Hello everyone, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend and maybe in some sunshine?🌞
As promised, here is the minty hot chocolate for you to all to enjoy! An excuse to trip down memory lane and to buy some chocky that was launched in the 60’s and still going strong today! It reminded me of when I was a kid in the 70’s and thinking that my folks were posh when they trotted out these minty confections at dinner parties!
So, I infused a big bunch of fresh mint leaves into a pan of local farm while milk and let it gently simmer for 15 mins. I left it to cool for an hour and then squeezed the mint leaves through a sieve into the warm minty flavoured milk. I used fresh mint as it has such a distinct, smooth flavour and it provides a good baseline of minty-ness before adding the more powerful flavour of peppermint extract. I then brought it back up to nearly boiling and added in 3 heaped teaspoons of Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate powder and 3 heaped teaspoons of my cupboard staple, 100% organic cocoa powder, for an intense chocolatey boost. I gave it a bit of a whisk, added a drop of peppermint extract, swirled it around a bit more, then poured it into the glasses. Finished it off with some squirty cream, shavings of 70% dark chocolate and garnished it with some mint “Matchmakers” sticking out of the cream and of course, some “After Eight Mints”. It was a pretty intense, minty, chocolatey indulgent drinky-snack and it was all gone in a flash!
As the festive season is approaching, I’ll look at doing an Egg Nog Latte and a Gingerbread Latte - the kids have asked me to make a “Mince Pie Latte” so will go all-out Cropley-style with that one!! Watch this space for more Cropley Costa Creations! Have a good week! 🌱🍃🍫 🥛😘🤗😘
It looks amazing. My hubby would love it but I would much prefer the orange one. I look forward to your next creation. Have a lovely week and stay safe xxx
Thanks CP! And I’m sure they would work well with almond milk & vegan chocky like from the Seed & Bean range if you want to avoid dairy! In fact I must try a dairy-free delight and let you know how it goes! You too, hope you’re feeling ok 🙏👍🤗😘🤗
I am sure it would work well with m KoKo milk. I saw some tiramisu wafers whic would be lovely with a mocha hot chocolate too. I am very fed up with myself to be honest. My asthma is not controlled despite using 16 puffs of Ventolin through a space haler and 8 puffs of Fostair through a spacer. I cannot have a new Ventolin pump or more nebulas until I get another asthma review despite having accessed two appointments with the emergency GP and one blue light ambulance. I have rung three times to request a review and told I cannot be seen until “ sometime in January”. I lost it on Friday and I have now put my concerns in writing. How ludicrous that they seem hell bent on not supporting me thus taking up more precious NHS services. Sorry I am sick of being a grump. I hope you are doing well lovely? Thank you for your kindness xxx
Gosh that’s not very helpful at all - especially when it comes to something as crucial as your breathing. I’m not surprised you are fed up - you really shouldn’t have to battle to arrange a review - and well done for complaining in writing - that should get their attention. But it shouldn’t be like that and unfortunately that’s the way it is sometimes. You have enough daily battles to contend with, without having to fight for essential care! I hope my Cropley Creations have cheered you up a bit and I’ll do the dairy-free chocky coconut latte midweek as a pick me up! Take care CP and I hope you get the outcomes you so rightly deserve 😘🤗😘
Thank you so much xxx