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Hot Chocolate Is The Secret Ingredient For Perfect Cinnamon Rolls
By Molly Wilson
Cinnamon rolls can take a weekend breakfast from good to great, and the secret to making them even more decadent is simply to add some hot chocolate.
When your canned cinnamon rolls are nestled in a baking dish, mix a packet of hot cocoa powder with about ¾ cup heavy cream and pour the mixture over the rolls.
Pouring heavy cream over store-bought cinnamon roll dough works wonders for the texture and taste, leaving you with gooey, sweet rolls that hardly need an icing drizzle on top.
As the heavy cream heats up in the oven, the dough absorbs the liquid, making the rolls moist. The sugars and fat left behind in the bottom will become a syrupy glaze.
Instant hot chocolate powder is the simplest way to pull this off, but you can make a lavish cream-based hot chocolate drink from scratch and use that, as well.