Totally Decadent Hot Chocolate

• 2 cups milk
• 1 vanilla bean (6 or 7 in.)
• 4 strips orange peel (orange part only), each about 2 inches long
• 3/4 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons purchased caramel, butterscotch, or fudge sauce (or 1 tablespoon each of any 2)
• About 1/2 cup whipped cream
• Semisweet chocolate curls

1. In a 1- to 2-quart pan, combine milk, vanilla bean, and orange peel. Warm over low heat to blend flavors, about 15 minutes, stirring often; do not boil. Discard orange peel; remove vanilla bean and save (see notes).
2. Add chopped chocolate and caramel sauce to hot milk; stir over low heat until chocolate melts.
3. Pour hot chocolate into mugs (about 8 oz.), top with equal portions of whipped cream, and sprinkle with chocolate curls. Serve with spoons.

milk, vanilla bean, orange, semisweet chocolate, purchased caramel, whipped cream, semisweet chocolate curls

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/totally-decadent-hot-chocolate (may not work)