Homemade Hot Chocolate | Easy Hot Cocoa Recipe

Decadent and oh-so-chocolaty Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Easy Hot Cocoa Recipe - best homemade recipe ever!

With the cold winters around us, I have one more recipe that is very comforting. Imagine this - your favorite book in your hands, curled up in your favorite corner of the house and then, a cup of hot chocolate.. doesn't it sound blissful?! It really is. I can vouch for this as this is what I did one afternoon when it was raining non-stop.

I have had many hot chocolates in my life both in a coffee shop and at home but nothing comes close to this one. I figured out this recipe in a coffee shop having their cranberry hot chocolate. As usual, I started decoding the recipe in my head and gave it a trial back home. It was good, not just good but great.

The problem with homemade hot chocolate often times is, it is very thin. Even with quality brands like Cadburys, I didn't get the real feel of drinking hot cocoa as in a coffee shop. But with this recipe, all I had to do was use a good quality cocoa powder. The resultant hot chocolate is rich, decadent and utterly delicious. As I had some whipped cream at home, I topped it off the hot cocoa but otherwise, depending on your mood you can add either espresso, cranberry or strawberry syrup too! This is only a basic version.

How to make Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe

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To make Homemade Hot Chocolate | Easy Hot Cocoa Recipe

Ramya

Decadent and oh-so-chocolaty Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Easy Hot Cocoa Recipe - best homemade recipe ever!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Beverages, Hot Beverages

Cuisine American

Servings 2 people

MEASUREMENT

1 cup = 250ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, 1 teaspoon = 5ml

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 2 tablespoon Cocoa Powder heaped
• ▢ 2-3 teaspoon Sugar
• ▢ 1.5 cups Milk
• ▢ Water ¼ cup
• ▢ A pinch of Salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
• ▢ Whipped Cream/Vanilla Ice Cream as needed optional
• ▢ Chocolate Chips as needed optional

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Instructions

 

• In a sauce pan, add cocoa powder, sugar, salt and mix well. Add ¼ cup of water and mix well until completely dissolved. