[1] It’s easy to make: hot chocolate topped with a donut, plus garnish (photo © Adrianna Calvo | Pexels).

[2] Pirouette cookies. These are the Pirouline brand; Pepperidge Farm sells Pirouettes, which are similar (photo © Pirouline | Facebook).

Is it breakfast? Dessert? A snack?

This cup of hot chocolate is topped with a donut, then garnished (photo #1).

Here’s how to make your own.
 
 
RECIPE: THE NEW HOT CHOCOLATE & DONUT

Ingredients For The Hot Chocolate (4 Servings)

 
For A Dessert Garnish

You can add whatever you like here. What’s in the photo:

 
Preparation

1. MAKE the hot chocolate. Don’t save time by using instant: This is meant to be a quality recipe.

2. TOP with the donut and the whipped cream. Garnish as desired.
 
 
MORE SPECIAL HOT CHOCOLATE

You may also like this delicious European Spiced Hot Chocolate recipe.

Don’t want a donut? Check out our 25 ways to enhance and garnish hot chocolate.

*For really rich hot chocolate, substitute a cup of half-and-half for one or two of the cups of milk.

Forget the chips, forget the pretzels: Our favorite crunchy snack is Cheddies cheddar cheese crackers.

Cheddies were a serendipitous food find.

Last summer, we were at an enormous trade show—think the Disneyland of food, occupying an entire convention center.

After tasting samples of every type of food for four hours straight, we could not eat another bite. It was time to go home.

On the way out, someone handing out samples offered us a bag of Cheddies. We were food-bleary and too tired to refuse, so we dropped them into our tote bag and headed out.

The next day, as we sorted through the tote bag, we found the little bag of Cheddies and ate them. Delicious!

We headed to the website, and then to Amazon, where we used our Amazon Prime subscription to save on a shipment of six family-size bags.

And after re-ordering and enjoying bag after bag, we concluded: Cheddies are more than delicious. They are addictive.

There are four varieties:

 
The line is all natural, preservative-free and certified kosher. We promise you happy crunching.
 
 
BEYOND SNACKING

We also use Cheddies for/in/with:

[1] Cheddies are made in four flavors. White Cheddar is the classic (all photos © Cheddies).

[2] For portion control, we use a bowl—or we’d go through the whole 3.2-ounce package.

[3] You can taste the real cheddar.

The Cheddies line was created by two brothers in college, who weren’t thrilled with the snacks they bought from the store.
After surveying their peers, nearly all of them enjoyed snacking on cheese crackers.

So the brothers got to work, starting with whole block, all natural cheddar cheese as the main ingredient. You can taste the cheddar quality in each bite.
 
 
GET YOURS

[1] Finally, an easy way to make wide vegetable ribbons (both photos © Betty Bossi).

[2] Cannelloni made with vegetable “noodles.”

If you use a spiralizer to slice vegetables into pasta-like strands, here’s something new for you:

The Betty Bossi Veggie Sheet Slicer.

It lets you cut your vegetables and fruits into wafer thin sheets.

This specialty slicer helps you make healthy, colorful and creative meals.

Slice cylindrical or round fruits and vegetables into paper-thin sheets as long as you like (at least, until you use up the fruit or veg).

Consider: