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Cayenne pepper is the pepper that seems to go best with chocolate.
Mexican Hot Chocolate:
1 tablet Mexican chocolate (available in your Hispanic foods section, look for a yellow package that says Ibarra...if you can't find it, you can use bittersweet chocolate)
3 cups milk
sugar to taste (may or may not be necessary based on what kind of chocolate you buy)
cinnamon to taste
Heat milk on stove over medium-low heat. Chop up tablet of chocolate; add to heated milk. Add sugar at this step if necessary. Heat milk until all the chocolate is melted and milk is hot but not boiling. Add cinnamon to taste. Pour into mugs and top the chocolate with a dash of cayenne pepper. For a nice touch, serve with cinnamon sticks as a stirrer.
On a side note, this hot chocolate tastes better the higher the fat content in your milk is--so use 2% or higher for a richer taste.
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