Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day after-dinner drink? End your meal on a sweet note by serving White Russian Hot Chocolate topped with a romantic heart-shaped marshmallow. Top food blogger Jennifer Leal of SavoringTheThyme developed this hot cocoa recipe with grown-up flare exclusively for Villeroy & Boch fans.
White Russian Hot Cocoa Recipe:
Impress your sweetheart with this sophisticated hot cocoa recipe, served in our elegant New Wave Caffe set for two.
Ingredients:
2 cups of whole milk or half-n-half
1.5 ounces high quality milk or bittersweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces
1.5 ounces high quality while chocolate, chopped into small pieces
1 Tablespoon Kahlua or coffee liquor or to taste
1 teaspoon of quality vodka or to taste
1 large marshmallow, cut into heart shapes
Directions:
1. In a small saucepan, heat the milk over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes until very warm.
2. Meanwhile, place the Kahlua and vodka into the New Wave Caffe mugs.
3. Add the chocolate pieces to the milk and continually whisk until the chocolate is melted and the milk is steaming. Top with marshmallows and get cozy by the fire.
To create Heart-Shaped Marshmallows: Take a large premade marshmallow (jet puffed is the most popular) and cut it in half horizontally. Take one half, place it flat side down and flatten with your hand or a mallet by applying firm pressure. Using a small heart cookie cutter cut out the heart shape and then repeat with remaining piece of marshmallow. To make the red marshmallow shown here, top with Wilton red cookie icing.
(Photo and Recipe by Jennifer Leal of SavoringTheThyme.com)