Binging with Babish: Judy the Elf's Hot Cocoa from The Santa Clause
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- In a Klingon-like transfer of power ritual, the conveniently-initialed Scott Calvin kills Santa Clause in front of his son, puts on the dead man's clothes, and takes over his role as the bringer of joy to children around the world. Peyote-trip-storyline aside, there's some pretty choice hot cocoa served to the killer by one of his ancient child servants: a recipe perfected for 1200 years. Can we do the same in our home kitchen? Not without creating some potentially explosive, extra chocolatey hazards!
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Happy holidays and stay safe out there! Don't slip off any roofs - Tim Allen might put on your clothes and straight-up assume your identity.
Ordinary sausage
Ye you too!
Happy holidays Andrew!
Amazing! Happy holidays Babish thank you for a great year of content.
Happy Holidays to all the people reading this!
"Shaken, not stirred." Clearly she's saying there's a big schnonker of bourbon in there.
Vermouth, not bourbon.
@@pubcollize Yeah but bourbon would be way tastier in hot chocolate than vermouth.
Schnonker 👍🏼😂
canonically she’s 9000 years old so it’s ok
@@jjvillalobos1244 but she is eternally a child, as in a minor, so no not really. (basically non-humans run on different rules)
Tim Allen: "Actually it was just some Swiss Miss hot chocolate"
Babish: "It's not about the accuracy... it's about sending a message."
Is that a hermitcraft season 7 reference?
@@chasescanrlebury2952 The Dark Knight kid not everything is about Minecraft
@@kn1ght_ch3f78 but it’s not wrong to assume so
@@skythegamedev3751 it is when youre comparing that line to Minecraft
@@ztm454 the quote from batman is "its not about money, its about sending a message"
As a kid, I always imagined it had spices in it, and was more... 'adulty'. Like cinnamon maybe, cloves.
@Michael Sisko preferably freshly grated nutmeg
Some alcohol as well possibly
I had some hot cocoa with peppermint schnapps over the holiday, and all I can imagine is that flavor profile in the scene now
Yeah, i would think of "christmas" spices too, cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, etc... not necessarily
alcohol, since it would be a drink while "work" for Santa and elves....
Yeah, i would think of "christmas" spices too, cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, etc... not necessarily
alcohol, since it would be a drink while "work" for Santa and elves....
To be honest I always imagined it'd taste more like peppermint and spices and all the kinds of insanely sweet elf candies Judy would put in it.
Hello savage
A whisk made of peppermint candy
YES. Peppermint! Perfect.
in canada we have a coffee and donuts chain called tim hortons, every christmas they sell peppermint hot chocolate, it is delicious
@@InitialPC It really is, I try to have one every year.
Hey, former barista here! If you shake any hot liquid in a thermos, you should shake for about 10 seconds, then slowly and carefully unscrew the cap just enough to burp it and then continue shaking! This helps ensure it won't explode. You can also burp it more than once if youre gonna be shaking for a while! We used to make matcha lattes this way in the cafe i worked at :)
cool tip
Haha cup go burp
also a chemistry tip! we do separation reactions that involve shaking, and the reaction creates a lot of gas which has to be released. look up separatory funnels, imo it looks pretty neat :)
or give it a little shimmy while the top is a little bit unscrewed at the start. once the gas inside is fully heated up, no more risk.
I recently got a blender bottle and tried to shake hot coco in it, there was an explosion
"Hey baby I hear the blues a calling hot chocolate and scrambled eggs"
And that's why you temper the eggs first
Quite Stylish.
I miss his old intro
"MERCY~"
I still sing his old intro while im waiting for the video to load
“Hey baby I hear the blues a callin’ to our salads and scrambled eggs"
The best hot Coco I've had was made by someone donating their time to a food drive. Everyone got a cup of it, including the volunteers and I don't know who it was or what they put in it but it was the best thing I've ever put in my body.
Must have been an elf working for Santa
Workin for Brownie Points! ❤
@@katiejordan8189 Clearly. Someone's got to help the helpers :)
"that I broke the VHS"
We all had that one movie. Mine was 101 Dalmatians.
At least if you're a 80s/90s/2000s kid.
Just one?
Pokemon 2000 over here.
