Homemade Hot Chocolate

I know, I know, making hot chocolate isn’t geeky, but I’ve been wanting to try it for ages.  I bought some 200g Bournville bars to try out a recipe.  I basically made the recipe up, though looking at the internet now, it seems that it’s similar to others.

Ingredients include:

• 8 blocks of Bournville chocolate
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• Mug of milk (I used semi-skimmed)
• Pinch of allspice

Method:

• I measured a mug of milk (as much as I wanted), and transferred the milk into a saucepan. 
• Putting the hob on high I popped on the saucepan. 
• While stirring with a whisk I added a few pinches of allspice (as I didn’t have cinnamon or mixed spice) and a teaspoon of sugar.
• When the milk started to steam I added four blocks of chocolates (I broke them up before adding them) and started to stir vigorously with the whisk, when they had melted I added another four block of chocolate. 
• Having done it, I think next time I might grate the eight blocks to save a little time.
• When the chocolate had melted I continued to whisk until the milk was bubbly then poured into my mug again. 

If I had had it, a squiring of cream would have been a very nice addition!