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Rich and creamy Viennese hot chocolate with homemade melting hearts hot chocolate spoons - start your Valentine's day with this decadent treat! | www.viktoriastable.com

Viennese hot chocolate + melting hearts hot chocolate spoons

Rich and creamy Viennese hot chocolate with homemade melting hearts hot chocolate spoons - start your Valentine's day with this decadent treat!

Course Drinks
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 223 kcal
Author Viktoria

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk
  • 4 heaping tablespoons good quality cocoa powder
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tbs sugar
  • 3 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cognac or rum (optional)
  • whipped cream (optional)
  • different chocolate bars for making the hot chocolate melting spoons

Instructions

Make the Viennese hot chocolate:

  1. Mix cocoa powder with a 1/4 cup milk until smooth, then add to the rest of the milk and heat on the stove.
  2. Whip the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and creamy.
  3. Add a bit of the hot liquid, spoon by spoon, to the egg yolk mixture to temper it, then slowly add the egg yolks to the milk. Add vanilla and stir.
  4. Heat gently if needed but do not bring to a boil.

  5. Serve with a melting heart hot chocolate spoon (see below), whipped cream or both.

  6. Optionally, add a splash of cognac, or rum.

Make the melting hearts hot chocolate spoons:

  1. Melt different types of chocolates (white, milk, dark), separately over a double boiler.

  2. Add 1 tbs of coconut oil to each of the melted chocolates, and optionally add any other flavorings like cayenne pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, coconut essence, or others.

  3. Pour the melted chocolate into small, heart-shaped silicon molds, and leave in the fridge for 15-20 min.  (You can alternate different chocolate types for a layered look.)

  4. Take out of the fridge and while the chocolate is not firm enough stick a wooden spoon/stick in the middle of each mold.
  5. Leave in the fridge to firm completely.