West African Hot Chocolate - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 ml whole milk
100 g best quality organic dark chocolate, broken into small pieces (also called bitter chocolate as it is produced without sugar)
2 teaspoons clear honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence (try to use real extract)
1 cinnamon stick
15 -30 ml dark rum, to taste

Preparation

Pour the milk into a small saucepan then add the chocolate, along with the honey, sugar and cinnamon stick.
Heat and stir gently until the chocolate melts. Add the vanilla and rum.
Remove the cinnamon stick just before serving in two large mugs.
Extra sugar can be added to taste.
Enjoy!