Salted peanut butter hot chocolate

Salted Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

Imagine a dark chocolate peanut butter cup all melted and warm in a mug.  Now add a sprinkle of sea salt and a couple of toasted marshmallows to finish it off.  Nothing more to say.  Mmm.

Recipe:  Salted Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

(slightly adapted from Dinner with Julie)

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1/4 cup water

3 cups milk

3-4 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter

1/2 c. bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or 3 oz. finely chopped chocolate

In a saucepan, add the sugar and cocoa and whisk in the water until smooth, then whisk in the milk over medium-high heat. Heat until steaming. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter and chocolate chips. Let sit for a few seconds, then blend with a hand-held immersion blender or whisk until frothy.  Finish with a touch of sea salt and some toasted marshmallows.  (Don’t skip this part, because you’ll really be missing out!)