This Hot Chocolate recipe is so good that I wouldn’t be surprised if someone told me it came straight from the Chocolate River in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It’s positively scrumdiddlyumptious! For me, Hot Chocolate is a treat. So, ditch the powdered mix and make this splendiferous stuff instead. It would be an extra-special delight…
Category: Twinkling Tipples
Blackberry Syrup
Blackberries always stir up fond memories for me. As a child I remember taking the dogs out for a walk with my nan, winding down the farm lanes, peering into the fields to watch the horses, cows and sheep grazing in the sunshine. That’s how I always remember it: warm and sunny. I’m sure we…
Salted Caramel Syrup
2008 was The Year of Salted Caramel. Can you believe that it is over a decade ago since Starbucks started selling their Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate? Starbucks being the yardstick for when a trend has truly made it to the big-time, of course. Yet by 2008, Salted Caramel was already over thirty years old. It…
Gingerbread Syrup
Baby, it’s cold outside… This is the time of year when the Alpine weather visits Zurich and our little city transforms into Narnia. The mercury has dipped to minus 5, a taste of the cold weather ahead, and everything outside is covered in a blanket of pure white snow. It makes me want to hibernate…
Gen's Christmas Kitchen 