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Mocha Hot Chocolate Recipe with Kahlúa Especial

The extra intense Kahlúa Especial really makes this mocha drink special but if you can’t find it on the shelves, regular Kahlúa works just fine as does their other flavor editions like Pumpkin Spice or Peppermint. I like to add a little bit of the Kahlúa Especial to my whipped cream as well, so that every sip of the drink has a little bit of coffee rum flavor. The Kahlúa whipped cream would also be awesome served over your favorite pie or ice cream as well!

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Coffee and cocoa powder work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 541 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

2 Mocha Hot Chocolates
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Pour the fresh brewed extra strong coffee into a small saucepan and set over medium-low heat.

  2. Whisk in the natural cocoa powder and white granulated sugar until smooth, with no lumps of cocoa remaining.

  3. Stir in the 1/2 cup heavy cream and the 2 tablespoons Kahlúa Especial. Heat gently, stirring often, until steaming hot but not boiling.

  4. Remove from the heat and divide the mocha mixture evenly between two mugs.

  5. In a chilled bowl, whisk the 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream with the confectioner's sugar and 1 tablespoon Kahlúa Especial until soft peaks form.

  6. Spoon the whipped topping over the hot mocha in each mug and serve immediately.

By eatthelove. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Coffee + cocoa powdertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Cocoa powder + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together825 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Coffee + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Coffee + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs