Dessert: Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Honey

Health and fertility benefits of Alcoholic Hot Chocolate

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). One tbsp of honey has a glycemic index (GI) of 55.

Ingredients

2 cups milk
3 1/2 ounces best-quality chocolate, bittersweet or semisweet
1 cinnamon stick
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon brown sugar, plus more to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons dark rum, or to taste

Instructions

Put the milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk along with a cinnamon stick, honey, and sugar. Heat gently until the chocolate is melted.
Add the vanilla and mix with a small hand whisk; still whisking, add a spoonful of the rum first and taste to see if you want more (no point pouring in all at once as it's too late to do anything about it if it's too strong for you) and add more sugar if you want it sweeter. Take out the cinnamon stick and pour into 2 cappuccino or latte cups.

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