Iced Hot Chocolate

teas.co.uk · 8 min · Serves 1

You'll need

• 4 heaped teaspoons of Costa Hot Chocolate Powder (about 25g)
• 80ml freshly drawn water, brought to a rolling boil then left for 1 minute to drop to about 90C
• 200ml cold whole milk
• 1 generous swirl of squirty cream, for the top
• 1 teaspoon of chocolate sauce, for the drizzle
• 1 small handful of chocolate coated cocoa nibs, for the cream
• 1 tall 450ml glass, chilled in the freezer for ten minutes
• Enough cubed ice to fill the tumbler (about 250g)
• 1 small heatproof mug
• 1 small balloon whisk
• 1 wide paper or metal straw

Method

1. Chill a tall glass in the freezer.
2. Whisk the hot chocolate powder with 80ml of hot water into a thick, smooth paste.
3. Cool the paste down by standing the mug in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes.
4. Fill the chilled glass with ice and pour the cooled paste over it.
5. Top up with cold milk, poured over the back of a spoon so it layers over the chocolate.
6. Finish with a swirl of cream, a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a scatter of cocoa nibs.
7. Cool the paste before it meets the ice; pour it on hot and it just melts the cubes and waters the glass.

Recipe: https://teas.co.uk/recipes/iced tea/iced hot chocolate/