- peppermint candy cane (yumm!) - vanilla bean (delicate rounding-out of flavor) - Earl Grey tea (very nice and does come in decaf ) - Postum/chicory or coffee (toasty and hearty) - cayenne or chile pepper (good pick-me-up, even though I have low pepper heat tolerance) - cardamom (mmmm -- a recent hankering) - cloves (not so exciting) - orange peel or orange extract (very good)
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How much chile pepper do you put in? I've heard it mentioned somewhere before (I even used it in a story), but I've never actually seen anyone do it.
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I personally like marshmallows in hot chocolate but that's about it.
Now chocolate + peppermint=yummy in other incarnations (ie, York Peppermint Patties, Andes mints, and of course the all-time addictive eat-a-whole-pack-in-one-sitting favorite, Girl Scout Thin Mints).
I agree with the spearmint + anything = yukky camp.
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Peppermint hot chocolate is my favourite drink ever. It's also good with peppermint Schnapps, if you're into that sort of thing. Posts: 3932 | Registered: Sep 1999
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I can't read the post title without parsing it into C++, making it read Hot Chocolate and Peppermint are good. Try changing it to Hot Chocolate and Peppermint <> Good or Chocolate and Peppermint != Good Posts: 1480 | Registered: Dec 2004
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quote:Originally posted by TheHumanTarget: I can't read the post title without parsing it into C++, making it read Hot Chocolate and Peppermint are good.
I'm pretty sure that's what he means...
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For hot chocolate, I just sprinkle in cayenne pepper (or stir with a dried chile pepper) until it tastes right to me. Doesn't take more than a whiff for my taste buds.
On the other hand, I especially like spicy cold chocolate made with water instead of milk, and with only a bit of sugar. Refreshing and bracing.
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A couple of years ago Costco stocked a container of large, square peppermint marshmallows. They were the square, very soft kind of marshmallows.
Absolutely divine in hot chocolate.
I'm a big fan of Tourani syrups in hot chocolate -- hazelnut, almond, vanilla, raspberry. It's all good.
I also admit to being one of those weirdo Mormons who will, on occasion, mix Postum and hot chocolate. It doesn't actually taste like mocha, but I still like it.
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Hot chocolate + broken candy cane bits + baileys = mmmmm.... almost makes me wish it was cold enough to warrant it
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OK, thanks a lot. Reading this thread has reminded me of The Past. In this past, there was an ice cream called Chocolate Mystic Mint. It was chocolate mint ice cream with Mystic Mint cookies crumbled in. There was also Chocolate Oreo mint.
The closest I have come to that slice of heaven is the Thin Mint ice cream that comes out around Girl Scout cookie time.
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Hot Chocolate after a day of skiing plus a shot of either peppermint Schnapps or Bailey's = heaven. Ahhhhhh . . . ski season is a-coming . . .
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It's been mentioned here on Hatrack before, too. I've made brownies with a touch of chili pepper. They are amazingly yummy.
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Cocoa powder or chocolate shavings on their own do not mix well with water because cocoa is fat-based, thus not really water soluble. The iced chocolate drink I make with water and cayenne has to be shaken thoroughly and consumed fairly quickly, as otherwise the chocolate part just pools at the bottom.
It's a very different drink than hot chocolate. I like the bitterness -- much hot chocolate is tooth-achingly sweet to me. That's also why I don't add sweetened syrups.
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