The lion King 2 🙋♀️
Mine was Conan The Barbarian.
Just seeing the replica mug at the end makes me extremely nostalgic
look, its couchman
Wow i didn't expect you here.
Ok
Do you think Babish will ever do recipes from Terraria?
Hey its chippy!
"Let's go with the French version..."
*just makes chocolate ganache and drinks it*
pretty sure I would prefer an irish cocoa if there is one
Idk why but that is French hot cocoa it's more like just drinking melted chocolate still wanna try it tho
@@zaooza34 whiskey and coco.
@@zerotodona1495 that’s the American version
needs more cognac
Guess it’s really best when it’s shaken
NOT stirred.
I would add a hint of vanilla and nutmeg, too. I always figured it had the same consuatancy as eggnog, so sounds right to me.
I love adding a dash of bit of cayenne, just a little kick
I use cinnamon.
“In which Andrew finds an excuse to charge his christmas gift as a business expense”
I see. I'm not the only one rotten with cynism around here. :-D
every day is an opportunity to learn
Can we all agree that Bernard is THE best character
You should see the spin-off show he got where he uses math magic to solve crimes for the FBI.
For years I labored under the delusion that he grew up to be Nick Miller
I straight up refused to watch any sequel without him. He made the movie.
No, no i can not agree to that
And that Neil’s head comes to a point
Teacher: no eating in class”
the kid at the back of the class:
Technically he's not eating it
Ok, I actually did this in high-school and it was hot cocoa too. 😅 Tho it was for the holiday party.
the pudding esque hot chocolate is like the hot chocolate they make in Menorca Spain. They serve it with a bread called ensaimada (a sweet bread topped with powder sugar). Your supposed to dip the bread in the hot chocolate and when the bread is finished you can drink the rest of the chocolate. though I love drinking.just the chocolate part aswell haha.
"Don't try this at home"
so anyways guys I've got four of the mugs and a kettle arriving next week.
I can't decide between a large or a medium kettle. I don't want too much clutter😏
"Don't try this at home"
Also Babish, "This is the perfect hot cocoa definitely what Judy made"
We’re u get the mug
Italians: "You want drinkable chocolate? Just sip pudding before it sets!"
LOL :P
I sometimes do that to butterscotch cinnamon pie pudding when I make some, just before I add in the cornstarch.
If you don't put cornstarch you're just drinking chocolate milk
As a kid i was in Italy and ordered a hot chocolate... then this came and i began to cry 😂
As an Italian I can confirm we like our hot chocolate very thick. We get frustrated when it is not.
If you make hot chocolate with hot water you are straight up diabolical.
It's not even called hot chocolate at that point it's called hot chocolate flavored boiled water
Or you just have different tastes that should be respected
I'm poor ;-;
Fun fact the original hot chocolate (made by the mayans I think) was made with water. It wasn't until the idea and the chocolate was taken to Europe that milk was added as they didn't like the bitter taste of the pure chocolate
@@CactuarKing Double fun fact, xocoatl--"chocolate"--means "bitter water." It's been water the whole time
Any fictional character: mentions food
Babish: "its free real estate
"Restate" Take my like
@@gremlinfifty2308 thanks I'll change it
Andrew: "Don't try this at home."
Also Andrew: "This is the best hot chocolate that I, the most popular chef on the internet and number one source for creating everyone's favorite fictional dishes, have had in this episode"
Surely viewers can stir it as normal and get the same result?
Haha yeah....craziness. He says that so if some idiot at home who doesn't understand science tries to shake their hot liquids in a thermos and burns themselves, they can't sue him. Most of us know how to do it safely.
@@supernintendo182 yes and no. Shaking dairy will aerate it, adding a "fluffy" quality to the beverage, which is needed to avoid the decadent nature of drinking melted chocolate solids. Incidentally, I say "fluffy" instead of lighten because the fluff that is created is a different dimension of decadence from the melted chocolate.
Think of it like saying a hot tub is warm, but also a fleece blanket or sleeping bag is warm. Now imagine if you could enjoy the warmth of both on a cold night without the fleece absorbing the water ruining both the hot tub experience, and the blanket...this is what the frothy milk will do to the hot chocolate.
