Hot Cocoa anyone? Remember when the days and nights got cooler and you were finishing your school work on the sofa, then all of a sudden your mother came out with a tray of cups filled with Hot Chocolate and whip cream on the top?  Well, here is a hot chocolate recipe to take you back to the days when “Momma’s Famous Hot Cocoa” warmed your spirits.  The toasty peanut butter hot chocolate recipe is sure to warm your heart and melt on you taste buds, with the rich chocolate and twist of peanut butter flavors mashing together this will definitely be a recipe that you and your family are sure to love!

 Toasty Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and Peanuts on top

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Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1-4 hours

Serves: 9 Mugs

Ingredients

1 cup of Powder Chocolate Milk Mix or Powder Cocoa Mix
8 cups of Hot Water
3/4 cups of Chocolate Syrup
1/4 cups of Peanut Butter
1 1/2 teaspoons of Vanilla

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Ingredients

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Directions

1. Pour the Cocoa Mix in a 3-4 quart slow cooker.  Next, you want to carefully stir in the hot water.
2. After you have added the hot water, stir in the chocolate syrup.  Cover the mixture and let it cook on a low heat for 3-4 hours or on high for 90 minutes to 2 hours.
3. When the time is up whisk in the peanut butter and vanilla until they have been smoothed in.
4. Ladle the cocoa into mugs and enjoy!

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