Grown up Hot Chocolate

So for the 3rd or 4th time I have made us some rather adult hot chocolate.  I have to warn you this is not for the occasional chocolate lover, it’s rich, it’s thick and it contains booze.  I believe that after KLT enjoyed a cup the other night he proclaimed that he needed a glass of milk to follow that. 

INGREDIENTS So I have tweaked this to get it to make 2 full coffee cups.

Fill 2 coffee mugs with hot water to preheat the cups. Get out your chocolate sprinkles, whipped cream or marshmallows.

In a small ramekin place the following and save for later.

2 1/2-3 teaspoons of . . . → Read More: Grown up Hot Chocolate

Blackberry Lemon Shake-Ups

I was watching a local station while visiting Nashville last week and over the lunch hour saw some recipes for summer time beverages.  Well it’s been hot down there for a while but it was perfect timing for this Indiana girl. 

What normally happens is they use crazy ingredients you don’t have, expensive ones you won’t buy or they leave out some sort of detail.  Of course here it was the details.   So after some testing, I know such a sucky job to have here is what I came up with.

Ingredients 3       oz of Vodka 3.5   oz of sweet and sour -see below  (store bought is good too) 1       oz of . . . → Read More: Blackberry Lemon Shake-Ups