@@supernintendo182 nope. Stirring will give u a different result
@@penguindrummaster VERY well put.
Bernard is the best, but Judy is the real MVP 🙌
Facts
@Steve Irwin Ooh, my clue is pointing that way!
I had a huge crush on Bernard
MVE*
The last movie would never have happened if Bernard wasn't like dead or whatever
I made Judy’s hot chocolate using the last recipe this year for Christmas, long story short it’s the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had in my life. It was super rich and chocolatey, and not too hot. Another be well done by Babish!!
I was watching the 1988 Bill Murray movie Scrooged on Christmas Eve, like I do every year on Christmas Eve. In the first act, he hallucinates a man setting himself on fire while serving a Baked Alaska.
Since this is in a movie, and Baked Alaska is a fairly complex dish, Babish should do that one.
*babish making a glass of water*
“Add a little bit of salt”
It's, "Add a pinch of Kosher salt," you heathen!
(Just kidding, but yeah, that sounds like something he'd do.)
I dunno, a teacher of mine once said you should always add just a little pinch of salt to drinking water. Helps the body absorb it better or something?
Not as bad as when Gordon Ramsay salted fritos
@@megaman161 Ehhh I dunno about that. That would make saline solution, which has uses bc your body needs sodium as well as water but there's no point if you're already getting plenty of sodium elsewhere in your diet
@@megaman161 it helps you only if you're sweating a lot. Because sweat consist of water and salt, so if you will drink normal water, your water-salt balance will be wrong
"I don't think so, Tim". Just taking time to appreciate this Home Improvement reference.
Great show :D
*ape noises intensify*
"oh yeah, that was the best!" *all said Tim Taylor style*
One of the best references, thanks to Al "Chocoholic is a dirty word" Borland.
@@laminatedsamurai *laughtrack plays as Al gives a "really Tim?" look*
FYI: the actress who did Judy the elf appeared on "Home improvement" a few times!
Last episode of the Santa Clauses has kept me thinking of this. That mug is truly special.
This still can't beat Flanders Hot Cocoa
Made Flanders last winter. I need to make it again, ASAP
Ikr 👌
Agreed. Only thing is that next time I need to use the evaporated milk instead of the sweetened condensed milk (since with the latter it's a little too sweet and thick).
Flanders only needs to use 2% of his godly powers to make a better Hot Chocolate
@@max5845 yes, evaporated is what I used. Sweetened condensed would be absurdly sweet, I think.
Everytime babish says “a little pinch of kosher salt” an angel gets its wings.
Cut off
And gets another one
@@pakacha8999 and then those are burnt off
And he dies
And every angel has its wings
Growing up in Italy and being used to the pudding like hot chocolate and then moving into another country and finding only hot chocolate that is basically just warm chocolate milk is devastating, believe me
I know. I have an aunt that was married with an italian (she's a widow now) and he taught her (and all of her family) to make chocolate like that. And in my family (we are from Venezuela) we have always made chocolate the italian way. I went to a friend of mine's house and they gave me a mug of chocolate and I was expecting a pudding in a cup and when it wasn't I felt scammed. It was so sad.
I just like to put hot chocolate powder in my coffee
@@jackieosborne4298 classic army mocha. Nice
It's not
This just got recommended to me just in time for the Christmas season.
My wife and I sat down and was watching 'The Santa Clause' when the scene came on. She said she wished she had some of that hot chocolate...and I just smiled and told her to give me a few minutes. I pulled up your vid and made it just like instructed. Andrew, it's the best hot chocolate she's ever had. Thanks for this and all your teaching through the years! Merry Christmas man!
adorable lol
I'm astounded that you had all the ingredients at home
you’re an amazing husband
@@RapFab that, and the video said not to try at home because shaking hot liquids is dangerous. so yeah, quite the dedication!
You’re the best husband ever
The “I don’t think so, Tim” brought me back to my childhood. Merry Christmas Babish
and then there is me who thought this was a two girls one cup reference... how's that for a statement about my childhood.
@@TheRitchway oh gosh... why’d you have to remind me of that monstrosity
That's.... That's home improvement right? Best show!
