The world's most deliciously decadent hot chocolate recipe...

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE- Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"

This is one hundred percent true and accurate...especially if:

it feels as if despite the fact both you and your horse are working full out, you are no where near making the progress you dream of

if once again, you got dismal marks after what you thought was a perfectly decent dressage round

your horse refused three jumps and charged through three others at the local show-jumping competition and now your reputation is in ruins

when he accidentally leans with his full weight and one massive hoof on your tender, delicate and now blue-green-and-purple foot...

You know the drill, add your own examples.

...is guaranteed to make you feel better after any or all of the above.

How to make hot chocolate:

I realise that a cup of steaming hot tea with lots of milk and sugar is the English panacea for all ills, and that the French can't get going in the mornings without a pot of thick black coffee. And I have taken on board that a glass (one, not two, three or twenty) of red wine may actually be healthier for you than none at all.

None of them equals the ego-healing powers of a sizzling hot cup of the smoothest, darkest, creamiest, thickest hot chocolate. If you absolutely have to, you can add coffee to make mocha, or alcohol to give it a kick. It remains best in its pure and unadulterated form.

Let me introduce you to my favourites. I would also love to try out yours... So send me your favourite recipes.You can add a story of woe and a photo of the culprit and/or victim if you like. My Ultimate Hot Chocolate Recipe You can also access more fascinating facts about chocolate from here, like The turbulent but romantic History of Chocolate

and whether Chocolate is really addictive-researchers claim it isn't??? but you better not stay there very long, because these pages are on my other website about hypnosis and diets and weight loss and it will just make you feel guilty.