat and stir in chocolate until throughly melted. Remove from heat and cool slightly until serving (Warm or iced.)


White Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
3 oz. White chocolate
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla

Simmer vanilla and milk until warm. Stir in white chocolate until completely melted. Serve warm with marshmallows.



and finally I think this last one looks particularly yummy ~

Hot Chocolate Pudding Mugs:
Ingredients-
1 pkg. JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Cook & Serve Pudding
3 cups milk
18 JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows

PREPARE pudding mix with milk as directed on package. SPOON into 6 individual dessert mugs. Top each with 3 marshmallows. SERVE warm.

( All Recipes Thanks to the following Hot Chocolate Recipes )

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Kelli and Trudy I could kiss you! These recipes are exactly the kinds of things I am hoping to find for my Recipe Club next month! Our theme is hot drinks! Thank you!!!!

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Ha! I actually just thought of you and your recipe club...thinking I bet Christy has some she could add

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Always the thinker! Thanks Kell

I do have a few recipes to share. I will dig 'em out and post later!

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Hot Vanilla(insteadof choc)

3/4 c skim milk
2 tsp splenda
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
fat-free whipped topping
cinnamon

Heat milk to just below boiling point, about 1 1/2 min in microwave.
Stir in splenda and vanilla.
Garnish with fat free whipped topping and cinnamon.

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Cafe Mint Mocha

2/3 c hot coffee
2 Tbs chocolate syrup
1/8 tsp mint extract
1/3 c milk, cold
cocoa powder or chocolate shavings (to garnish)


Pour the coffee into a cup,stir in the assemble drink and top w/reddi whip), then add to the coffee, leaving a layer of foam on top.
Sprinkle chocolate on top, or cocoa powder.

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I'm drinking this one right now yummy! (though I used reg. sugar)Now I have something to serve my dh when he is done shoveling the snow, since he can't have the caffeine in hot chocolate. Thank you!

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Mommy&wifeisme........thats awesome!!!Hope he likes it too.......we have about 4 inches outside right now and is still coming down....yikes!!!

can your son come over and do the end of my driveway??? I'll pay him!!

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I posted this a few days ago..this is my favorite:
Peppermint Patty
2 T sugar
3 t cocoa
Dash of salt
1 cup of milk
¼ t vanilla
2t kahlua
1t creme de cacao
1t peppermint schnapps
reddi whip topping

In large mug, mix sugar, cocoa & salt. Heat milk in microwave for 1 ½ minutes. Add to cocoa mix slowly. Add vanilla, kahlua, crème de cacao & peppermint schnapps, reddi whip topping if desired.

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
Ingredients-
1 cup milk (any percent)
2 tbsp chocolate syrup
1 tbsp creamy peanut butter

Combine milk and chocolate in a pot on the stove and simmer until warm. Stir in peanut butter. Serve with graham crackers and marshmallows.


trying this one right now and it is really good.Thanks Kelli.

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