Homemade Hot Chocolate

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword acai, homemade hot chocolate, hot chocolate, hot chocolate recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings people

Calories 321kcal

Cost $5

Warm your milk: In a saucepan, warm your milk over medium-low heat (don’t let it boil).
Add your cocoa: Using a whisk, add your cocoa powder and sugar to the pan and stir until combined and sugar is dissolved.
Dissolve your chocolate chips: Add your chocolate chips to the mixture and whisk until they have melted. Add vanilla extract.
Pour and enjoy! Pour your hot chocolate into your mugs and add your favorite toppings before enjoying.

Hot Chocolate Tips and Tricks:

For richer hot chocolate … use part half-and-half or even heavy cream for your milk base.

For less sweet hot chocolate … try semi-sweet chocolate chips and/or leave out the added sugar.

For flavored hot chocolate … add in your favorite flavored syrup like peppermint, or hazelnut.

For caffeinated hot chocolate … add a shot of espresso to make it more of a mocha.

For boozy hot chocolate … add a shot of bourbon, whiskey, peppermint schnapps, rum, or Baileys.

You can also bring out the flavors of your hot chocolate by adding a tiny pinch of salt to it!

To turn your hot chocolate into a Mexican hot chocolate, substitute your chocolate chips for bittersweet chocolate and add: