Did you guys do any black Friday shopping??
I spent black Friday cleaning my black oven. I wish I was joking, but honestly both of my ovens were pretty bad. They were in need of some serious TLC. After a few hours of scrubbing they are now spotless, I even surprised myself
Now I am totally ready for all my holiday baking.
I did do a tiny bit of shopping, but I only bought a couple things for myself..oops. I’ve still got 100% of my Christmas shopping to do..
Now that it’s finally cold here in the mornings I occasionally upgrade my usual cup of tea for a mug of hot chocolate. And sometimes I like to spice it up a little more and make a fancy hot chocolate. It’s ok to indulge a little, it is the holidays after all.
The white chocolate is really what makes this for me. I love white chocolate and it pairs really well with the pumpkin and spices.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 ounces white chocolate, roughly chopped
- Pinch of salt
Directions:
Heat the milk, pumpkin puree, spices and vanilla in a sauce pan until it just starts to simmer and remove from heat.
Add the chocolate and stir until it has melted.
Pour into mugs and top with whipped cream and garnish with cinnamon.
Recipe from Closet Cooking
Thanks for reminding me that my oven desperately needs to be cleaned!
Mmm, pumpkin and white chocolate! Perfect for a cold morning!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction recently posted..Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti
No problem
I never think about it except for when I am baking…which really isnt an ideal time to clean it haha
I’ve been wanting to make pumpkin hot white chocolate!! This looks amaaaaazing. I love the picture from above and the cinnamon sticks sticking out
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MAKE SOME!! It’s yummy
Funny note about that photo – the first cinnamon stick was too short and fell right in…oops! haha So I had to work some magic and try a second one
Um… YUM!! Two of my favorite things combined!
Beautiful pics, too!
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Thanks Jessica! I love that you’re a fellow white chocolate lover! It’s a little rich and indulgent but hey, that’s how I roll
ugh oven cleaning – not fun! at least you saved money and burned calories instead
this is such a beautiful mug of delightfulness! reminds me of starbucks at home! this would be so nice to enjoy in front of a rolling fireplace.
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Hah! Julie I love your positive way of thinking about it! I feel even better about it now
I love enjoying things by a fire and this would totally be one of them! – too bad it’s like 7,000 degree here!
My eyeballs find this drink sexy. I meaaaan, white chocolate and pumpkin? Hello, lover.
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Haha thanks Hayley! Well stated…this IS a super sexy drink
This sounds really really REALLY good! And the pictures are amazing!
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Thank you Katy! Lance doesn’t really like hot beverages so I actually cut the recipe in half which was perfect for me to have a couple mugs of it!
Ugh, you just brought back memories of my last oven cleaning experience when we moved. It took forrrreverr!
I would love to curl up with this cup of hot cocoa!
You are so right Stephanie! It does take FOREVER! I don’t think I’ve ever thought “man, that was so quick an easy – I think I’ll clean my oven more often”. Maybe we can pawn it off on our husbands next time?! They eat all the food that comes out of it… lol
Gorgeous pictures! This recipe looks and sounds amazing. Kudos to you on cleaning the oven, too.
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Thank you Jenn, you are so sweet!
I love this! I’m still not done with pumpkin…and somehow have never made a white chocolate before. I need to get on this! Also…anytime you’d like to clean my oven, you’d be welcome here
It’s definitely on my to-do list, and I’ve been procrastinating like crazy.
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Glad I’m not the only one who is still making stuff with pumpkin, Sarah! I literally procrastinated my oven for a few years…it got so bad I had to deal.
I could really cuddle up to a big ole’ mug of this—love the idea of pairing buttery white chocolate with sweet pumpkin–lovelovelove =)
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I totally agree – this is curl up with a good book hot chocolate
Since I don’t drink coffee, I have been spending most of the past chilly mornings starting my day with a cup of hot cocoa, so this looks just wonderful to me. Love the addition of the pumpkin – I bet this is just wonderful!
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Amy we might be the only two people in the world that don’t drink coffee! Okay so maybe that’s a little dramatic, but its rare to find someone else who doesn’t either
My husband doesn’t either! The three of us are definitely in the minority. A rare, awesome breed. =)
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Whaat?!?? My husband doesn’t either – we don’t own a coffee maker! You’re right, we are a rare, awesome breed
This sounds amazing!
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