Friday, June 21, 2019

Hot cocoa with a twist!

I first became aware of Jack Monroe's blog 'A Girl Called Jack', when I lived in London. Jack was, at that time, becoming known for creating tasty recipes cobbled together using little money & a lot of ingenuity.   

In addition to having a website, Jack is on Twitter dispensing gratis recipes that are pretty dang tasty-looking. It was from there that I pinched the recipe for Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate. 

 For those of you who are keen, here you go: 
Ingredients (for one mug):
50ml water
3 squares of chocolate (I used, ahem, a bit more than that)
1 heaped tablespoon of peanut butter (I used chunky peanut butter)
150ml milk (I used almond milk & the consistency and flavor were gorgeous) 
Melt the choco and peanut butter with water in a saucepan. Stir until ingredients form a sticky paste. Then slowly stir in milk a bit at a time so as to prevent the cocoa from clumping. 
I topped mine with cinnamon & it all went down a treat!


If you fancy a peek at Jack's work and amazing creations, here it is the link to her website: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/
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20 comments:

  1. Elephant's ChildJune 21, 2019 at 5:07 AM

    Interesting. And, I suspect, addictive.

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    1. BeaJune 21, 2019 at 5:18 AM

      I greedily gulped it down, then chewed on the peanut dregs at the end. :)

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  2. Susan HeatherJune 21, 2019 at 9:37 AM

    That sounds good - I have almond milk on my shopping list for tomorrow so must check on nut butter as well. I may try almond butter.

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    1. BeaJune 21, 2019 at 7:39 PM

      Almond butter sounds like a good alternative.

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  3. gzJune 21, 2019 at 11:03 AM

    Jack is inspiring and as good as any of the fancy chefs!

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  4. Tom StephensonJune 21, 2019 at 11:56 AM

    That would kill H.I. She's not allergic, she just hates peanuts more than any other food.

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    1. BeaJune 21, 2019 at 7:33 PM

      Cashew butter might be a good alternative?

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  5. Debra She Who SeeksJune 21, 2019 at 1:35 PM

    I would never have thought to put peanut butter in hot chocolate! Sounds de-lish.

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  6. PipistrelloJune 21, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    Oh, too late tonight to give it a whirl but I have peanut butter in the pantry by chance, so tomorrow night I'll try it. It's hot chocolate weather in this neck of the woods now.

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  7. peppylady (Dora)June 21, 2019 at 10:58 PM

    What beautiful cup.
    Coffee is on

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    1. BeaJune 22, 2019 at 12:22 AM

      Yeah, it's a fun piece. I found it at a pottery shop in Konstanz, DE.

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  8. Mr. ShifeJune 21, 2019 at 11:45 PM

    That's a yummy sounding recipe. I know two little Shifleys that would absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Joanne NoragonJune 22, 2019 at 2:23 AM

    I wonder if you can go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter anything.

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    1. BeaJune 22, 2019 at 3:00 AM

      You really probably can't. I was thinking of adding peanut butter to my chocolate mousse cake recipe...YUM.

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  10. Liz A.June 23, 2019 at 9:53 PM

    Foodie bloggers are great. Sounds like you enjoyed your drink.

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    1. BeaJune 24, 2019 at 1:24 AM

      Yeah, and she's super rad. The cocoa ruled!

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