Happiness in a cup
I admit it.
I’m a bit of a cocoa freak.
There’s nothing I love better than a good cup of hot chocolate! Especially on a cold day like this one. And especially when I’m writing.
My sister sent me the BEST PRESENT this week to cheer me up (I get a little cranky when I’m on deadline): a kilo-sized bag of Callebaut cocoa. Mmmm. Bliss! Especially when I froth the milk first, the way I did here (that’s foam, not whipped cream, believe it or not), and sprinkle it with a little cinnamon and nutmeg.
What’s your favorite hot drink?
Definitely hot chocolate!
It might snow in Portland tomorrow!
Heather, who is going to be on the cover of “Wish you were Eyre”? All of the girls have been on covers. Are you going to start putting the boys or the moms on?
Sorry for asking so many questions but is the mdbc supposed to be a book like Mr. and Mrs.Hawthorn were debating about? A book that is to get you to read the originals. If it is it’s working all while making a book that one day will have it’s own book that will make you want to read it….is anybody lost cause i think I am and I wrote it, well I hope this makes scense to you.
Not sure you — stay tuned!
Mmm…cocoa.
There’s nothing like a cup of hot chocolate after playing in the snow. My sister always makes it extra special and puts chocolate shavings. There’s a coffee shop that makes mint hot chocolate it is so delicious. My family also makes the best home-made potatoe soup during the winter the only bad thing about it is that it always gets eaten up so fast.
Mmm mint hot chocolate — I have a bottle of peppermint syrup in the fridge and sometimes I add that, too!
Do you know where you can buy peppermint syrup?
Well, I got mine at Starbucks, but I think places like World Market carry it, too. Maybe even some grocery stores.
okay,thanks!
Hot chocolate of course! What is Callebaut cocoa? My brother likes Mexican hot chocolate! *Shudder*
Callebaut is VERY expensive and VERY wonderful Belgian chocolate. YUM! I like Mexican hot chocolate too sometimes, with cinnamon and a little sprinkling of cayenne pepper. Not too spicy, though.
Mexican hot chocolate? Never heard of that.
It’s really weird!
it’s basically hot cocoa with chili powder and cinnamon. Ever since watching the TV show “once upon a time” I’ve been craving some! Even if it is weird! 
I watch that show, too! I forgot about the Mexican hot chocolate there, though.
ohhh, I like hot chocolate myself, with lots and lots of whip cream… You can never go wrong with whip cream!
Coffee! Couldn’t live without it. ;o
Hot chocolate definetly!
I love Hot Chocolate! Yum!:)
Ditto!
ditto
looks delicious! My mouth is watering!
Oooooh, nice! My grandmother has this amazing hot chocolate maker with a frother…. (William and Sonoma…
) It’s magnificent!!
My favorite hot drink is either hot chocolate or chai…
Wow, that looks so good! I love Nestle’s dark hot chocolate and hot chocolate! Oh, and vanilla chai tea!
How do you froth it?
In a frother! (a little machine that heats it and whips it up — cool, huh?)
Interesting.
Ok cool thanks!
i want one
Hot chocolate always . . . with a cupcake on the side, of course.
Regular chocolate gives me a stomachache so I drink hot white chocolate! It’s yummy and creamy!
Cool! I’ve never heard of hot chocolate with white chocolate! Sounds incrediable!!!1
nether have i sounds good
and you always need a cupcake have you ever read its raining cupcakes [good but no were near heathers books ]
ahhh there’s nothing like a nice warm cup of cocoa with wipped cream and nutmeg while your going through a stressful time. I know what it’s like when you have to get something done in time! But I love hot chocolate!
My favorite hot drink would be hot chocolate to, my second is camimile tea. (hope I spelled it right)
yummy!
Camomile is always good to drink at night! It puts me to sleep…Zzzzzzz
Nice cup Heather! where can I get one?
I’m not sure, Hannah — it was a gift from a book club I visited! Nice, huh?
awesome!
I love hot chocolate with those mini marshmellows that melt before you have time to eat them. Then the hot chocolate tastes all nice and gooey and marshmellowey. It tastes so extremely warm and nice. It’s annoying when my tongue blisters because I’ve burned my tongue on the hot chocolate so much. HOT CHOCOLATE IS SOO YUMMY!:)
Sorry you guys but cider is my favorite:)
BUT that does look good
Hot cider rocks, too!
Oooh, hot cider is good in the fall. I love peach cider in the summer, too (but it’s cold, of course)!
peach-cider… LOVE IT! And apple cider too! (Chocolate still sits as my #1, though!!!)
I really hate it when I THINK the hot chocolate is just warm but it isn’t, then my tongue hurts for like, 4 hours!
I LOVE hot chocolate! I’m allergic to the regular kind but I drink chocolate soymilk and then heat it up then froth it. Sometimes I get carried away and froth ALL OF THE MILK!!
