Cravings of a Lunatic

I Crave It, I Make It, I Eat It!

Coconut Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Covered Spoons #ChristmasWeek

by 76 Comments

Pin7K
Share27
Yum
Stumble
Reddit

This indulgent Coconut Hot Chocolate is perfect for a cold winter night. Add some Chocolate Covered Spoons and it’s a match made in heaven. 

Coconut Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Covered Spoons | Cravings of a Lunatic | Perfect for the holiday season! #ChristmasWeek

Welcome to Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen from Juanita’s Cocina! Each day we will be celebrating the holidays with a different set of Christmas-themed treats, as well as a fabulous Christmas giveaway. We hope you enjoy this fabulous event. Tune in each day starting today, Monday, December 9th and ending Saturday, December 14th.

I love coconut. I mean absolutely over the moon kind of love. I love everything about it. I also love how tropical it is. For those who know me well you know my obsession with Hawaii. I discovered a show called Hawaii Life the other night. I knew it was not going to end well. I started thinking about that tropical paradise all the time. Morning, noon and night. So that was the inspiration for this tropical hot chocolate. A girl has to give in to her cravings after all.

I’ll admit I’m one of those people who can make a mean hot chocolate. My family begs me to make it from scratch whenever they visit me. One year my entire family was around for a huge snowstorm so we had a huge snowball fight outside, then I made everyone hot chocolate and eclairs. It pays to be related to me. Not even kidding. My family is pretty lucky. And spoiled.

My hot chocolate obsession dates back to being a kid. My mom would let us make it ourselves and I was always the one adding half a can of dry hot chocolate mix in my cup. I love it over the top chocolatey. I cannot help myself, the more chocolate the better. And there’s not many things that go better with chocolate than coconut if you ask me.

Coconut Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Covered Spoons | Cravings of a Lunatic | Perfect for the holiday season! #ChristmasWeek

Places to stalk Cravings of a Lunatic!

Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | G+ | Kiss My Smoke

0 from 0 votes
Print
Coconut Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Covered Spoons
This indulgent Coconut Hot Chocolate is perfect for a cold winter night. Add some Chocolate Covered Spoons and it's a match made in heaven.
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Covered Spoons:
  • 1 cup white chocolate melted
  • 1 cup milk or dark chocolate melted
For the Hot Chocolate:
  • 4 cups of milk I like 2% for hot chocolate, I want it rich and thick
  • 4 cups of coconut milk save a bit from the can for the whipping cream
  • 8 ounces of good quality chocolate I prefer milk, but some people love dark
  • 1/4 cup good quality cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • Pinch of salt it brings out the sweetness, trust me
  • 1/4 cup of corn syrup my secret weapon
For the Coconut Whipped Cream:
  • 2 cups of heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • If you left some little bits of coconut milk in the can use some
For the Garnish:
  • Toasted Coconut
  • Plain Coconut
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Melted Chocolate for the rims
Instructions
For the Chocolate Covered Spoons:
  1. Try to make these a day ahead so they have time to set up. Or pop them in the fridge if doing the same day.
  2. Fill two small saucepans with water and bring to a boil. Place two separate heat proof bowls over top of the saucepans and then lower to a nice simmer. Allow the chocolate to melt in each one. Don't mix up the spoons while stirring, ha.
  3. While the chocolate is melting line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Now take whatever kinds of spoons you want to use and with another spoon you can drizzle the melted chocolate over top. Run the drizzle spoon down the back and front and allow the excess to drip off. For the record if you're giving the spoons away use those wooden ones, or plastic ones. I was keeping them so I used small metal and fancy plastic type spoons.
  5. Once you get the spoons covered you can place them on the parchment to set up. The less excess the better. You will end up with odd shapes if you allow to much to stay on the spoon.
  6. You can stick them in the fridge to help set them up if needed.
For the Hot Chocolate:
  1. Add all the ingredients but the extracts and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Cook over a medium low heat and stir until the chocolate melts. Let it get nice and toasty warm then add the extracts and the corn syrup, cook for another 2 or so minutes. Then remove from the heat.
For the Coconut Whipped Cream:
  1. In a mixer combine the ingredients and mix first on low to prevent splashing, then you can amp up the speed and mix on high till fluffy.
Putting it all together:
  1. To line the rims of the mugs you can do one of two things. You can use corn syrup to line the rim then dunk the rim into a bowl of coconut. Or you can dunk the rim into melted chocolate, then dunk again in a bowl of coconut. Roll it around until it's coated nicely. Set aside.
  2. Make sure the hot chocolate is piping hot. Then use a funnel to get the liquid in the mugs if you lined them.
  3. You can top with marshmallows or whipped cream, or both. You can toss more coconut on top too if you like.
  4. I got a little carried away and dunked a bunch of mini marshmallows in chocolate, then dunked them in coconut. Things got a little wild here. SO good.

