Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

I like baking. I do. But sometimes, that gets shoved under piles of I'm-working-every-weekend-and-I-have-two nights-a-week-to-fit-in-7-days-of-hanging-out-noooooo. The baking has suffered, to say the least. But! Light, tunnel, end.

As an event coordinator, my work schedule gets jam packed during the summers and then slowly, blessedly, lightens up around fall. Which is: right now! Yes! Presumably, I'm with the 6 day, 60-hour work week and back to the 5 day, 40-hour work week. Supposedly, I'm not getting sent to Ellensburg (although, it was pretty) or Oak Harbor (also, gorgeous) or Lacey (eh.. at least I didn't get shot) anytime soon.

So I took a look at my Pinterest Recipe board and realized that more than half of the items on there didn't have a "DONE" label on them. Oh no. No no. That won't do.

Peanut butter and chocolate is probably one of the best combos ever. It might even be better than salt and caramel.

So..

Some cocoa and sugar.










Whisked with water to make a smooth paste.










Add milk










And of course, peanut butter










Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
Adapted from Babble Blogs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup water
3 cups 2% milk
4 tbsp. creamy peanut butter
3 oz. chocolate (the original recipe called for bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped. I used chocolate chips, about 3 oz=1/2 cup)

In a saucepan, stir together the sugar and cocoa to get rid of lumps; stir in the water until smooth, then whisk in the milk over medium-high heat. Heat until steaming. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter and chocolate. Let it sit for a few seconds, then blend it with a hand-held immersion blender.