butler’s dark chocolate orange drink

During my kitchen cupboard cleansing, I came across a  Butler’s hot dark chocolate orange drink and some Trader Joe’s chocolate covered espresso beans.  I remembered the Butler’s was a little stocking stuffer my friend’s mum had bought me for Christmas, which I promptly put in my cupboard and forgot about.  I wouldn’t normally drink hot chocolate but a need for something sweet took over me and desperate times called for desperate measures, so hot chocolate it would have to be.

Servings

1

Ready In:

10  mins

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About this Recipe

The directions called for full heavy cream. Who am I kidding I got rid of everything bad in my house.  But just for a moment think how good that would taste?  I did have half and half and skimmed milk. The half and half seemed far more appealing.  It actually did the trick so well I wanted a second cup of this creamy, chocolaty goodness.

Ingredients

  • Depending on whether you are watching your weight, choose one of the following:

  • 1 cup of fresh cream, half and half, fat free half and half, milk or skimmed milk

  • 1 chocolate orange piece from the Butler’s box

  • Chocolate covered espresso beans if you are so inclined

 

For my second cup, which I did succumb to, I added some Trader Joe’s chocolate covered espresso beans and it elevated it to a whole new level of fabulousness.  The chocolate covered espresso beans melted perfectly and just left the crunch of bean.  It reminded me of Terry’s Chocolate Orange.  If you don’t know what this is you need to take a trip to England and buy one immediately.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1

Pour milk or cream into a saucepan over low heat.  Add chocolate piece. 

 

Step 2

Stir constantly until chocolate has melted. 

Step 3

Pour into a cup and add topping up your choice of whipped cream, marshmallows or you are like me just throw in some chocolate covered espresso beans.  They worked fabulously well.

My sweet craving was resolved.

 

I have found myself doing some odd things during my isolation like cleaning the inside of my light shades, going into the deep dark crevices of my closets and deep cleaning them, color coding my sock draw and checking every single expiry date of every product in my kitchen cupboards and putting them back by date, which is actually probably something I should be doing but could never really be bothered. I found a can of beans which expired in 2016, which means I literally shipped that can of beans from Boston to Chicago in 2018!!!