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Your big night in starts here We should all be thinking about stuffing a few Options and Highlights into our office drawers for those afternoon winter wobblies. Sometimes even at Gobbler HQ, when the sky is blankety grey, and we’re trying to keep off the communal party rings, we need a quick, hot and sugary, relatively guilt-free, fix. But today Thrifty Gobbler’s business is with the serious stuff, not the powdery bodge-jobs. When we are rejoicing at having escaped another midwinter Saturday night out, have stuffed our faces sufficiently with something terrible, and want an unfathomably foodie nightcap, we make the hot chocolate below, and sometimes we drink it out of a bowl.  (serves 2) 450ml milk (or, if you can, use 400ml milk and 50ish ml cream) 125g (4.5oz) dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa) 1tbsp sugar (you can add more sugar at the end if you prefer it sweeter, or substitute some of the dark chocolate for milk chocolate) Simmer the milk, cream and sugar together until hot but still guzzlable, and definitely not boiling Break the chocolate into squares, drop them into the milk mixture, and stir them through in melty swirls As soon as the chocolate is melted, remove the pan from the heat – don’t let it boil Drink it, or make some of the adjustments suggested below The sums: Around 45p per mug Tips • Spice it up with chilli and cinnamon, or use dark chocolate with chilli for a wintery, nostril-clearing kick • Add a dash of cherry or coffee liqueur, or use Grand Marnier and a bit of orange zest • Replace sugar with vanilla essence, and whisk the hot chocolate until frothy before you pour into mugs -   http://www.thriftygobbler.com/56/

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