The best drink to enjoy when you come home with wet mittens, frozen nose and heart filled with pride at having built the most beautiful snowman? Hot chocolate, of course! And if we added a touch of fantasy? This is what chef Chanthy Yen offers with her very simple recipe for hot chocolate with Turtles.
The first time he served it was a few years ago when his nieces were visiting him in Montreal for the holidays. “I was not well prepared to receive children, admits the chef, who now lives in Ottawa and cooks for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. I had a Christmas tree, they had their presents, but I hadn’t thought about desserts and other treats. »
One evening, the girls asked him for a hot chocolate. “I was like, ‘Everything is closed. What do I do ?” Then he remembered the box of Turtles he had received.
Her nieces loved turning the treats into hot chocolate, recalls Chanthy Yen, who has repeated the experiment a few times since.
“I chose to suggest this recipe because it’s simple, fun and brings joy when you prepare it together,” explains the man who has a counter named after him at the Time Out Market in Montreal, where it offers a menu inspired by flavors from across the country.
Your child is not a Turtles fan? The recipe can be reproduced with the chocolate bar of your choice.
Recipe
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Hot Chocolate with Turtles
Preparation: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 cups of milk
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup white sugar or brown sugar
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 6 Turtles chocolates (or about 100 g of a chocolate bar of your choice)
- Whipped cream, if desired
- Decorative candies, if desired
Preparation
- 1. In a saucepan, combine milk, cocoa powder, sugar and vanilla. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring regularly, until simmering.
- 2. Turn off the heat. Add the Turtles chocolates. Stir with a whisk until completely dissolved.
- 3. Strain and serve in a cup. Decorate with whipped cream and small candies, if desired.