Sugar Rush?

~ cold mornings ~

                    ~ warm covers ~

~ so hard to get the kids awake ~

Enter in the ultimate offer in our household, "be downstairs in five minutes or no hot chocolate!"

Yes, they moved.  One more quickly than the other, but both moved

because neither wanted to loose the priviledge of hot chocolate.

Got that started and got out the whipped cream canister (we own one that you add the cream, sugar, and such, then the charger.  Like this over at Amazon!)   Down side is that they have to come to room temperature to open up, clean, and start over again.  Never fail - use the kitchen aid and just all that we made.  Both boys were happy to have extra whipped cream and if they crash from lack of sugar, it'll be my own fault.  Will have them go gather wood if need be.  It is that time of year!

Homemade Peppermint Mocha

Some things in life can only be expressed by YUM!!

I read somewhere or Kevin told me about steeping Earl Grey before mixing in your Hot Chocolate Mix.  It sounded interesting and something that might be worth trying, at least once.  Well, I remembered I had Peppermint Tea which would be even better and it is (I've tried both).

To make:

• make tea as you would usually
• once tea bag is out, mix in hot chocolate mix

So simple and so good.  For a high maintenance drink, I'll brew fresh coffee and pour that over the tea bag and leaving some room at top.  Let steep, remove tea bag, add hot chocolate powder, a splash of milk, and mix.  YUM! Hot Peppermint Mocha!  (and we generally top with whip cream and sprinkles)


P.S. Just uploaded a bunch of pictures so I am back blogging and retro dating.