Orange Spice Hot Chocolate

So, with Halloween just around the corner I have been loving all things festive. I particularly like the smell of spices such as cinnamon and clove. I have always loved it when you go into shops and you see the jars of spices that you can buy and use to scent your room. By combining my love of hot drinks and festive spice I have come up with a hot chocolate recipe to warm you up. It has been starting to get a lot cooler recently and I love it when it is raining outside and you can cosy up with a blanket, a hot drink and watch some YouTube or Netflix.

This recipe is a Orange Spice Hot Chocolate. I hope that you enjoy and love this just as much as I do. Xx

Ingredients:

8 cups of semi skimmed milk
7 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1/4 cup of caster sugar
zest of 1 orange
225g of dark chocolate
marshmallows and whipped cream, to serve

Method: 

1. Start by heating the milk in a pan, making sure that it doesn't boil. Add in the cloves and cinnamon sticks along with the sugar and stir. Make sure that you keep on stirring so that the milk doesn't form a skin.

2. Add in the orange zest and simmer for 15 mins. Over a pan of boiling water heat the dark chocolate in a glass bowl. Don't let the water touch the bottom of the glass bowl. Once the chocolate has completely melted, strain the milk and spice mixture so that all the cinnamon stick and cloves are no longer in the mixture. Slowly por the melted chocolate into the milk mixture over a very low heat and stir until well combined.

3. Pour the hot chocolate into mugs or glasses and top with marshmallows and whippy cream. If you want to make this more Instagramable you can add a sprinkle of cocoa powder and a piece of sliced orange to the top.