Coconut Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Covered Spoons | Cravings of a Lunatic | Perfect for the holiday season! #ChristmasWeek

Visit all the other Christmas Week Peeps for  more Holiday Baking Goodness:

Coconut Hot Chocolate and Chocolate Covered Spoons | Cravings of a Lunatic | Perfect for the holiday season! #ChristmasWeek

Now for the fun stuff. Giveaway time! Yeah!

Magmimix Food Processor Giveaway for Christmas Week

Today’s #ChristmasWeek giveaway comes courtesy of Magimix by Robot-Coupe. Magimix has an impressive history, and is the inventor of the first food processor for home cooks. Their machines are still handmade in Burgundy, France, and they are the only company to manufacture their own motors which feature a 30 year guarantee!

Chefs Catalog is offering a new, exclusive Magimix by Robot-Coupe 3200XL 12-Cup Food Processor package. The food processor features nested bowls, stainless steel blades, and a large feed tube. The included blender attachment transforms the processor into a fully-functional blender, and the citrus press is ideal for extracting juice from all types of fresh fruits. To enter, read the details and use the Rafflecopter below!

***This giveaway is for one Magimix by Robot-Coupe 3200XL 12-Cup Food Processor (in white)! This giveaway is open to Continental US residents only . When the contest concludes, the winner will be chosen by random draw. The winner will be notified through e-mail and they will have 3 days to respond or another winner will be chosen.***

a Rafflecopter giveaway

***Disclaimer: This giveaway is being provided by Magimix by Robot-Coupe. #ChristmasWeek bloggers have not received product or been compensated as a part of this giveaway.***

Make sure you tune in all week for more Christmas Week fun. Thanks to Jen for cohosting with me. Also a huge thank you to all our participants.

Toodles and smoochies! xx

Pin7K
Share27
Yum
Stumble
Reddit

Never Miss a Bite!

Subscribe for FREE recipes sent right to your inbox!

Comments

    • Thanks Ramona. I’m such a coconut girl. I was scarfing copious amounts of it while making these.

      The spoons are too cute for words. I need to try to get some solo shots of them today.

      Reply

  4. I love the chocolate spoons! What a great gift idea, Kim. I can think of a thousand people who would LOVE to get these!

    Thanks so much to you and Jen for all the hard work putting Christmas Week together. I am thrilled to be part the fun!

    Reply

    • Thanks. They were fun to make. Just too cute for words. I forgot to get a solo shot though. I’ll have to try this afternoon when the sun isn’t so bright and melty. lol

      Awe, pfft, we love it. It’s so much fun, not even like work. But thanks for that, and for joining us. xx

      Reply

    • Any time you like my lady. I’d love to have you over. How fun would it be to bake together.

      Thanks. I love me some hot chocolate.

      Reply

    • Me too. Squee, it’s so much work but so fun. I sorta wish every week was Christmas Week. Then I remember how tired I am. Ha.

      Ah, man, that’s good and bad right. Good for you to chill but probably not fun when you head back to work after time off. I hate that back to reality feeling. Like a bursting bubble. Enjoy it while it’s lasts woman.

      You must make this. I swear corn syrup is the key to happiness in life. It makes hot chocolate heavenly.

      Reply

    • Oh bummer about the chocolate. I eat way too much of it. I keep worrying there’s a lifetime cap you hit and you’re done. Ha.

      You are so welcome. We have fun doing this. I love working with Jen. She’s the yin to my yang. Or the opposite. More like she’s the calm to my spaz. Whatever works. Thanks for joining us. xx

      Reply

    • Why thank you milady. We had a ball doing this. So much fun. I freaking love the spoons. I have a bunch more in the fridge. Afternoon snack perhaps….

      Reply

    • I freaking love coconut. I was shoving it in my piehole as I made these. It’s one of my weaknesses.

