Hot Cocoa with Marshmallows

Cooker: Medium round or oval crockpot

Setting and cook time: LOW for 3 to 5 hours

1/3 cup unsweetned cocoa powder

6 cups milk or soy milk

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

One 14-ounce can nonfat sweetened condensed milk

8 to 12 marshmallows

1. Place the cocoa and 2 cups of the milk in the slow cooker; whisk by hand or use an immersion blender to combine until smooth. Add the remaining 4 cups milk, the vanilla, and the condensed milk, stirring to combine. Cover and simmer on LOW for 3 to 5 hours.

2. Briskly stir the cocoa with a whisk before serving. Ladle the steaming cocoa into mugs; top with 1 or 2 marshmallows and serve.

Scharffen Berger Cocoa, Valrhona and Hershey's Cocoa are best.