Deep, Rich Mexican Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

• 7 oz bars bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
• 0.5 cup firmly brown sugar dark packed
• 0.3 cup dutch process unsweetened
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 3 tablespoons espresso powder instant
• 9 cups milk 
• 6 servings garnishes: whipped cream* sweetened

Equipment

• whisk
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Combine first 6 ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until chocolate melts and sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat, and whisk vigorously until hot chocolate is frothy.
3. Immediately pour into mugs; stir a splash of coffee liqueur into each serving, if desired. Top with whipped cream, and sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired.
4. Add a vanilla bean to each mug as a stirrer stick, if desired
5. *We tested with canned Reddi-wip topping. For party fun, it's quick and easy, and fun to squirt.