Hand Ground Drinking Chocolate

In San Miguel de Allende we found a great brand of traditional Mexican drinking chocolate. It’s a delicious blend of sugar, chocolate, almonds, and cinammon. The Silva Aguiar family produces it in the town of Zacatecas.

According to the owner of the shop where we bought it, the chocolate is still hand ground on a metate the old fashioned way and then formed into tablets.

Most grocery stores that carry Mexican products will have Ibarra or Nestle brand chocolate if you are unable to find chocolate from a small producer. They are not quite as good as our chocolate from Zacatecas but they still make a good cup of hot chocolate.

Try our recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate.

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Mexican Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream