Tom's Mocha Dona Maria

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"Kirsten Craig's favorite chocolate liqueur candies have helped line her wallet just in time for holiday shopping.

The Spokane woman won the $500 first prize in a recent hot chocolate milk recipe contest. The candies inspired her Orange Cream Zest Hot Chocolate Milk recipe, which was sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Washington.

There was also a category for a grown-up drinks. That prize went to Margee Berry of Trout Creek, Wash., for her Razzle Me Dazzled Raspberry Hot Chocolate.

Tom Emerson Jr. of Post Falls was a finalist in that category with his Dona Maria drink.

Look inside today's food section for Craig and Emerson's recipes. Other recipes from the contest can be found at www.hotchocolatemilk.net."

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Ingredients

  • For the whipped cream:
  • 1 cup hot milk
  • 2 tbsp Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
  • 1 ounce Kahlua
  • 1/2 ounce Cointreau orange liqueur
  • Strong black coffee
  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Mix hot milk and chocolate syrup together. Pour the Kahlua and Cointreau into a large glass coffee cup. Pour equal parts coffee and hot chocolate mixture into the same cup, leaving room at the top for the whipped cream.

To make the whipped cream: Use an electric mixer to whip ingredients together in mixing bowl until it forms stiff peaks. It will take some time to reach this consistency.

Note: For a festive touch, put grenadine syrup and green Creme de Menthe in squeeze bottles. Use them to make decorative "swirls" on top of the whipped cream on your Mocha Dona Maria.

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