Creamy hot chocolate made with milk, cocoa powder and sugar. Serve with flavor mix-ins and pair with chocolatey biscuits.
Course Drink
Cuisine American
Keyword easy diy chocolate drink, homemade hot chocolate, hot chocolate mix
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Total Time 10 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 255kcal
Author Plating Pixels
Ingredients
4cupswhole milkto make creamier, replace some with half-and-half
¾cupcocoa powder
6tablespoonsgranulated sugar
Desired flavor mix-ins below
Instructions
Whisk together milk/half-and-half, cocoa powder and sugar in a large sauce pan over medium heat (use more or less sugar depending on how sweet you prefer). Stir constantly and heat until warm, but remove before boiling.
Pour into mugs and stir in desired amount of mix-ins: candied orange peel, fresh orange zest, candied ginger, vanilla extract, cinnamon, cayenne powder, black pepper, sea salt, caramel, peppermint or almond extract.