The Most Exciting Hot Chocolate Recipe Ever

I read all those hunger-inducing blogs....the ones where they cook the amazing food and take step by step pictures for blogging purposes.  I have never tried this, but the other day I made some very exciting hot chocolate. I didn't think to photograph it during the actual cooking process, so I decided in an effort to bring you an accurate picture of this recipe I would draw it out.......

Now, let me explain that I understand it is getting hot outside, in some places it is very hot...but when the chocolate craving hits, you have to make do with what you have, and what I had was hot chocolate.  Here is how to make your own!  

Step 1. Pour water into cup

 Be very careful not to overfill the cup, because you will be adding more ingredients soon, and you will also have to have room to stir!

Step 2. Add Hot Chocolate packet.  

I was going to add two so that it would be extra chocolaty, but I realized that there were only three packets left in the box, so I went ahead and added all three!

It is okay to live dangerously!

Step 3. Place cup in the exact center of the microwave.

Set your timer for 4 minuites, but plan on checking on it after three.  

The cooking time will vary according to microwave and humidity levels.

Step 4. This is the most important step of all!  

While staring at the hot chocolate cooking, quickly get bored and wander into the next room where you sit down for "just a minute" (after all, you have 3 minutes before it needs to be checked) and check your email and twitter.  Maybe even stop in at facebook.  You've got the time.

At this point, you will hear a noise.  This noise will depend on the brand and model of your microwave, mine sounds like a high pitched alarm.  BEEP BEEP BEEP!  You will have passed the three minute mark and missed the "checking point". 

When you return to the microwave, this is what you will see...

This will provide you with the wonderful experience of

Step 5. Clean out the microwave and throw away the partially melted cup 

....Followed by a trip to the store to buy chocolate in candy form!

Feel free to skip steps 1-5 and go straight to the store for chocolate.  It might be safer, and it is definitely less work! 

This isn't my most exciting cooking moment; it is just the most recent...and you wonder why my family spends so much time at Chick-fil-A.