Hot chocolate is lovely, but tea puts an instant smile on my face!
Oh! Oh Oh Oh! The local cafe/used book store (I love that place!)has something called a steamer, which is basically milkshake flavouring with steamed milk, and foam on top! Always served on a glass plate with a doily (it’s in a mug, of course)! That’s like heaven on a cold day!
Mmmmm! Love steamers!
I had a vanilla steamer once when I was like, 7, but I hated hot drinks so I had a cold steamer! A bit of an oxymoron!
Yeah, nothing like a good cuppa. My second favorite…
“Just a Cuppa” . . . ha ha I was just reading P&P!
love hot chocolate!!! With tons of whipped cream! and shaved chocolate on top!
My favourite hot drink is apple cider!
Hummmmmm(!!!!) CHOCOLATE!!!!! And they say dimonds are a girl’s best friend.
Chocolate over dimonds anyday.
Haha, I like your spirit. Diamonds are pretty nice too, though…
Oooh, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes! FABULOUS musical when it features Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell . . . one of my all-time faves!!!!!
I’m in love with hot chocolate! (With tea as a close second!)
I like my hot chocolate mit Schlag!
Oh yeah – but too much “mit Schlag” for me and I don’t fit in my pants ha ha!
My mom says the same thing! It’s nice to still be a kid and be allowed to have “Mit schlag” quite often!
Same here, toataly!!!
With the mit Schlag!!!
Woah, wait… Forget about the hot chocolate– Did you take that picture?! *Kinda obsessed with photography*
Yes — crummy cell phone picture, but I spiffed it up a bit in iPhoto.
That’s sooo good for a cell phone picture… Got to love iPhoto too~
I’m obsessed with photography too, Leshka! I started a photo blog, I love it so much!
Hot Chochoate is definetley my fav
That looks amazing!!!! I love hot chocolate and coffee with lots of milk and sugar. However, my newest winter drink obsession is English wassail without the alcohol. My friends and I drank an entire pot full one night over Christmas break, while watching the Pride and Prejudice miniseries. Perfect night!!!
Ooo, wassail sounds yummy. Sort of a spiced hot cider, right?
Yea, kind of! It has tea, cranberry juice, orange juice, apple juice, lemon juice, sugar, cloves, and cinnamon sticks in it. It is so addicting; I feel like Jane Austen when I drink it.
YUM!
isn’t there a song about wassail? I think I was forced to screech it out when I was in elementry school music class
Love that carol! “Wassail, wassail all over the town, our bread it is white and our ale it is brown…” Great tune.
wait there are movies i need to look them up
My favorite hot drink has to be Hot Apple Cider. Since I don’t like chocolate.
i just had apple cider soooooooooooooooooooo good!
Girls is white dresses with blue satin sashes,snow flakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, hot chocolate steming and brimming with cream…THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. -insert the voice of Julia Andrews
Ha! Just watched SOUND OF MUSIC over the holidays – fun!
i love the sond of music sooooooo good
Hot chocolate with whipped cream and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Yum.
i love chai tea!!! or a chamomile tea with coconut milk.
Coconut milk? Now that sounds yummy. I’m going to have to try that.
So, I was watching the Golden Globes last night, and I heard the name Colin Firth and was like, “Hey! That’s the guy who plays Mr. Darcy who Mrs. Hawthorne is obsessed with!” Then he walked onstage. Let’s just say I see what Mrs. Hawthorne is so gaga about. The tux doesn’t hurt, either.
(The funny thing is, I can picture Darcy Hawthorne looking like that when he’s older!)
Colin Firth — sigh! Glad you got a peek at him. And yes, he’s definitely a grown-up Darcy.
Is he the guy from the 1st Nannie McPhee?
Yes!
I saw Colin Firth, too! He definitely makes a nice Mr. Darcy.
Oh, Mr. Darcy . . .
Mine would probely be irish breakfast tea . Hot choclate would have to come in 2nd . By the way what is hot apple cider?
It’s cider that you heat on the stove or microwave, Katie. Yum!
I totes agree-nothing cheers me up more then a warm cup of hot chocolate! Just a cuppa! I was thinking, you should add Valentines Day into the now book. It was never mentioned before and it is my favorite holiday. (becides xmas of coarse!)
Ooo, good idea Lily! I’ll see what I can do.
Yeah! Valentine’s day would be a great celebration for the MDBC!
and who will be megans and becca’s valentines!!!???
I don’t really care who THEIR valentines will be . . . I just wanna know the ah-dorably sweet things that Stewart and Darcy will do for their girls! <3
And don’t forget that you told me you would think about adding a Mother’s Day or Father’s Day thing in book 6.
Nope, won’t forget that either, Emma!
Okay, I have a question for you, Mrs. Frederick, if you have the time. I’m looking for information on how to publish a book/how the publishing process works, but I honestly have no idea where to start. Do you know of any books or resources I could check out? Thanks a bunch!
