Chili hot chocolate with rum

What could be better than chili hot chocolate? Only be chili hot chocolate with rum! You do not need a lot of alcohol: just a dash will enrich the drink with a new fragrance and reduces your fatigue and stress levels. By the way, rum can be easily replaced with whisky or cognac.

Ingredients

• Chocolate 50 g
• Orange zest ¼ g
• Cream (10 %) 100 ml
• Milk 50 ml
• Cocoa powder 1 tbsp
• Sugar 1 ts
• Rum 1 tbsp
• Chili pepper ½ punch
• Sea-salt ½ punch
• Marshmallow / whipped cream to taste

Directions

1. Chunk the chocolate. Peel ¼ orange and slice its zest.
2. Pour the milk and cream into a small saucepan. Bring the mixture almost to a boil and add cocoa powder. Mix well.
3. Add chocolate chunks and keep on boiling the cream-and-milk mixture over low heat.
4. Remove the saucepan from heat. Add sugar and rum.
5. Add orange zest, chili pepper, and salt.
6. Drain the drink and pour it into a glass. Serve with marshmallows or whipped cream. Enjoy!