Winter choco-coffee

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PRESENTATION

You will never have tasted a more special drink than our winter choco-coffee! One word to describe it? A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! A layer of peanut crunch, salted caramel, a creamy hot chocolate made with dark chocolate and coffee and a cloud of whipped cream. What else? Well, prepare several cups, not all for you ... to share with those you love most, to spend a pleasant moment with special snack during the harsh winter days!

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for the winter choco-coffee
Instant coffee 1 tbsp (15 g)
Milk ½ cup (130 g)
Heavy cream 3 tbsp (40 g)
Unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp
Dark chocolate ½ cup (100 g)
For the peanut crunch
Roasted salted peanuts ⅔ cup (70 g)
Brown sugar ¼ cup (50 g)
For the salted caramel
Brown sugar ⅓ cup (90 g)
Water 1 tbsp (15 g)
Butter 2 ½ tbsp (40 g)
Fine salt 1 pinch
Preparation

How to prepare Winter choco-coffee

For the winter choco-coffee, start with the crunch as it will be the first layer of your hot chocolate: pour the brown sugar in a saucepan 1, and melt without stirring 2. When it turns amber, add the peanuts 3.

Mix 4 and caramelize. Once ready, spread everything on a tray lined with parchment paper 5 and let it set. You can break the peanut crunch and create the first layer 6.

Go on to prepare the salted caramel by first pouring in a soucepan brown sugar first, and water 7. Let it boil without stirring, then add the butter 8 and melt, stirring with a hand whisk 9.

Add a pinch of salt 10, mix,and pour the cream 11, mix again and after a few seconds, turn off the heat. Pour in a cup 12.

For the coffee hot chocolate, pour the milk and cream 13 in a saucepan and heat up. Add the bitter cocoa 14 and the soluble coffee 15.

At last, add the dark chocolate chips 16. Stir for a few minutes until you obtain the perfect creamy texture and pour in the cup 17 18.

Complete with whipped cream 19 and decorate with a few crumbs of crunchy peanuts 20 21!

Storage

It is advisable to consume it as soon as it is ready.

The cream can be whipped a few hours in advance.

The peanut crunch can also be prepared the day before.

Tips

Instead of peanuts you could use peeled almonds.

Instead of salted caramel, how about peanut butter?