Date:    Thu, 14 Jul 94 13:25:12 EDT
From:    Craig_Everhart@transarc.com

When I need a chocolate experience, I'll put together what I'm told is
an Italian-style hot cocoa.  I initially saw the recipe in the middle of
an article in The New Yorker, which went something like this.  (Sorry
that I don't know the by-weight equivalents.) 

    Mix 
        1/2 cup cocoa powder 
        1/3 cup white sugar 
        1 teaspoon cornstarch 
    with 
        1/4 cup water 
    in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.  Once this
    mixture comes to a boil, add 2 cups of liquid (water, brewed coffee,
    skim milk; the author recommended a cup of water and skim milk each)
    and stir over heat until heated through and mixed. 

This produces a thick, quite rich brew, not for children, but highly
chocolate-concentrated.  Clearly, it's pretty much just empty calories,
but not that much of them, and the fat is only what comes in your cocoa.