ChefShop Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe
3/4 cup ChefShop Cocoa Powder
1/2 cup Superfine Caster Sugar
1/4 teaspoons fine Sea Salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Our basic recipe is delicious and it is when you make variations and changes to this very simple recipe that it becomes yours. Add cream in combination with milk, or use oat milk or coconut milk for a different richness. Add in cinnamon, or sprinkle some on top, dust with more cocoa powder, or with nutmeg or cardamom, or top with a zest of citrus.
Add more or less sugar to match your preferences when you make the base, and then try finishing with different sugars. Don’t forget to consider sweet syrups and candy canes.
Consider freeze-dried coffee to a cup, or citrus bitters – actually any bitters will make an interesting change to the personality of the sip.
And of course, use your milk – dairy or not – to make a design in the chocolate before you serve. Or go old school with a handful of marshmallows.
Lastly, add a little of your favorite chocolate bar to the mix for a nice, rich difference! Delicious drinking chocolate is a classic comfort food – and making it your own is the fun!
Hot Chocolate Recipe
directions:
1) Heat milk and half & half in a heavy saucepan with the sugar and cocoa powder on medium heat. Whisk continuously until fully mixed. Do not boil.
2) Remove from heat and whisk in salt.
3) Add vanilla by drops to individual cups and stir in
This is the best way to make hot chocolate - you can modify, adjust, add, subtract, substitute, this is the best place to start.
Consider adding your favorite baking or eating chocolate, bitters, Gianera, oatmilk, almond extract, chai, bourbon, chili, white chocolate, irish cream, espresso, dulce de leche, peppermint, maple syrup ...
