Peppermint Hot Chocolate With Whipped Cream

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup chilled whipping cream
• 7 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract, divided
• 6 cups milk
• 2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 whip cream, 1 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract in medium bowl to soft peaks.
• 2 bring milk to simmer in large saucepan over medium heat.
• 3 scrape in seeds from vanilla beans.
• 4 reduce heat to low. add chocolate, cocoa and remaining sugar; whisk until smooth.
• 5 mix in 1/2 teaspoon extract.
• 6 ladle hot chocolate into mugs. top with whipped cream.