Mexican Drinking Chocolate - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 lbs dark chocolate, finely chopped (61-66% cacao)
2 1/4 cups heavy cream
2 vanilla beans, split and scraped
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon dried chipotle powder
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
8 cups milk

Preparation

Put chocolate in a large bowl.
Combine cream, vanilla beans (seeds and pods), cinnamon and chile powder in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Remove from heat. Press vanilla pods against sides of pan to extract any remaining seeds and cream; discard pods.
Pour cream over chocolate and stir until melted. Add corn syrup and almond extract; stir until smooth.
Package in very clean 1 cup jars. Refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
To serve, combine 1/4 c ganache (use a heated spoon to scrape ganache out of jar) with 1/2 c hot milk and stir until smooth.