Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate is made with candy cane vodka, chocolate chunks, milk, vanilla extract and condensed milk topped with whipped cream and crushed candy canes. 

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate was created to use up the rest of our candy cane vodka from those Candy Cane Infused Vodka Chocolate Martinis a couple weeks back. We are not big drinkers so alcohol lasts forever around here and I wanted to create another drink with that delicious candy cane infused vodka!

This recipe is great on a chilly December day and …. 

1) tastes amazing

2) you can treat the kids their hot chocolate while the adults get their spiked version with candy cane infused vodka. Mom win right there. 

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate with candy cane infused vodka that has a nice peppermint flavor that is swirled into the creamy hot chocolate. It warms your soul and makes the taste buds happy. Fa-la-la-la-yum-oh! You can also try white chocolate in this recipe for a pretty pinkish colored beverage. 

Candy Cane Vodka

A few hours before making a Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate, you will need to infuse the vodka. Decide how much you will need. Let us go with liter measurements today. Pick out a liter of vodka. Higher quality vodkas will infuse better and make the overall drink taste smoother.  For one liter of vodka, you will want 16 tiny candy canes. Unwrap each candy cane and put into vodka bottle. Put the vodka bottle to the side and let the candy cane flavor infuse. Shake well before using. Never use a plastic container for infusing vodka, you will also infuse the plastic taste. Nobody wants a plastic flavored anything. So, if you are transferring the vodka into another container to infuse, make sure it is glass, like a mason jar.

Check out how to make Candy Cane Infused Vodka here. 

How Much Vodka To Add

Instructions state 1 to 3 ounces of candy cane vodka per hot chocolate serving. Add the amount you want depending on how much peppermint you want in your hot chocolate and how much liquor you would want. 1 ounce equals a small shot and 3 ounces would be equivalent to two shots. 

 

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