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Fri, Jun. 8th, 2012 08:59 pm
Long weekend woooooooooo! Except in Perth cos. Idk man. Perth is weird. They had Western Australia Day last Monday when the rest of the country has Queen's Birthday this Monday, so they do Queen's Birthday in October instead, when the rest of the country has Labour Day. Seriously guys, a week off-kilter? Weirdos. <3
I'm experimenting with making my own hot chocolate mix because I've become frustrated with the amount of sugar in the commercial stuff. Not in a health-nut way, but in a lover-of-dark-chotolate-and-therefore-shitloads-of-cocoa way. It's no wonder hot chocolate is generally seen as a kids' drink when literally none exists without at least 80% sugar. I don't want sugar in milk, I want CHOCOLATE. I want 80% cocoa not sugar.
I've already got my ultimate hot chocolate recipe down, but that thing takes half an hour to make and also half a block of dark chocolate. I'm after the sort of bung milk in microwave, add spoon of powder, enjoy type of mix here.
So tonight's experiment basically went a little overboard with the cayenne. Only a little overboard, but enough that I can't really tell if I used too much sugar or not. I suspect that, with the vanilla extract as well, I have. I will perfect this recipe over the course of the weekend and report back.
I'm experimenting with making my own hot chocolate mix because I've become frustrated with the amount of sugar in the commercial stuff. Not in a health-nut way, but in a lover-of-dark-chotolate-and-therefore-shitloads-of-cocoa way. It's no wonder hot chocolate is generally seen as a kids' drink when literally none exists without at least 80% sugar. I don't want sugar in milk, I want CHOCOLATE. I want 80% cocoa not sugar.
I've already got my ultimate hot chocolate recipe down, but that thing takes half an hour to make and also half a block of dark chocolate. I'm after the sort of bung milk in microwave, add spoon of powder, enjoy type of mix here.
So tonight's experiment basically went a little overboard with the cayenne. Only a little overboard, but enough that I can't really tell if I used too much sugar or not. I suspect that, with the vanilla extract as well, I have. I will perfect this recipe over the course of the weekend and report back.