Peppermint White Hot Chocolate with Peppermint Whipped Cream

chilled heavy whipping cream

hard peppermint candies, coarsely crushed {I put mine in a zip loc baggie and used a meat tenderizer to crush them.}

& 1/2 cups milk {I used 1%}

Ghirardelli white chocolate, chopped {Or other good quality white chocolate such as Lindt}

peppermint extract

Additional peppermint candies, coarsely crushed