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Orange Peanut Butter Cinnamon Hot Cocoa

A creamy, nutty whole-milk cocoa brightened with fresh orange juice and warm cinnamon, finished with a soft whipped-cream top.

Orange Peanut Butter Cinnamon Hot Cocoa

Ingredients

  • 1¾ cups (410 ml)420 gWhole milk
  • 3 tbsp15 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1½ tbsp24 gPeanut butter, no salt added
  • 1½ tbsp packed20 gBrown sugar
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml)30 gOrange juice
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt
  • 2½ tbsp (35 ml)40 gHeavy creamwhipped to soft peaks

Steps

  1. Before heating, whip the heavy cream in a chilled bowl to soft peaks and set it in the fridge.
  2. In a small pot off the heat, add the unsweetened cocoa powder, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt, then whisk in about a quarter of the whole milk to make a smooth cocoa paste.
  3. Whisk the peanut butter into the cocoa paste until no lumps remain, then whisk in the remaining three quarters of the whole milk.
  4. Warm over medium-low heat, whisking often, until steaming and just below a simmer, about 5 minutes; do not boil.
  5. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the orange juice and vanilla.
  6. Pour into two mugs, top each with half of the whipped cream and serve hot.

Contains: Milk, Peanuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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