Sunday, September 14, 2014

Irish Pumpkin Hot Chocolate


  
 The feeling of Autumn has finally reached us here in North Carolina!
Which means... pumpkin spice, comfort food, cozy sweaters, boots, and Hot Chocolate! :)

We've been working on finishing a few projects around here lately..
(farmhouse dining room table, painting projects, and some built in shelves I need to post)
and while pumpkin / autumn seasonal beers are pretty awesome,
it's just not something that we want while we're working.
Which is probably a great thing for our projects! haha

So last night while we were working on our Farmhouse table project, 
I whipped us up some Irish Hot Chocolate with Pumpkin Spice!
It was just what us "big kids" needed to keep on going. 

I followed my standard hot chocolate recipe, 
but added some chocolate chips, bailey's and pumpkin spice. 
 

I combined all the ingredients into a medium sauce pan, 
over medium heat,
and whisked it until warm and frothy.


I used some vegan chocolate chips for my recipe, 
but any chocolate can be used.  Hersey's minis are perfect to pop into the pot, 
and I don't know about you, but I always have some chocolate stashed away somewhere.
It's not necessary for the recipe, but since I use almond milk, 
the chocolate really makes the drink more creamy and rich.

Also, I use maple syrup to sweeten my hot chocolate,
but sugar or another alternative sweetener works fine too. 
 

Enjoy!



PS- This coco is good to snuggle up with as well. 

I made it this morning without the Irish Cream and watched Frozen...
Do you wanna build a snowman? ;)

Seriously, just big kids! haha




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