Peppermint Hot Chocolate

My close ones by now knows the hot chocolate obsession. Actually I can do a fellowship study in Hot chocolate now I guess. See the confidence :P I have tried many variations by now and the surprising part if every other variation was outstanding. After all it is chocolate, 🍫 what can go wrong with this lovely stuff god has made. Thank you God 🙏

So this is a pepper mint flavoured hot chocolate. Base being the same with a non diary milk option, unsweetened cocoa powder, a piece of dark chocolate, coconut sugar as sweetener, peppermint flavour and raw cocoa nibs for that extra chocolaty flavour and crunch and of course the natural strong bitter touch of cocoa :) Thats what I like. I hate milk chocolates which are too sugary and doesn't do any justice to the awesome Cocoa of nature. So I am a 90+ percentage chocolate lover and I have a 99% one in my cupboard now :) which I am saving like a treasure 🥰

Ingredients:

Water - 1/2 cup

Peppermint extract - 2-3 drops (make sure you don't put more. It is so strong and you will end up preparing a toothpaste otherwise, Lol)

Unsweetened cocoa powder - 1 tbsp

Soy milk - 150 liter

Dark chocolate - 1-2 pieces

Pink himalayan salt - 1 pinch

Coconut sugar - 3 tsps

There is another secret thickening agent I use usually, is half a spoon of ground flax seeds. This will give that thick chocolatey drink without addition of chocolate spreads or creamers.

Method:

Combine water and rest of ingredients except peppermint extract and soy milk. Heat up the sauce pan and cook till chocolate is dissolved completely. Now add peppermint extract. You can heat milk separately and add or add at this step directly. Cook till it thickens. If you are adding Flac seeds, you can add once milk is warm and cook for another 30 seconds.

Side notes:
Raw cocoa nibs is from Healthy Buddha, the link is in another post of mine.
I used ossoro peppermint extract. I am in love with Ossoro flavours now. It is available in Amazon: Link here: https://www.amazon.in/Ossoro-Peppermint-Soluble-Essence-Confectionery/dp/B078HJY1YD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ossoro+peppermint&qid=1570361034&sr=8-1

I use Hersheys unsweetened cocoa powder and recently I found one brand from Kerala, which is also equally good.
Link here: https://www.amazon.in/looms-weaves-Special-Cocoa-Powder/dp/B07MC8C7H6/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=looms+and+weaves+unsweetened+cocoa&qid=1570361078&sr=8-4

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