Shallotte Tree Lighting

Hot Chocolate:

Ingredients

* 2/3 cup sugar
* 2/3 cup baking cocoa
* 1 gallon milk
* 1 bag miniature marshmallows
* 4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a saucepan, combine the first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until the marshmallows are melted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.

Warm-n-Spicy Tea

Ingredients

1/2 gallon unsweetened tea
2 cups orange juice
6-8oz pineapple juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp honey
1/2 cup whole cloves, tied in cheesecloth
1 cinnamon stick

Directions

1.  In a large pot, heat tea to hot but not boiling.  Add next 6 ingredients and stir.  Continue to heat and when tea mixture is again hot but not boiling, add cinnamon stick for only 60 seconds, then remove the cinnamon stick from the tea.

2.  Continue heating and serve warm.  Remove cloves after approximately 20 minutes of heating.

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