I see what he did there! :)
"Shaken not stirred" *PROCEEDS TO STIR POWDER* SIR. YOU MUST SHAKE. THE. BOWL.
i can see how it can take over a thousand years to perfect it by shaking it not stirring
“Equal parts milk and heavy cream”
Isn’t that “Half & Half”?
No, go to your room.
No, that would be too easy to make at home
No. Half and half is equal parts heavy cream and milk.
what are you, new here?
No,Then it would be homemade hot chocolate not BCU hot cocoa
Babish dodging demonetization be like: For shoots and googles.
I imagine Google's search engine helped out somewhere in the process.
I'm still concerned about the part about shooting...
Me trying to stop swearing before my kid is born
@@Mizzinno you have at least a solid year and a half before it really matters lol
@@Mizzinno the real swearing starts when they reach 2 years old, and increases until they move out.
Love reading everyone’s version of a ‘perfect’ hot cocoa!
This was my absolute favorite movie when I was a young boy. Seeing you recreate the hot cocoa that I always wanted to try, and also seeing how similar it is to my mother's recipe from back in the day makes me extremely happy and nostalgic. This is quite possibly the best episode of babish to date
Me: Ah, time for a nice, simple hot chocolate recipe. I know exactly how to make this-
Babish: SALT AND EGGS
Salt everything, it's the rules.
A pinch of salt helps bring out the sweetness
I literally LOL'd at your comment.
Always add salt, it’s a flavor enhancer
me, in my college dorm with my swiss miss and electric kettle: yes yes decadent and rich
I haven't had Swiss miss in ages used to love the stuff, likely still do...
swiss miss is the clear winner amongst powdered hot cocoa options
Swiss miss is the best!
The Italian version is really similar to the Spanish one. We even have chocolate bars that are specially made for making this kind of hot chocolate and already come with the cornstarch as part of the ingredients, so you literally just melt it into milk and get almost pudding like hot chocolate. However we don't really drink the chocolate (unless there's a bit left at the end in the cup) we mostly dip churros and other Christmas stuff in it. It's delicious. The best hot chocolates for this are the ones with very little sugar, because the sugar of your dipping stuff gets into it and at the end you have the perfect balance
Quick version: add heavy cream and cocoa mix together in mug. Make it a pudding/paste consistency. Add boiling water and mix until the paste dissolves. Congrats: You just saved yourself a lot of dishes!
Watching this with a mug of cocoa and a pile of butterscotch candies, and suddenly I realize, wait, somehow he's never done the butterscotch cinnamon pie from Undertale?
Y E S
Ut shup
We can only dream.
everyone asks for a recipe for the cinnamon butterscotch pie and nobody asks for a recipe for the snail pie ]:(
Furry
Judy: "It took me 1200 years to perfect this hot cocoa recipe"
Babish: I'm about to destroy this *elf's* whole career
her recipe is older than chocolate's introduction into Europe by like 900 years.
Listen, Judy walked so Babish could run
Little concerned you were not going to "shake and not stir" there for a bit 😄. Thank you for taking the time to make these different versions @ home for us 😁. I do shake hot things @ home, BUT I release the pressure periodically as I go; no explosions 😮💨😃. Happy holidays!
The ultimate hot chocolate is all of those different recipes combined into one!
“Devastatingly thick” was my nickname in high school
You and me both sister
Underrated comment, holy heck
That scene always made me feel so warm and cozy. I can’t help but watch it every day of December
the little “no thank you tim” from home improvement was funny 😂
"shoots and googles"
Yeah that got a chuckle out of me, well done.
Judy: spends 1200 years perfecting it
Babish: spends a weekend on it
Thanks for explaining how to make it. I’ve always wondered. This scene is one of my favorites.
I'm coming back to this video every December. Thank you for making this one
My man's really out here getting sponsored by TH-cam on TH-cam
I got an ad for mixing with babish x makers mark on this video
@@maia_gaia yes, Makers Mark on mine, too.
stolen comment
"...shaken, not stirred."
That line was wholly unnecessary, but it got a grin on my face, so I love it.
When he said I have precious, precious skin, I really felt that
Judy: Shaken not stirred
James Bond: you dare copy me?
Felt as if my diabetes actually shivered watching this. The call to have sugary chocolatey drinks is strong today. Remaining diligent.
You can reduce the necessary quantity of sugar by adding cayenne and nutmeg. Additionally, a traditional hot cocoa (not hot chocolate) contains very minimal sugar. Replacing sugar with honey will also reduce the glycemic index slightly. Hot cocoa is more akin to coffee than the hot chocolate of childhood. Babs uses semi-sweet, but replacing with unsweetened bakers will net you a similar creaminess without adding sugar. My father is type two, I've had to learn methods for altering recipes to make them feasible. You still have to be careful though, even with all the alterations, I wouldn't drink more than a 6 oz.
You have a gofundme page or sum? I just wanna help people with the money left by my gramps after he died of diabetes.
This movies like 20 years old. This is not from today...
Well you could have spanish water starch and dark chocolate hot chocolate
There’s not actually that much sugar in it though...
Even though we don’t see her on screen much, Kendall has been a great addition to the BCU.
Came here to post exactly this, shout out to Kendall!
My mom used to make cornstarch pudding and serve it to us hot on winter days when we got home from school.
Best hot chocolate I've ever had was at San Gines in Madrid! Thicker than the French one, and served with a bunch of churros for breakfast!
i swear there is a joke somewhere that i'm not getting
Lindt stores do something they call "sipping chocolate," which is basically that ultra-thick melted chocolate style you did, and I tend to get one every winter, and get about 4 sips in before I feel like I'm going to go into some sort of sugar shock. It's worth it!
I had a few of these in prague, absolutely amazing but yeah....very very rich hahaha
American, French, Italian and Austrian hot chocolate's vibin.
Mexico: "Am I a joke to you?"
yeah, he should have tried it out with one of those wooden chocolate stirrers, which were specially made to make hot chocolate frothy and thicken it up.
I just came here to say he basically made chapurrado! 🇲🇽
*cries in cinnamon*
*laughs in Salvadoran* Time to bring in abuelita’s chocolate
Right! Latin American hot chocolate, man, it's fantastic! Cheers from Argentina, guys ♥
I've watched this several times and was thinking of this earlier and here it showed up when I opened TH-cam. Love it!
I love getting ads with babish in it before I watch babish. 2 times the babish.
babish: “please don’t shake hot liquids, you could hurt yourself.”
*laughs in starbucks*
(but seriously, i’ve burned myself quite a few times with customers’ wacky orders for me to shake hot teas and coffees, so i wouldn’t recommend doing it either unless you have that fancy thermos he’s using)
People ask for that?
Because it makes the drink light but not too overwhelming (like Andrew said). But like you guys, it is not worth the risk, probably will cause you several burns if failed. I don't work at a cafe, just my experience from a past attempt making frappe gone wrong at home, and thankfully added ice though before starting to shake it.
Will never forget when I was shaking like 7 espresso shots over ice for a customer and the lid wasn’t sealed properly and it splashed onto my hands 🥴
@@kirby56jk 🗿
ya as a fellow sbux barista that's something you can definitely refuse as a safety hazard
Looking at these recipes makes me realize why Scott gained 40 pounds in one week. Mans drinks his entire daily caloric intake in one cup.
"Does this look like a little weight to you?!" XD
This was amazing! I have grown up LOVING these movies! Judy's recipe is something I've always wondered about. Thanks for cracking the case!
THIS is what i need, just some wholesome content, i need me some babish on the saddest christmas known to man
I love that he incorporated the shaken not stirred part.
“Thanks, but I’m seeing someone in wrapping”
🤣
😆👍
O_O
I love how you make everything multiple times till it's perfect, you don't care about how much time it takes, you just enoy the process, and of course, the perfect finished result, by the way I love your humor, and you have a voice that I could listen to for hours 😄
I just saw this movie the first time ever on FreeForm yesterday. I didn't even know mugs like these existed! I need to get a set now!
The “I don’t think so Tim” reference was gold!
I understood that reference
Indeed it was.
"Shaken Not Stirred", Santa is secretly James Bond
If Santa is 007, does that mean the cocoa is actually a chocolatetini?
Judy is ELF agent 007. Santa is just the face of her business.
Chocolatetini😂
The name is Claus, Santa Claus.
Would explain all the gadgets he has.
