Mermaid's Hot Chocolate: A Simple Hot Chocolate Recipe - River Cottage

Ingredients

• 4–5 heaped tsp raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
• A good grating (1 heaped tbsp) dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 tsp ground ginger
• 1⁄2 tsp ground cloves
• 1⁄2 tsp ground mixed spice
• 1⁄2 tsp chilli powder or a good pinch of dried chilli flakes
• A knob of preserved stem ginger
• 2 tsp honey, maple syrup, or syrup from the ginger
• 500ml whole milk or oat milk