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four mugs of creamy hot cocoa each topped with a stacked marshmallow snowman with a tiny candy face, in a wide horizontal shot on a rustic wooden table with scattered crushed candy canes and a cozy plaid napkin, natural window light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Marshmallow Snowman Hot Cocoa

Delightfully rich hot cocoa topped with a marshmallow snowman and a candy cane scarf makes for the coziest mug on the table.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4 mugs
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 large marshmallows
  • 8 mini marshmallows
  • 4 mini pretzel sticks broken
  • black and orange decorating gel for faces

Method
 

  1. Warm the milk in a saucepan over medium heat until steaming, but do not boil.
  2. Whisk in the cocoa powder and sugar until smooth, then add the chocolate chips and stir until melted.
  3. Stir in the vanilla and pour the cocoa into four mugs.
  4. For each snowman, thread a mini marshmallow and a large marshmallow onto a toothpick, then float it on top of the cocoa.
  5. Dot on eyes and buttons with black gel, add a tiny orange nose, and tuck broken pretzel sticks in as arms.

Notes

Let the cocoa cool for a minute before handing it to little ones.