Rich and Creamy Homemade Hot Chocolate

Making Hot Chocolate at home has never been easier! This rich and creamy hot cocoa made from scratch out of the ingredients you most likely to have on hand taste undescribabl tasty!

Smooth, creamy, chocolatey cup of hot cocoa is just in time for you to enjoy during this holiday with a huge pile of natural marshmallows next to the fireplace with your friends or family. You can customize this recipe to your taste. Add more or less of ingredients to your liking and taste.

If you prefer dairy-free version omit the milk and the heavy cream and use almond or cashew milk instead. It’s delicious as well! Also, you can add mint candy, mint chocolate or mint extract to make this deliciousness minty in taste. It’s that easy, so much cleaner and healthier and you’ll have a delicious cup of homemade hot cocoa staring at you for you to enjoy!

Ingredients

This is the best marshmallows you’ll ever try! Worth every penny!

Instructions

Pour milk into a small sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Reduce heat to low/med and add heavy cream, maple syrup. Stir well.

Then add sifted (must be sifted for easier incorporation), dark chocolate, and salt. Stir well together until combined. Bring it to a boil stirring constantly (for the ingredients not to settle to the bottom of the pan and burn). As soon as it boils remove from heat. 

Pour into cups top with marshmallow and serve. If serving kids, cool to warm before serving. 

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Rich and Creamy Homemade Hot Chocolate

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

5 mins

Total Time

10 mins

 

Making Hot Chocolate at home has never been easier! This rich and creamy hot cocoa made from scratch out of the ingredients you most likely to have on hand taste undescribable tasty!

Servings: 4

Author: Valya of Valya’s Taste of Home

Ingredients

• 3 cups 710 ml – milk (I use 1% for myself and whole milk for the kids)
• 1/3 cup 79 ml – Heavy cream
• ¼ cup 59 ml – organic maple syrup (or to taste)
• ¼ cup 25 g – cocoa powder
• 1 oz 28 g – organic dark chocolate (I used a piece of a chocolate bar)
• Pinch of sea salt

Instructions

1. Pour milk into a small saucepan and bring it to a boil. Reduce heat to low/med and add heavy cream, maple syrup. Stir well.
2. Then add sifted (must be sifted for easier incorporation), dark chocolate, and salt. Stir well together until combined. Bring it to a boil stirring constantly (for the ingredients not to settle to the bottom of the pan and burn). As soon as it boils remove from heat.

3. Pour into cups top with marshmallow and serve. If serving kids, cool to warm before serving.

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