This cherry-covered hot chocolate will become your new favorite “cup of chocolate”. It will warm you up from the inside out during these cold winter months.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 long-stemmed maraschino cherries
16 ounces of whole milk
2 packages of 1.38 ounces of Swiss Miss Milk and Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
8 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
Reddi Wip for the garnish, if desired.
Instructions
Chocolate covered cherries
In a small microwave bowl, heat semi-sweet chocolate chips for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth.
Gently dip the cherries into the chocolate and slowly add to the topping.
Place them on a small plate lined with parchment and place them in the freezer to harden for a minimum of 10 minutes
Chocolate covered with cherries Hot chocolate
Pour the milk into a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Do not make it boil.
Pour the Swiss Miss Milk and Cocoa hot chocolate packets into each cup.
Pour 4 teaspoons of the maraschino cherry juice into each cup.
Slowly pour the milk into the cups and stir until well combined.
Garnish with Reddi Wip whipped cream, if desired, and chocolate-covered cherries. Place the chocolate covered cherries on a wooden skewer.