Creamy Crock Pot Hot Cocoa & Today's Brilliant Idea

 

This past weekend we threw a party for our daughter's 4th birthday; a "winter wonderland" party, to be exact.  What better to serve at a winter-themed party than hot cocoa? So, of course, I went straight to Pinterest to find a recipe (and the idea for the crazy-cute snowman cups pictured above)! Behold the richest and creamiest hot cocoa ever:

 

 

Creamy Crock Pot Hot Cocoa (adapted from multiple sources on Pinterest)

 

1 1/2 cups whipping cream

1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk

6 cups milk (I used 2%)

2 cups chocolate chips (I used Ghiradelli milk chocolate chips - whoa!)

 

 Stir together the whipping cream, condensed milk and milk in a crock pot. Add chocolate chips, carefully, and stir with a whisk.  Cover and cook on low for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until hot and the chips have melted.  Serve warm with whipped cream or marshmallows, or both! We used French vanilla marshmallows shaped like snowmen - super decadent!

 

I doubled the recipe for the 30+ guests we expected to be at the party, and there was some left over; which led to Today's Brilliant Idea:

Frozen Hot Chocolate Popsicles!



 

And all I can say is "why didn't I think of this before?"