Today is the last day of winter. We made it! And I tried a new hot chocolate every week of the winter.
After beautiful spring preview weather, winter’s not leaving without a few words (and maybe snowflakes!). It’s currently 43 degrees and starting to rain. Supposed to change over to snow later. Not supposed to stick thanks to those warmer days. And a high wind warning until later tonight. I was just out there feeding the birds and the wind was calm right now. Howled earlier though.
Didn’t drink this hot chocolate today. Actually had it on Sunday when again, winter shared a few parting words. Since it was almost Saint Patrick’s Day, mint hot chocolate easily won the contest for the final flavor.
Mint Hot Chocolate
I loosely used the ideas in this Andes Mint Hot Chocolate recipe. First major/maybe minor difference is I didn’t use Andes mints. I do like those. However, we had these on hand:
Dark chocolate and mint? Yes, please! I also skipped the peppermint syrup, didn’t have any and didn’t think it needed it.
Had my guest judge of J along again for my final hot chocolate tasting of the winter. He opted for a full cup of hot chocolate this time. Sans marshmallows/whipped cream. I added the whipped cream and chocolate syrup to my cup to make it look photo fancy but it didn’t need it. Enjoyed it more once I spooned through that layer.
Title says it all. J and I both agreed this was the best hot chocolate of them all. Not that I didn’t very much enjoy some of the others but this one was just perfect. Easy to make, not overly rich, no weird aftertaste. Just everything to enjoy about mint and hot chocolate combined.
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Hope you’ve enjoyed reading along as I’ve tried so many hot chocolates this winter. If you are interested, most recipes and quite a few others I didn’t get a chance to try are listed on my Drinks Pinterest Board.
A few I didn’t get a chance to try: s’mores hot chocolate, Colombian hot chocolate with cheese (very intriguing), and orange hot chocolate.
Technically, I only did this for January, February, and the beginning of March as I followed the idea on my 25 for 2025 list. Will I pick it back up in December? Undecided. For now, I’m switching over to coffee and hopefully, very soon iced tea and lemonade (sometimes together/sometimes separate). And of course, water!