mexican hot chocolate

so the kind ladies at latin women's initiative donated $5k to one of my events. i decided that some thank you cupcakes were definitely in order (considering that some of my other cupcakes have fetched $45k (2 boxes of the Tickled Pink) and $25k (1 box of Fredericksburg Peaches)...).

going w/the latin theme, i made some mexican hot chocolate cupcakes. i couldn't find churros anywhere in the city of houston, and they buenuelos that i finally did buy tasted aweful. so, like a true american, i went to taco bell. those little cinnamon crispies were acutally cuter anyways. (note: they become very very stale overnight... so i wouldn't recommend eating them).

basically, for those that do not know, mexican hot chocolate is chocolate with a bunch of spices in it. i added cinnamon and chili powder to a chocolate recipe i have... and they came out pretty delicious. i was extremely nervous putting the chili powder in it, but if i had to do it all over again, i'd double the amount i used.

anyways, here they are.