Iced Mexican Chocolate Recipes

Steps:

• Stir chocolate and chocolate syrup into hot coffee until melted.
• Transfer to a blender, add half and half and ice cubes, and blend at high speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately in a tall, cold glass.

Steps:

• Halve vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape seeds into a 3-quart heavy saucepan. Add chocolate and half-and-half and bring to a boil over moderate heat, whisking. Remove from heat.
• Lightly beat eggs with salt in a bowl, then add hot chocolate mixture in a slow stream, whisking. Transfer custard to cleaned saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard registers 175°F on thermometer, 1 to 5 minutes. Immediately pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl. Put bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and cool, stirring occasionally.
• Freeze custard in ice cream maker. Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and freeze until hardened, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Microwave chocolate in large liquid measure at high (100%) 2 minutes or until chocolate is melted; stir in honey. Microcook at HIGH 30 seconds. Slowly stir in milk until well blended. Stir in orange peel and cinnamon. Pour over ice in serving glasses.