BOURBON HOT CHOCOLATE

Bourbon Hot Chocolate

Rich hot chocolate spiked with Four Roses Bourbon for a satisfying Valentine's Day cocktail or any cold night

Cook Time 10 minutesTotal Time 10 minutes Servings 4 cups Author Meme

Ingredients

• 
  1/4 cup water
• 
  1/4 cup maple syrup
• 
  1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 
  1/8 tsp salt
• 
  4 cups milk
• 
  1 tsp vanilla extract
• 
  6 ounces Four Roses Bourbon 3/4 cup

Instructions

• Stir together water, maple syrup, cocoa powder, and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and slowly whisk in milk. Cook for 5 minutes until milk is hot; do not boil.
• Remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract.
• Pour Four Roses Bourbon {1.5 ounces each} into 4 mugs. Stir in hot chocolate and serve. Enjoy!

Notes

*I used 2% milk but you can use any milk that you like. I wouldn't recommend skim as it can easily curdle if heated too long. Also, you want the richness from the higher fat milk, in my opinion.