{"id":5281,"date":"2014-01-08T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2015-10-24T18:35:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T00:35:43","slug":"hot-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=5281","title":{"rendered":"Hot Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; 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width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rss\" title=\"Subscribe to our RSS Feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/rss.png\" \/><\/a><p>The other day, I made some marshmallows for the first time.\u00a0 Keith and I\u00a0fun pretending it was summertime and we toasted\u00a0some\u00a0using our\u00a0fireplace.\u00a0\u00a0Marshmallows plus fire or marshmallows plus chocolate is never a bad idea.\u00a0 One\u00a0of my favorite treats\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.gailambrosius.com\/hot-chocolate\/hot-chocolate\/\">Gail Ambrosius&#8217; hot chocolate mix<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a rough mixture of chunky Columbian dark chocolate.\u00a0 When you open the brown bag, you&#8217;ll get a strong, intoxicating aroma that will make you feel an extra jolt of verve during these frigid, wintry days.\u00a0 Trust me, you&#8217;ll want to make a warm cup of this delicious elixir.\u00a0 Make sure you&#8217;ve got some really good milk.\u00a0 We love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sassycowcreamery.com\/Index.htm\">Sassy Cow Creamery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5285\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotcocoaingredients.jpeg\" alt=\"hotcocoaingredients\" width=\"1000\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotcocoaingredients.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotcocoaingredients-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotcocoaingredients-150x110.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotcocoaingredients-400x294.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>RECIPE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leslie&#8217;s Hot Chocolate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ingredients<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1 and 1\/2 c. whole milk<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1\/4 c. <a href=\"http:\/\/store.gailambrosius.com\/hot-chocolate\/hot-chocolate\/\">Gail Ambrosius hot chocolate mix<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 t. unsweetened cocoa powder<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 t. vanilla extract<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>marshmallows<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gently heat the milk in a pan.\u00a0 When it is warm, add the chocolate chunks.\u00a0 Let it melt.\u00a0 Whisk as you let it warm up some more.\u00a0 Add the cocoa powder and vanilla extract.\u00a0 Whisk some more, if you like a little extra froth.\u00a0 You can also use an immersion blender.\u00a0 This should take about 5-8 minutes.\u00a0 Do not let the mixture boil.\u00a0 Place into you favorite cups or mugs.\u00a0 Plop a couple pieces of marshmallows in and dust with a bit of cocoa powder.\u00a0 Drink up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5282\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate.jpeg\" alt=\"hotchocolate\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/hotchocolate-400x266.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I made some marshmallows for the first time.\u00a0 Keith and I\u00a0fun pretending it was summertime and we toasted\u00a0some\u00a0using our\u00a0fireplace.\u00a0\u00a0Marshmallows plus fire or marshmallows plus chocolate is never a bad idea.\u00a0 One\u00a0of my favorite treats\u00a0is\u00a0Gail Ambrosius&#8217; hot chocolate mix.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a rough mixture of chunky Columbian dark chocolate.\u00a0 When you open the brown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[656,508,657],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-cooking","tag-gail-ambrosius","tag-hot-chocolate","tag-marshmallows","has-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5780,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions\/5780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}