Yesterday I wrote about my nephew Christian, who is probably my favorite little 9 year old nugget in the world. See this little elf face right here? I just want to squish it! When I took Matthew to Tucson I got to spend a few days with Jen’s family and I really enjoyed spending time with Christian. He has such a big personality for such a small person. While I was there he asked if I knew if any of the stores had eggnog yet? I told him I wasn’t sure as it was still October, but that I would look if I happened to be in a store. He reminded me that eggnog is his favorite. Seriously, that boy loves eggnog.
I did happen to be in the store the following day (getting supplies for the bakery) and I noticed they had eggnog and pumpkin eggnog. So I grabbed a jug of each. We taste tested them a few days later and we agreed the pumpkin was not as good as the original, but that the pumpkin one was not bad. Rumors that he used one or both on his breakfast cereal that week can not be confirmed. Honestly, I am sworn to secrecy.
So a few nights ago after dinner I made Hot Nog for the family. I did some research, and as much as I would like to give credit to the little nugget for inventing this on his own, it is already a thing. Most of the recipes I saw online recommended using a mixture of milk and eggnog so that it's not so rich. I opted to use half eggnog and half chocolate milk, (which we have a surplus of). I used a dark chocolate powdered cocoa mix, and used 2 tablespoons to 6oz of the chocolate milk/eggnog mixture. I added marshmallows, although I think marshmallow fluff sprinkled with crushed candy canes might have been better.
The verdict? I liked it. I may have been the only one in the house that did. Do you think my niblings could be right? Maybe I am Santa?
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