Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows

Name: Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8 teaspoons sugar; 4 teaspoons baking cocoa; 4 cups 2% milk; 1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield 4 servings

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This hot chocolate with marshmallows recipe isn't your average cup of hot cocoa. Melted marshmallows make this the fluffiest, frothiest, coziest cocoa you'll ever sip.

Ingredients

8 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking cocoa
4 cups 2% milk
1-1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until marshmallows are melted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Ladle into mugs.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 249 calories, 8g fat (5g saturated fat), 33mg cholesterol, 128mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (30g sugars, 0 fiber), 9g protein.

This is our daughter's favorite hot chocolate recipe. It may look like ordinary cocoa, but a touch of vanilla sets it apart from the rest. And the melted marshmallows give it a frothy body you won't get from a cocoa packet. —Jo Ann Schimcek, Weimar, Texas

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