I like to froth the milk with steam like when making a late, I also have been using oatmilk lately which is probably controversial but I like the taste it adds to the hot chocolate.
Personally I also like a spring of mint leaf in there as well.
Those sound like excellent additions!
Sounds nice 😁 Why is oatmilk probably controversial?
@@LeanneVlogzFilmz some people dont like the flavor I bet
that scene and the one where Scott finishes his sundae always makes me crave chocolate!
The Italian recipe sounds like it makes the Wendy's Frosty of hot chocolates.
Yay! My mom taught me the mix first, then add the rest to prevent splashing
That's how chemists usually dissolve solids into liquids!
That's what my gramma taught me too ❤
@@ChRoNicBuRrItOs benzine lol
That's how chemists usually dissolve solids into liquids!
Congrats on 100k
Judy: "Shaken, not stirred."
Babish: *_Tiny whisks_*
Amazing video my man! Thank you for bringing this childhood dream to life!
Flanders’ hot cocoa vs Judy’s hot cocoa
*Top ten anime battles of all time*
or rather than they fight to the death, let them combine their creations and make THE ultimate Hot Cocoa, tis the season for unity, peace and understanding.
Ready..... FIGHT!!! 😂😎
Hot cocoa, Flander's could do without the solids and still execute its flavor profile. It might even be a bit better at execution for not using solids given how incredibly many people like the toasty, easily-drinkable qualities of Swiss Miss and Abuelita. (Alton Brown's idea of toasting some milk powder should give the caramel/toffee notes of sweetened condensed milk while cutting some dairy, will experiment.)
Hot chocolate, Judy, hands down. A bit less accessible than Flander's, but pays back in spades by using the solids well and is absolutely a cup to "Christmas hibernate" to. Richly satisfying.
Chocolate exists*
Espresso “I’m about to enhance this mans whole career”
Nobody: absolutely nothing
Babish “ KOSER SALT “
It's almost as if this channel was created to bring back memories of my childhood
Hey babish, there is one dessert/drink that takes this to another level. It originates in Ukraine, and I don’t know the name, but it is literally melted chocolate with a combination of frothed milk and whipped cream (creating a light and stiff mixture). It is very, very rich, but I think you would love it. To melt the chocolate you have to double boil it. This tastes best with milk chocolate
Love your name
@@rykaz8081 thanks homie
Is there a detective bluto mindpretzel?
@@rykaz8081 what
Italian hot chocolate? Not ukraine but i think its pretty much the same
Bernard was always my favorite character from any Christmas movie growing up, gonna toast to my homie with one of these hot cocoas
Just when i think he’s done all of famous foods and drinks from movies he pulls this out, which is one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time. Great stuff man!
I honestly can't believe that Judy's James Bond joke actually worked! And at 3:15...
🤣🤣
The Home Improvement nostalgia!!!
He just made a 1200 year old drink in five minutes give this man his silver.
My boyfriend would love this 😔 he introduced me to you, and he absolutely adores you. He is on a ventilator and ecmo right now fighting for his life because of covid. The day he gets out I will have to make this for him. Honestly I'll have to make a bunch of your stuff for him. We watch all your videos together and are like, ooo let's make that next! Thank you for bringing so much joy in his life.
if you're going to shake hot liquid in a thermos, make sure to let the air inside heat up first. the explosion would come from the remaining air inside suddenly becoming 100 degrees and expanding, if you leave the top a tiny bit unscrewed and give it a few little shakes while holding it upright so it doesnt spill, it will let the hot air expand and escape from the top. (also wear gloves during this bit in case you shake too well and some liquid comes out the top)
“Shaken not stirred.”
Ok James Bond, I see how it is...
"As rich and decadent as possible, starting with the French." Checks out.
It is so weird for babish to say "don't try this at home," then see him shake the baby jesus out of that hot chocolate.
I was expecting a home alone style explosion due to that
The footage was sped up, so I assume it was more of a rolling motion than a vigorous shake.
Oh my gosh i watched this last night. One of my favourite Christmas films.
Sometimes I make hot cocoa with honey to sweeten instead of sugar, and I felt like a genius when I figured out that using the paste method with the honey prevents clumps entirely (not knowing it was a known method XD)
Plus your adding a lot of extra nutrients from the honey:)