Yes — check out the Writer’s Market (available at libraries and bookstores). They’re updated every year, and contain all sorts of helpful information about the publishing process, as well as detailed information on every publisher in the U.S. Another good resource is http://www.scbwi.org — society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. They have great info on how things work. Have fun!
Thanks a bunch! That’s really helpful. Also, Home For The Holidays is on hold for me at the library and I can’t wait to read it!
Either hot chocolate or my mom’s hot spiced apple cider.
I’m, like, the only one who likes coffee? AFDKSHFJSDF. For real?
Oddly (since I live in the Pacific NW, birthplace of Starbucks), I’m not a big coffee fan.
That’s surprising! My Mom can’t live without it. Now I can’t, haha(:
My mom made me drink coffee before an early soccer game and i thought it tasted horrible!:(
Ohhh Coffee! I drink a little more then I should of coffee though…
Go coffee! Hahah(:
I wish I could have more coffee. But coffeee has cafine, cafine makes you run slow
ahh, the life of a runner.
But, I can’t stand the sweet stuff anyway. Only black for me if i drink it.
Ha! I’m a no-caffeine girl myself. Yuk.
jockgirl – do you run track or cross-country? Do you do anything like hurdles or high jump or pole vault or anything? People always ask me if I run or play basketball ’cause I am so tall and skinny (ironically, I take part in neither).
I like coffee. I also like hot chocolate, tea, and hot apple cider! I never know what to order at a coffee shop
Don’t worry . . . coffee is no stranger to me. I like mine best with ice and caramel, though, frappucino- or frappe-style.
Oooh! Try an vanilla iced coffee with milk. YUM! [: Caramel, though. Yummmmmy.
Coffee smells really good… but it tastes really bad (I think)…
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! I can only manage it with vanilla, chocolate, caramel, and whipped cream (or in ice cream . . . YUM)!
My favorite drink is coffee.I love riding downtown and taking trips to starbucks with my mom.
I likes those Caramel Lattes at Starbucks! But, other than that I agree with you Heather. I don’t really enjoy coffee as much as I should.
Oooh, Delish. (: Starbucks has the best coffee.
What is the sequel to Daddy-long legs?
It’s called “Dear Enemy.”
I love tea.
But esspecially chamomile. 
I love just sitting with a warm blanket and a book on the couch with a warm mug of it. 
haha
Sounds like something I’d like to do right now, Alaina!
I love hot mint tea! It’s even better since it comes fresh from our garden! By the way when will “Wish you were Eyre” come out?
Next September, Julia!
My favorite hot drink is defiantly non-alcoholic wassail.
sorry not defiantly. I meant definitely.
Oh, I LOVED “defiantly”!
Heather i want to meet you so bad!!! I live in oregon Too!
Well, be sure and check out the “Appearances” page on my website, as I have TWO Oregon events coming up this spring – one at Powell’s in Beaverton, and another in Wilsonville. Both of them are writing workshops, too, which will be FUN FUN FUN!
Will you ever be coming to Nashvile, Tennessee?
Oh, I hope so! No plans at the moment, though…
what about New Zealand ?
Will you be going on a book tour again?! You should really come to New England…
Maine especially 
Most likely next fall — and New England is on the top of my wish list! stay tuned…
Hot Chocolate-definitely! Or maybe hot apple-cider. Yum!
I have 2!! I LOVE hot chocolate and green tea!! YUMMY
im waiting for the rest fo the series to come cuz my mum ordered them last week and says thay should come tomorrow cant wait .
oh and my mum is writing a book and has been for the past 2 years [i think its going to be really good but she says i cant read it till im older cuz its a gronup book] but we just got are stuff and just moved so lots of drama [ and i really miss my friends
] so after all thats done she said she will only work on her book till its done and then hopes she ill get it published .
p.s were you really sad when you moved cuz i am and last time it wasn’t this bad
I’ve moved MANY times and it’s never easy — but it always gets better. All you need is ONE friend to get started feeling better, and my guess is that will happen soon…
i want to read all the books in the books
im going to start playing the synonym game with my family
Yay! My plan to take over the world is working… (kidding)
thanx that makes me feel better and i guess i will feel way better soon because i was invited to someones bday party and thay are really nice
And your really nice to !
oh and have read books 1 2 and 3 and am reading the fourth
I was just reading p&p and got to the part were Emma says shes living in bath and just have to say my friend lives in bath and we just visited it was beautiful . We went to see the roman baths and everything . Some day I want to live there .
Me too, Jessica! It’s GORGEOUS!
We also walked on the canal . And went walked in the town , and went to the Circus . It was soooooooooooooooooooooo cool .
I love the canal!
Oh and my best friend in England is called Lucy but we had a fight when we were there for Christmas so were not so good friends any more.
Have you lived there ?