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Homemade Pumpkin Hot Chocolate

Warm up on a cold day with this delicious and rich pumpkin hot chocolate
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup milk whole milk is best but any will do
  • 1/2 cup cream or heavy cream
  • 4 tablespoons pumpkin puree
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • Pinch nutmeg fresh ground best

Method
 

  1. Add all ingredients to a small sauce pan and heat over medium heat.
  2. Whisk all the ingredients together and let warm to a low simmer for a few minutes.
  3. Serve in mugs with whipped cream and some extra cinnamon on top.

Notes

You can use pumpkin pie spice in place of the cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg if you have it. Add about 2 teaspoons of the pumpkin pie spice, but also add in about a 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. 
This pumpkin hot chocolate is very rich. You can omit the cream and replace with milk if you would prefer a less rich drink.