Candy Cane Hot Cocoa

This "white chocolate" blends eggnog, milk, and a dash of peppermint spice for everything nice all winter long.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces good quality white chocolate
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups eggnog
• 1½ teaspoons peppermint extract or ⅓ cup chopped peppermint candy
• Whipped cream
• Fresh grated nutmeg or ground cinnamon or sprinkles
• Sprig of mint
• Candy canes

Directions

1. Using the coarse side of a hand grater, grate the chocolate into shreds.
2. In a spouted medium saucepan coated with Teflon™ nonstick, mix the milk and eggnog over medium-low heat.
3. Stir in the peppermint and white chocolate.
4. Cook on medium-low heat—stirring frequently to prevent burning—until mixture begins to simmer.
5. Remove from heat, pour into mugs, and top with whipped cream, nutmeg or sprinkles and serve with a candy cane stirrer.