Sunday, August 16, 2009

Hot cocoa


I love hot cocoa. It's so good, especially when you just came inside from frolicking in the rain.
On top I have some Dandies (a brand of vegan marshmallows) The reason they look like whipped cream rather than marshmallows is because when I ordered them I thought "Oh, I won't need an icepack, it'll be fine." I was wrong, and they got pretty melty. But they're still delicious!
Anyway, some other things I sometimes like to do to spice up my hot cocoa is to add a tiny bit of peppermint or orange extract. And of course a sprinkle of cinnamon is always nice.
Oh, and in the Winter when there's soy nog around, I like to fill my mug halfway with soy nog, and the hot cocoa mix, and then fill it up the rest of the way with boiling water. It's so good.

3 comments:

Becky said...

Sounds wonderful!
I may give this a try come winter!

dirtyduck said...

peppermint oil...that is such a good idea!!! i have a bottle, i need to try this! i would put it on sore muscles sometimes. so i am vegan also, and i just came across your blog. i have been practicing making seiten, have you ever tried?

Jamie said...

I'm not sure peppermint oil would work. I said extract. But you could always try it.

And yeah, I've had seitan and made it. It's good. Especially when you make it with seasonings.