Chocolate Flan

YIELD: 15 4-oz. portions

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

8 oz. Swiss Miss® Regular Hot Chocolate, prepared/chilled as below

4 c. 2% Milk

1 Cinnamon Stick

1 tbsp. Vanilla Extract

1 c. Granulated Sugar

7 Whole Eggs

2 Egg Yolks

 

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Prepare Hot Chocolate in advance with 6 oz. hot water to every 2 oz. Hot Chocolate Mix and chill.

  2. Heat oven to 350°F. Bring milk to a simmer and steep the cinnamon and vanilla extract for 5 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick from milk and add prepared Hot Chocolate; blend well.

  3. Mix the sugar with the whole eggs and egg yolks. Temper the egg mixture into the hot milk.

  4. Pour the liquid into 15 4-oz. ramekins. Place ramekins into large cake pan or roasting pan. Pour hot water into pan to come halfway up sides of ramekins. Bake until the flan is just set, approximately 40-45 minutes.