Is it even a recipe when it’s this easy? I love the sophistication that cloves and cinnamon bring to this White Hot Chocolate!

You will need:

• 2 1/2 cup whole or 2% milk
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips or good-quality chopped white chocolate
• 4-5 cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Whip cream, additional white chocolate shavings, ground cinnamon, additional cinnamon sticks for garnish.

Simmer the milk and cream in a medium saucepan. Add in cloves and cinnamon and continue to simmer until milk is bubbling around the edges of the saucepan. Pour in white chocolate chunks and stir until they are completely dissolved. Enjoy your house smelling like Christmas! Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Strain mixture into a large measuring cup to remove the cloves and cinnamon stick, or simply remove with tongs.

Pour into cups and top with whipped cream, white chocolate shavings, ground cinnamon and another cinnamon stick if desired! Yields two servings. Serve immediately.