{"id":1023,"date":"2021-02-25T17:14:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:14:50","slug":"how-to-make-homemade-hot-cocoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/how-to-make-homemade-hot-cocoa\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Homemade Hot Cocoa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00bc cup unsweetened cocoa powder <\/li><li>\u00bd cup granulated sugar<\/li><li>\u2153 cup hot water<\/li><li>\u215b tsp salt<\/li><li>4 cups milk (fat-free, 2%, whole, dairy, or non-dairy)<\/li><li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Combine the cocoa, sugar, water, and salt in a medium saucepan.<\/li><li>Over medium heat, stir constantly until hot. Cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute.<\/li><li>Stir in the milk and heat, but do not boil.<\/li><li>Remove from the heat and add vanilla; stir well. Serve immediately.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To spice up the hot cocoa you can add a drop peppermint extract, a cinnamon stick, or a pinch of cinnamon at step 2. You can also cinnamon, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, nutmeg, or marshmallows as toppings after you have finished cooking it or put a peppermint in the mug. My favorite thing to add is a marshmallow, a cinnamon stick, and a pinch of nutmeg. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients \u00bc cup unsweetened cocoa powder \u00bd cup granulated sugar\u2153 cup hot water\u215b tsp salt4 cups milk (fat-free, 2%, whole, dairy, or non-dairy)1 teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions Combine the cocoa, sugar, water, and salt in a medium saucepan.Over medium heat, stir constantly until hot. Cook, stirring constantly for 1 minute.Stir in the milk and heat,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/how-to-make-homemade-hot-cocoa\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}