Frozen Hot Chocolate

I was browsing Food Gawker one day last week and clicked on some links. Click, click, click and eventually I ended up here, at a recipe for Frozen Hot Chocolate. This recipe calls for white chocolate and I just so happened to have some that I had been meaning to use up, but I want to try it again with regular chocolate. It was so easy and so good and I definitely suggest trying it out.

Frozen Hot Chocolate
From Dine & Dish

Ingredients
6 half-ounce pieces of high quality white chocolate
2 Tbs half and half
1 envelope store bought hot chocolate mix
1 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
3 cups ice
Whipped cream (optional)
Chocolate shavings (optional)

Directions
Place the white chocolate pieces and the half and half into a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 1 minutes, stopping to stir half way through. Continue to heat until melted and smooth. Add the cocoa and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended. Remove from heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

In a blender place the remaining cup of milk, the room temperature chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a cup and top with homemade whipped cream and chocolate shavings.