Classic Hot Chocolate.
My go-to drink when I feel low or when I am ecstatic, when I am under the weather or when I am at my best of the spirits. It’s perfect dreamy treat for chocolate lovers on a cold day or evening. Curling up with a blanket, a cuppa hot chocolate and binge watching or reading is my favourite holiday activity.
I am super glad to share how I make my cuppa. It’s a delicious combination of milk, unsweetened cocoa/sweetened drinking chocolate, coffee, sugar if using cocoa, dark chocolate couverture, cream, vanilla and lot of marshmallows. I sometimes toast the marshmallows too 😋.
How to make it –
In a saucepan, heat 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup cream on medium heat. Add 1 shot of espresso or 1 tsp instant coffee. Tip in 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa and 3/4 tsp sugar (or add 1.5 tsp sweetened drinking chocolate). Whisk constantly so there are no lumps. Mix in 2 tbsps chopped dark chocolate couverture and 1/4 tsp vanilla. Whisk well until everything is blended together. Remember to the keep the flame on medium or low.
Top it up with whipped cream or marshmallows. Enjoy the rich and creamy deliciousness!
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Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Milk
- 1/4 Cup Cream
- 1 Tsp Instant coffee or 1 shot espresso
- 1 Tsp Unsweetened cocoa
- 3/4 Tsp Sugar
- 2 Tbsps Dark chocolate couverture
- 1/4 Tsp Vanilla
- Marshmallows or whipped cream
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 cup cream on medium heat.
- Add 1 shot of espresso or 1 tsp instant coffee.
- Tip in 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa and 3/4 tsp sugar (or add 1.5 tsp sweetened drinking chocolate).
- Whisk constantly so there are no lumps. Mix in 2 tbsps chopped dark chocolate couverture and 1/4 tsp vanilla.
- Whisk well until everything is blended together. Remember to the keep the flame on medium or low.
- Top it up with whipped cream or marshmallows. Enjoy the rich and creamy deliciousness!
