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Tar Man Hot Chocolate

Inspired by Return of the Living Dead, Tar Man Hot Chocolate celebrates all the gooey goodness of Tar Man without the obvious side effects. As one zombie said: “It’s no brain, but it’s good!” We’ll take it.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Hot Chocolate
  • 2 cups Whole Milk For lower carb option use Fairlife milk
  • 4 tbsp Sugar other sweeteners can be used but be sure the sweetness level is at 4 tbls sugar
  • ⅛ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 4 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 pinch Kosher Salt
Hot Chocolate "Tar Syrup"
  • ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • ½ cup Whole Milk
  • ½ cup Heavy Cream
  • 2 cups Sugar or substitute equalling 2 cups of sugar
  • ⅛ tsp Kosher Salt
  • ½ tsp Vanilla Extract

Method
 

Hot Chocolate
  1. Mix the dry ingredients together.
  2. Heat the milk on a low heat. Be patient as it comes to simmer. DO NOT BOIL
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the milk and whisk it in. Cook for 2 minutes and continue to whisk.
  4. Pour immediately into cups.
  5. Top with marshmallows and then drizzle the “tar” on top.
Hot Chocolate "Tar Syrup"
  1. Mix the dry ingredients together
  2. Heat on low, the milk and heavy cream.
  3. Stir gently but do not whisk yet
  4. Add the dry ingredients when the mixture has come to a simmer and incorporate very well with a whisk
  5. Turn up the heat to high and let the mixture boil for 3-4 minutes.
  6. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  7. Skim any layer of “skin” from the top of the syrup and then use as a drizzle.

Notes

We pair with hot chocolate with any movie where Tar is featured! Okay, so far it's just Return of the Living Dead, because Tar Man was too good to be true!