AN: I don't own any of the hobbit characters I am just taking them out of Tolkien's toy box and playing with them.

Thank you to everyone who has responded so far.

FanFiction Queen: The lavender cookies don't travel well. The glazed nuts do, but I'm not sure if you want to make the crystallised stem ginger curd or if you can buy it this time of year. Gingerbread cut outs with lemon frosting sound delicious. For chocolate…have you tried making shortbread with chocolate chunks in them? Or making a bowl of white chocolate buttercream for people to eat with your biscuits?

Cinnamon Hot Chocolate.

My friends have requested this drink from me since they found out about it. Bombur you old cad I blame you completely for getting the Shire addicted to this. So that said I must stress that this recipe is all Bombur's creation. I had no hand in it other than to drink it, and it grieves me greatly. I have played with it often enough but Bombur's original recipe is still the one that goes down the best.

The first time I tried this I was surrounded by friends, all of them dwarves I might add, and slobbing in the halls of Rivendell. We had spent the day just relaxing, laughter and jokes had ran freely. I believe Kili even kissed the feet of Ori that day. My young friend and myself had spent the day in the kitchen serving up a plethora of hobbit dishes and meals. We had had first and second breakfast. Elevenses and lunch. Afternoon tea and dinner, but for me the meal that most stands out was supper. It stands out because I had no hand in making it and as well versed in simplicity as it was, it was still delicious.

So when you make this drink (and yes it can be scaled up easily enough if you have large enough pans) raise your mug to its creator. The fantastically talented and forever modest Bombur of the Ur clan. Bombur my friend he's to showing me that just because I am a hobbit doesn't mean I am the best cook, or know all of the best recipes.

Ingredients: (to serve two)

*1/2 pint of full fat milk.

*1tsp caster sugar.

*1 tbsp. dark coco powder.

*1tsp cinnamon.

*4oz dark chocolate (at least 70%).

*4 tbsp. double cream.

Ingredients for chocolate whipped cream:

1/2 pint whipping cream.

1 tbsp. granulated sugar.

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract.

1/2 tbsp. dark coco powder.

To serve:

*1 measure of brandy in each mug.

*1 tbsp. chocolate whipped cream per mug.

*1/4 tsp. cinnamon per mug.

Instructions:

1).Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water. When melted and smooth, lift off and to set to one side momentarily.

2). While the chocolate is melting down add the milk to a saucepan and slowly bring to the simmer. When it is steaming remove from the heat and whisk in the melted chocolate, caster sugar, coco powder and cinnamon.

(Stop licking the spoon. That is really not hygienic. Save it until you are finished.)

3). Return to a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to make sure you have no lumps left.

4).While the chocolate mixture is reheating start to make you chocolate whipped cream.

Add all of the ingredients to the bowl and whisk until medium peaks form.

5). Remove the hot chocolate from the stove and whisk in the double cream.

Into heavy mugs pour a measure of brandy. Now carefully fill the mugs with the hot chocolate (remember to leave a lip at the top for the whipped cream). Carefully place a tablespoon of chocolate whipped cream on the top of the hot drink and shift over the cinnamon.

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Now in my opinion the only way to enjoy this drink is with friends. Stoke the fire high (Pine cones let off the most delicious smell), and make sure you have plenty of nibbles, cushions and throws. Bed down around the fire and talk and giggle and sing until everyone dozes off. Most of all, and this is most important, so please pay attention, this is a drink to have fun with. It can be enjoyed by all the family, just miss the step of adding the brandy to the drink you give to the children.

Creator's Comment:

Take the Brandy out! I have never been so shocked Bilbo. I'll have you know Our young dwarflings drink it like that with no problems to their constitution or their health. Now I am not a diva but you nearly had me flouncing out of the room in disgust my friend. Can I ask a favour? Can you please stop claiming I am fantastically talented. It isn't true and I feel such a fraud.

Now where was I? Ah yes, how I come to know this drink. It was while I was growing up, before I had met my wonderful wife or had children. Even before I was truly of age. I had travelled down to Dale one winter's day and we had somehow misjudged when the storm was due to hit so we arrived bedraggled, soaked and partially frozen. I don't think I have ever been so glad I was born a dwarf. Any how we stumbled into one of the free houses and we must have looked pathetic because the bar maid, a pretty lassie for a human female, started to make up these mugs of steaming drinks for us before any of us had even spoken. It is safe to say that as soon as i had dried off and made myself presentable I tracked her down to beg the recipe from her.

Leave the brandy out, I have never!

AN: My granddad used to make us this when it used to snow. We'd come in after school to steaming mugs of the stuff and strip off out of our soggy gear and into PJ's and sit in front of the coal fire and burn little bits of paper and pine cones on it.

Leave me a review and let me know what you think please.

I'm thinking about doing a savoury dish next. Let me know if you want meat or vegetable please.