Grinch Green Hot Chocolate

Are you feeling the Christmas spirit yet? If not, perhaps this Grinch Green Hot Chocolate is for you – you big grinch! The GGG boys kicked off the holiday spirit on the blog with this fun, character-inspired hot chocolate for the latest edition of Mini Chef Mondays.
I got the idea for Grinch Green Hot Chocolate from my friend Melissa of the Farm Girl Gabs. She made Elsa’s Minty Hot Chocolate on her blog and I  absolutely loved the way it looked.  I knew there was no way my boys would even think of drinking that because they think they are too cool for anything girly, like Frozen (at least that’s what they claim). So instead, I used her post as inspiration and made a few changes to turn Elsa’s Minty Hot Chocolate into Grinch Green Hot Chocolate.

Grinch Green Hot Chocolate

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

White Peppermint Hot Chocolate:

•     4 cups half-and-half
•     1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•     1 cup white chocolate chips
•     1 cup heavy cream
•     1-2 teaspoons peppermint extract, to taste

Whipped cream:

•     1 cup heavy whipping cream
•     1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•     2 tablespoons powered sugar
•     red heart sprinkles, for topping
•     green gel food coloring

Instructions

1. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine white chocolate chips and heavy cream.
2. Stir continuously until white chocolate chips have completely melted.
3. Stir in the half-and-half, vanilla extract and peppermint extract. Stir occasionally until heated through.
4. Pour into mugs and top with green whipped cream and garnish with red heart sprinkles and/or a candy cane.
5. Whipped Cream: Pour heavy whipping cream, sugar, vanilla extract and a few drops of green food coloring into the cold bowl and whisk on high speed until medium to stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.