- Hey, guys, how's it going?
Welcome back to my kitchen, and we are here
for another festive Christmas episode of cooking stuff.
I don't even know what's been going on.
The peppermint mocha from Starbucks
is one of my favorite drinks, so today
we're going to be making peppermint mocha shots.
Now, we're making a little candy shot glass as well.
We're gonna be using this mold here.
So we're gonna be melting down these Candy Melts,
putting them into here, and then we're gonna be making
the peppermint mocha drink to put inside of it,
but it's not gonna be a hot peppermint mocha
because if you put a hot drink into a candy cup
it's gonna melt, so that's not gonna work out well.
So things we need are these shot glass makers
and these Candy Melts.
So the first thing we're gonna do is
we're gonna make the shot glasses
because these have to set for a pretty long time.
Like, I don't know how long, but these are--
It's probably gonna take a while.
I got a new knife.
Thank you, Susie.
I love knives so much.
This one is so nice.
So I guess this is gonna be the first use of my new knife.
Let's cut up--holy, this is so sharp.
Wow.
Excuse you.
I'll eat that.
Mmmm, I love Christmas.
Let me tell you what is really good.
These Candy Melts are absolutely delicious.
So you probably should wash this, but I'm not going to.
So, if you don't see another video from me, this is why.
I didn't wash my mold.
So we're gonna melt this up in the microwave.
I'm not really sure how long, but you should
put it on half power because you do not want
your Candy Melts to burn.
Start.
♪ Doo-doo-Doo. ♪
♪ Have yourself ♪
♪ a merry little Christmas. ♪
Give it a little mix.
This is probably gonna make one cup.
Oh, my gosh, this is so hot.
I'm burning, I'm burning.
I'm burning my flesh, burning my flesh.
Now we're gonna be just dumping that into here.
Ooh, this is not a lot at all.
Like, one bag is gonna make like three cups.
This looks like something from my nightmares.
Bubbling, oh my gosh.
Do you guys have a favorite Christmas recipe?
Something that you make with your friends or your family?
Let me know in the comments below.
I would love to hear about it and try to recreate
and mess it up completely.
So we set this off to the side, and then we're gonna make
our peppermint mocha mixture that's gonna be going inside
of our little peppermint shots.
I sure hope this works.
Now that our Candy Melt shot glasses, whatever you want
to call it, are sitting off to the side,
it's time to make the peppermint mocha
and I am so hyped for this.
You guys don't even understand.
So for the peppermint mocha we're gonna need
whipped cream, half tablespoon of peppermint syrup,
three tablespoons of baking cocoa,
three tablespoons of warm water,
four to six shots of espresso,
but we're just gonna use Starbucks coffee,
two cups of milk and mint peppermint chips.
It's time to make our peppermint mocha.
I keep wanting to close this, but it doesn't close, jab.
I'm not really sure what to mix this in.
Look at this.
This is what I use for sangria.
Mmmm, sangria.
But today we're gonna be using the sangria pitcher
to make peppermint mocha.
Wow.
That was very scary.
So what you're supposed to do is fruit in here
and then it kind of like infuses the water,
but we're not doing that.
We're doing something else.
So we're gonna put in our cocoa, water.
Oh, wow, I'm making a mess.
That looks like when my dog doesn't feel well
and he has an upset tummy.
I should've done this in a blender.
What was I thinking?
That looks pretty melted.
In the milk goes.
Well, this smells delicious already.
Get mixed up.
So we have to add our syrup.
We've got some peppermint syrup.
Do you say sir-up or seer-up?
I'm curious, but I'm gonna say it how I want to say it.
Knife.
This is so sharp I just actually can't believe it.
Mix it up.
And then it said to add four to six shots of espresso.
Mmmm, I think we're gonna need more peppermint
because I put a lot of coffee in here.
90 calories for two tablespoons?
Is this drugs?
Am I supposed to put these chips in there?
It doesn't say.
These directions that I found on Google were not very good.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with that.
I'll figure something out because I'm smart.
I feel like I should try it first.
What if it's not good?
What if I have this at my Christmas party that I'm probably
not even gonna have and people don't like it?
It's just a little sip.
It doesn't really taste very good.
I don't think there's enough chocolate or enough mint
or enough coffee.
It kind of tastes actually really terrible,
to be honest with you.
So I think we're just gonna carry on with the video
and act likes this was delicious.
Let's go check on our
peppermint melted shot glasses.
Oh, boy.
So it's been approximately, I'm not sure how long,
but it looks like our shot glasses
have completely molded.
So we're gonna take this out and then we're gonna fill it up
with this really disgusting peppermint mocha knockoff drink.
So I'm gonna put this in the freezer for a little bit
just because maybe that--
I don't have room in my freezer.
I'm gonna put this in the refrigerator for a minute.
Maybe that'll make it taste less like crap,
but I'm not sure.
Okay, let's pop these guys out.
It's like this mold is birthing a shot glass.
Gonna pull it out.
Oh, this is so
silly.
Wow, can you believe it?
Having triplets.
Just, come on.
Here you go, here you go, it's our last one.
These look really good.
So if you guys do this and expect for these
to mold up really really quickly,
I can't lie to you, I did this a few days ago.
So I made these ahead of time,
because it'll probably take you maybe five or six hours
I think to completely mold.
Don't expect it to be something that's, like, real quick,
'cause it is not.
What a disappointment.
I feel like making these baking videos has really
set me up for a very successful life because I fail a lot,
and I am so okay with failing.
Okay, let's fill these guys up.
Look at this.
Here we go, filling.
Mmm, that looks delicious, doesn't it?
I hope that you try to recreate this and let me know
if you can come up with a better peppermint mocha recipe
because this was not a very good one.
I haven't used whipped cream in a while.
I better test it.
Okay, looks good.
Oh, no, it's going into the--
Yeah, looks at this.
Oh, no, shoot.
Okay, well, I've done some things.
Some things have happened.
We have one good one.
Now we're gonna add our peppermint flakes onto the top.
Wow, Martha Stewart, come at me.
Rachael Ray, what's cookin', good lookin'?
Well, here they are.
These are our really incredible peppermint mocha shots.
I think that this is a really great thing
that you can make for your holiday
party or something.
You should probably not follow this recipe.
The only thing that I did correct was make the shot glasses,
which they look pretty good.
What do you think?
Do you think these look good?
Wow.
I feel like I should try it, huh?
Look, I'm disgusted at my own creation.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's something.
Man, it's like an acquired taste.
Well, thank you guys for watching.
I hope you guys enjoyed this fun little holiday
whatever you want to call it.
If you guys try to recreate this recipe, let me know.
I would love to see if you guys do it better than me,
because I'm pretty sure that's something
that you'll be able to do quite easily.
You guys have any other recipes which you'd like
to see me do for the holidays,
leave those in the comments below
and I will see you in the next one.
Hopefully the next video is
a little more successful than this.
I'll see you later.
Bye!
(upbeat orchestral music)