477794 Wed Jan 09 15:45:18 -0800 2008 7 31 Home Cooking 0 3278872 Who says chains are all bad? One near me has hot choolate with peppermint schnapps and coffee liquor. Unfortunately it falls into chaindom with weak chocolate and aerosol whipped cream. What are some good hot chocolate or cocoa ideas using alcohol. I've been making hot chocolate with Hershey's new Special Dark Chocolate cocoa and brandy. Looking on the web some other ideas ... - white hot chocolate with brandy and candy canes - bittersweet hot chocolate with port wine - spicy Mexican hot chocolate with tequila - zabaglione hot chocolate with cocoa, egg yolks and marsala wine - hot cocoa, Baily's Irish cream, vodka and butterschotch schnapps - hot chocoate and creme de menthe - chambord raspberry liquor, creme de cocoa, cocoa - kahlua Hot Chocolate - amaretto hot chocolate - frangelico hot chocolate This book has a chapter with spirited hot chocloate like citrus and brandy hot chocolate and mint julep hot chocolate. Anyone have any opions on "Hot Chocolate - 50 Heavenly Cups of Comfort"? http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Chocolate-Heavenly-Cups-Comfort/dp/1558322906/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product Wed Jan 09 15:45:18 -0800 2008 10264 rworange 1 3278973 You got a good portion of them but how about: Hot chocolate with both peppermint schnapps and amaretto - mmmmmmmm Hot chocolate with vanilla cognac Hot chocolate with irish whiskey - add frangelico or amaretto Hot chocolate with baileys, kahlua, crown royal Wed Jan 09 16:16:29 -0800 2008 3278872 59853 AlaskaChick 1 3279068 I start with a top quality hot chocolate mix Schokinag Extreme Dark with no sugar added is my favorite. It is like 70% dark. Use whole milk and doctor it up to your hearts content. Wed Jan 09 16:46:47 -0800 2008 3278872 10285 Candy 1 3279480 I infuse orange zest into mine while it is cooking, then add Cointreau and homemade honey marshmallow. Wed Jan 09 18:58:28 -0800 2008 3278872 13150 babette feasts 1 3279971 Ha! When I saw the title my mind took it in any different direction... a few others: > Xtabentun with 100% Cacao Hot Chocolate > Licor 43 with Milky Hot Chocolate > Charanda (Michiocan moonshine) wiht 70% Hot Chocolate > Cinammon Liquer with 70% Hot Chocolate Wed Jan 09 22:47:14 -0800 2008 3278872 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 3280750 Yeah, you and a million other Google hits ... adding 'recipe' took out some of the more, uh, spicy, search results. My revenge is that anyone searching for anything else will find this thread in their search results. Thanks to all for the great ideas everyone. Eat-Nopal do you have ideas on liquor combos other than tequila to go with Mexican spicy hot choclate ... the drink. Thu Jan 10 08:12:38 -0800 2008 3279971 10264 rworange 3 3281046 I think spicy is kind of tricky... but I think Licor 43 works really well... as does the Cinammon Liquers... and I suppose Creme de Cacao or Coconut Rums would not be bad either. Thu Jan 10 09:20:55 -0800 2008 3280750 42572 Eat_Nopal 1 3280222 I make mine with light coconut milk (because full fat coconut milk is WAY to thick, comes out more like mousse, which also isn't bad). :) Thu Jan 10 05:25:06 -0800 2008 3278872 119275 Morganna