RECIPE

Superrich Hot Chocolate with Coconut Cream

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 8

Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson created this ultrarich hot chocolate topped with coconut cream for his partner Bobby Stuckey's wife, Danette, who has a sweet tooth. "At Frasca, we make a lot of desserts with chocolate or coconut, so we just kept going and came up with this drink," says Lachlan.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 8

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. One 13.5-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
    2. 1/4 cup sugar
    3. 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
    4. 1 2/3 cups whole milk
    5. 3 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (18 ounces)
    6. Marshmallows, for serving (optional)

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, combine the coconut milk and sugar and heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar; keep warm. In a medium saucepan, combine the cream and whole milk and bring to a simmer. Add the chocolate chips and remove from the heat. Let stand, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted; whisk until smooth. Pour the chocolate into 8 mugs and spoon some of the coconut milk on top. Garnish with the marshmallows and serve.