You Won't Be Able to Resist This Spiced Chocolate Mexican Drink

There is one thing that makes a ray of light come down from the heavens whenever I come home for the holidays. Two words: Abuelita's Champurrado. "Champurrado? What the heck is that?" you may think. Well all you need to know my friends is that Champurrado is a type of thick, chocolatey Mexican drink that is freaking flavorful.

Abuelita's Champurrado

• Prep Time:5 mins
• Cook Time:10 mins
• Total Time:15 mins
• Servings:8
• Medium

Ingredients

• 2 tablets Nestlé Abuelita authentic mexican hot chocolate
• Half gallon milk approx. 8 cups
• 1 can Nestlé Carnation evaporated milk
• 1 cup masa de maiz corn dough
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 1 piloncillo cone brown cane sugar
• 4 cups water divided
• 10 whole cloves

• Step 1

  Place a pot on your stove and turn it onto medium-high. After that, put 1 cup water, 10 cloves, and 3 cinnamon sticks into the pot. Let the cinnamon sticks and cloves brew, changing the water into an umber shade.

  

• Step 2

  Once the cinnamon sticks and cloves brew, add 8 cups of milk and mix it constantly.
  
  #SpoonTip: Do not let the milk stick to the pot. You wouldn't want burnt milk on the sides and bottom of the pot, it would just be a hassle to clean up.

  

• Step 3

  In another pot, put 1 cup of masa de maiz and 3 cups of water. Mix until it turns into a pancake batter-like consistency.

  

• Step 4

  Add the 2 chocolate tablets, piloncillo cone, and evaporated milk into the pot with the milk and spices and mix until the chocolate and piloncillo dissolve.

  

• Step 5

  After everything dissolves and looks fetching, add the masa de maiz mixture into the chocolate pot. Stir for 3 minutes.

  

• Step 6

  Serve the drink hot and enjoy it with your favorite pastries or pan dulce.