Nutella Hot Cocoa

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I love nutella. LOVE! Nutella is a creamy spread made from roasted hazelnuts. It also has cocoa and lots of sugar in it. It's divine! I've been craving nutella and since it's cooling down a little bit, I decided to whip up some hot cocoa with this sinful stuff.

Nutella Hot Cocoa

By the way, I looked up the difference between hot chocolate and hot cocoa. It turns out the hot chocolate is liquid heated with bits of chopped chocolate or liquid chocolate and hot cocoa is liquid heated with cocoa powder. Well, this is kind of a cross between the two. It's Nutella Hot Chocolate Cocoa. Or Nutella Hot Cocoa Chocolate. Whatever. It's Nutella Totally Good!

So, here's the line up.

The first time I ever had nutella was on a visit to Brazil with my family. It was not really commonly sold in the US yet, so it was extra special to me! If you have never had it, turn the computer off and go get some!


Nutella Hot Cocoa
     serves 2
2 C milk
3 T Nutella
1 tsp Hershey's Cocoa Special Dark
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Marshmallows

In a small sauce pot, start heating the milk. Once warm, add Nutella and whisk together until smooth. Add cocoa, cinnamon, vanilla and salt. Whisk and cook until it starts to boil. Pour into mugs and top with marshmallows.

The more marshmallows the merrier. Who said less is more? Sometime MORE is more. You know what I mean?

Also, don't forget that dash of salt. It may not seem important, but it is. It's just what the cocoa needs to send it "over the top," as my father in law would say.

This is the most rich, delicious warm drink. It almost makes me want to skip fall and Halloween and go straight to Christmas. Almost.

For other scrumptious nutella recipes, check out Bella Nutella. They have soooooo many yummy things sent in by other foodies. You can sip on your Nutella Hot Cocoa and browse other fantastic photos and drive yourself crazy for a while! {sigh}

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