Hot Sipping Chocolate With Cinnamon Whipped Cream

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 cups half-and-half, light cream, or whole milk
• 1 cup ghirardelli® 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips
• 1/2 cup ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate and cocoa
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• cinnamon whipped cream (see below)
• stick cinnamon
• cinnamon whipped cream:
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

Ready Time: 15 mins


• in a 3-quart heavy saucepan, combine half-and-half, ghirardelli® 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips, ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate and cocoa, and sugar. cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until just boiling and mixture is smooth.
• serve immediately in demitasse cups or shot glasses with cinnamon whipped cream and stick cinnamon.
• in a chilled medium bowl, combine whipping cream, powdered sugar, and cinnamon. beat with chilled beaters of an electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form (tips curl).