Chocolate Doughnut Hot Chocolate

By Hklbrries

There is a crazy delicious new trend in milkshakes. It involves adding a slice of pie to the blender along with the milk and ice cream.

That’s right – a whole slice of pie.

I wanted it, except that the winter holidays aren’t exactly milkshake season. So I started playing with winter-friendly ways to borrow this idea of blending baked goods and sweet drinks.

Hot chocolate was the natural choice. But pie just didn’t seem right. Doughnuts, however, seemed perfect. Chocolate doughnuts to be precise.

The process was simple. The results were spectacular. The hot chocolate was richly chocolaty but retained a distinctly doughnut flavor. The hot chocolate also was wonderfully thick.

It also is important to use a cake-style doughnut (not yeast-raised), such as a chocolate or old fashioned. I used glazed or sugar-coated doughnuts with great results.

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 glazed or sugar-coated chocolate cake doughnut
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• Pinch salt

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

In a blender, combine the milk and doughnut. Puree until very smooth. This could take a minute or longer.

Transfer the mixture to a medium saucepan. Whisking constantly, heat over medium until it thickens, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chocolate chips and salt, whisking until the chocolate has melted and the cocoa is smooth. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Information:
Per serving
240 calories
13 g fat (7 g saturated, 48 percent fat calories)
5 g protein
27 grams carbohydrate
20 milligrams cholesterol
2 grams dietary fiber
160 milligrams sodium