      The spoons are just good fun. Thanks lady. xx

      Reply

  16. Aloha, my tropical friend!! I’m SO with you with your Hawaii Love. My husband and I love it so much we actually got married there (20 years ago!) and have visited numerous times. My husband is an airline pilot, and for a few years he flew LAX to HNL exclusively. I have no doubt that you totally understand my total jealousy.
    And to add to my jealous… you coconut hot chocolate is right up there. My daughter would go nuts for those spoons!!!
    Thanks for putting #ChristmasWeek together! I’m so excited to be involved!!! 🙂

    Reply

    • Aloha gorgeous lady. I seriously love it in Hawaii. We did our honeymoon there and didn’t ever want to leave. We’re now saving to go back, probably in 2015. I want to take the kids, they’re older so they will have a blast. My daughter’s name is Hawaiian so it seems fitting she sees the place it came from. Seriously jelly your hubs is a pilot who had access to the place all the time. Nice.

      I freaking love these spoons. So cute. They kept me from nodding off today. Lol.

      Thanks for joining us. We love doing this, and honestly Jen is a force to be reckoned with. I love that girl. She does so much of the hard work. Love that girl.

      Reply

  17. Coconut and chocolate. .. greatest combination known to man! Can’t wait to try your hot chocolate recipe. I’m drooling already lol

    Reply

  20. I’m the same as you with the over the top hot chocolate love, especially from a mix! I would only add half the amount of water or milk it called for because I liked it as thick, chocolate sludge. Thankfully my Hot Chocolate tastebuds have matured and now I just dump in twice the amount of chocolate anyway! And love those spoons!

    Reply

  22. Chocolate chickpea spread (hummus) would be the first recipe I would make in the Magimix by Robot-Coupe 3200XL 12-Cup Food Processor.

    Reply

  24. I want to find the best from scratch moist Coconut Cake and that would be my first thing to make in this food processor.

    Reply

  26. I may be the cookie queen but you’re the hot chocolate queen! Whoa, this is one amazing treat…liquid heaven! And the spoon is such a yummy bonus!

    Reply

  35. Well, I didn’t think coconut could get any better than this. Seriously. Over-the-top coconut/chocolate good. Can you tell that I love coconut, too? 🙂

    Reply

  40. Kim, this is one serious cup of gourmet hot chocolate, like Dean & DeLuca catalog perfect! Coconut and chocolate is an ideal match, but to relish it with one of those chocolate covered spoons. Oh yeah, I’m in. The first thing I’d make with a Magimix by Robot-Coupe Food Processor is likely a nice basil pesto, then sip a glass of wine to conjure up dishes to use the pesto in, and then I’d get cooking. Terrific hosting here from you and Jen…these Christmas weeks look like a lot of fun.

    Reply

  45. I love chocolate and coconut together! My son always picks on me and calls me weird lol.
    If I won, I’d be making some salsa.

    Reply

  52. We love to eat slaw and a food processor would be a huge help with that. Also we enjoy hash browns potatoes and the food processor would save a lot of money on buyer hash browns when we could make them ourselves with the food processor.

    Reply

  53. First thing I would make? My pizza dough! my cheapy FP broke ages ago and I was hoping Santa would bring me a nice one but not sure that’s going to happen. I would LOVE to win this! And that hot chocolate looks positively SINful!

    Reply

  55. Our food processor broke a few months ago, and I’d love to win this! The first thing I’d make is my homemade mayonnaise. Nothing works as well a food processor for great mayo!

    Reply

  59. I am thinking of using it to grate cauliflower for a pizza crust … sigh … hand grating is VERY messy and my little food processor takes 3 bowls to get enough for one crust …My cuisinart died over the weekend, but it owed me nothing since it was a hand-me-down from my Aunt’s restaurant that closed ~20 yrs ago and it was well used by the time I got it….sigh….

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

More Cravings

This Maple Roasted Acorn Squash with Bacon is a quick and easy recipe that is perfect for fall. Perfect for every day or holidays.
Chicken Fajita Mini Roll Ups {Pinwheels) from cravingsofalunatic.com- These chicken fajita roll ups are tiny in size but big on flavour! These are perfect to pack in lunches or to use as appetizers for parties.
Cat-Friendly Frozen Banana Bites from cravingsofalunatic.com- These 2-Ingredient Cat-Friendly Frozen Banana Bites are the perfect way to treat your cat all year long. They are super easy to make and cats will gobble them right up. 
Grilled Peach and Chicken Pizza with Fresh Basil from cravingsofalunatic.com- This recipe takes the smokiness of grilled chicken and the sweetness of grilled peaches and combines them in a perfectly grilled pizza. Fresh basil takes it to the next level. 
Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa from cravingsofalunatic.com- These Honey Lime Chicken Tacos with Watermelon Salsa are incredibly easy to make. The chicken is grilled to perfection then made into tacos topped with a simple watermelon salsa. 

Subscribe and Never Miss a Bite!

Stalk my cravings on social media: