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Yum Alert: Hot Cocoa in Chocolate Cups

hot cocoa cups
Written by emilyc

hot cocoa cups

What better way to celebrate December 12th – National Cocoa Day – than with hot chocolate…in chocolate? Don’t worry, you don’t need to be Jacques Torres to make the chocolate cups. They’re easier to make than they look. All you need is a balloon! Recipe and image via Daydream Kitchen.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup whipping cream

6 ounces quality semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 ounces espresso or strong coffee

1/2 tbsp dark rum

2 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp flavorless, granulated gelatin

pinch of cayenne powder

Ghirardelli baking bars

balloons

For directions on how to make the cocoa and the cups, click here.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.

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