Snowmallow White Chocolate Mocha excerpted from Festive Coffee Shop Drinks: More than 50 holiday-inspired recipes for coffees, hot chocolates & more by Hannah Miles. Photography © copyright Ryland Peters & Small 2023.
Who doesn’t love a trip to the coffee shop at any time of year, but the excitement and anticipation for the release of the festive-themed drinks menu is legendary. Think gingerbread, pumpkin spice, peppermint bark, toffee nut, praline, marshmallow, mint chocolate, egg nog… the list goes on.
Festive Coffee Shop Drinks delivers on all fronts, showing you how to prepare and master your favorite festive drinks at home. All the usual seasonal flavours are covered in inventive, easy-to-follow recipes, all topped off with a section to take your festive faves to the next level by making boozy versions of the usual fare. A section on making your own flavored syrups is included as well as some legendary ice cold offerings to complete this festive collection.
Snowmallow White Chocolate Mocha
This is a light and creamy mocha with the sweetness of white chocolate and a strong hit of espresso. To make it super festive float these cute snowmen marshmallows on top of your mocha. If you can’t find giant marshmallows, you can use smaller marshmallows and have a ‘melt’ of snowmen on top of your drink.
500 ml/2 cups milk of your choice
80 g/23/4 oz. good-quality white chocolate
½ tsp vanilla bean powder or paste
2–4 shots (60–120 ml/ 2–4 oz.) freshly brewed espresso coffee
TO DECORATE
a few drops of orange food colouring gel
10 g/1/3 oz. good-quality white chocolate, melted
2 giant marshmallows
10 g/1/3 oz. dark/ bittersweet chocolate, melted
cocktail stick/toothpick balloon whisk
SERVES 2
Make the marshmallow snowmen to give the chocolate time to set. Mix a few drops of the orange food colouring gel into the melted white chocolate so that you have an even orange colour. Use a cocktail stick to place two dots of the dark chocolate for eyes and five dots for a mouth on each of the giant marshmallows. Using a second clean cocktail stick use the orange chocolate to draw on noses in the shapes of carrots.
Heat the milk in a saucepan and add the white chocolate and vanilla. Whisk as the chocolate melts to blend it with the milk. Pour the hot coffee into two cups or heatproof glasses and pour over the hot white mocha. Float a snowman marshmallow on top of each cup and serve at once.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Ryland Peters & Small.