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Hot chocolate with a twist

Originally published: November 25, 2011 7:14 PM
Updated: November 28, 2011 1:24 PM
By JOAN REMINICK  joan.reminick@newsday.com

Photo credit: Jeremy Bales | Lee Perrotta, owner of The Chocolate Lady in Oyster Bay, makes a hot chocolate with an ice cream bar plunged into it. (Nov. 16, 2011)

Let's hear it for the Maya, those resourceful ancient Mexicans credited with inventing hot chocolate. Originally made with ground cocoa seeds, the beverage was bitter at birth; sugar was added only after the Spanish conquistadors brought the drink back to Europe.

These days, hot chocolate can be made with cocoa powder, chopped chocolate or both, combined with heated milk or cream. Inhale its...