Pair milk chocolate with: Rum Whether in bars or bonbons, rich milk chocolate is a natural companion to aged rum. If your chocolate is a rung or two above a Hershey bar, you'll find plenty of butterscotch and caramel that echo the same flavors in good aged rum. Runner-up: a dry Curaçao (orange liqueur).
What can I add to hot chocolate to make it better?
- marshmallows or mini marshmallows!
- toffee bits.
- coarse sea salt.
- mini chocolate chips.
- crushed peppermints or candy canes or soft peppermint sticks.
- cinnamon sticks.
- whoppers.
- milk chocolate truffles.
What goes well with hot cocoa?
- Marshmallows. The classic topping for hot chocolate can also be eaten alongside it!
- Chocolate Chip Cookies.
- Sugar Cookies.
- Rolled Wafers (Piroulines)
- Donuts.
- Cheesecake Bites.
- Candy Canes.
- Chocolate Crinkles.
What is traditionally added to hot chocolate?
Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and usually a sweetener like whipped cream or marshmallows.
What alcohol tastes good with chocolate?
- Whisky. Like whisky, chocolate comes in a multitude of different varieties, flavours and origins.
- Bourbon. Bourbon also pairs brilliantly with chocolate.
- Rum. Chocolate and rum are both children of the Caribbean so they get on rather well.
- Shiraz.
- Stouts.
- Tequila.
What does rum pair well with?
- Tonic Water. The first of the good mixers for rum is tonic water.
- Lime Juice With A Slice Of Lemon.
- Ginger Ale.
- Orange Juice.
- Coconut Water.
- Cranberry Juice.
- Grapefruit Juice.
What Flavours go well with rum?
- Steak + Aged Rum. When discussing rum and meat dishes, steak always comes most readily to mind.
- Club Soda + Dark or Spiced Rum.
- Cheese + Silver or Black Rum.
- Tonic Water + Dark Rum.
- Ceviche + White Rum.
- Pineapple Juice + White or Dark Rum.
- Flavored Seltzer + Spiced Rum.
- Ginger Beer + White or Dark Rum.
What should I spike my hot chocolate with?
- Aged or dark rum: The favorite!
- Bourbon: Another great choice: the sip is deliciously cozy with a whiskey finish.
- Creme de menthe or peppermint schnapps: Perfectly minty and smooth!
- Baileys: Creamy, bright, almost fruity, and sweet.
- Kahlua: Smooth and subtle, and very sweet.
What cocktails go with chocolate?
- Averna Spritz + Toblerone.
- Whisky Neat + Chocolove Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate.
- Gin Old Fashioned + Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Caramel.
- Rum Manhattan + Cadbury Fruit & Nut Milk Chocolate.
- Vodka Martini + Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Blackberry Sage.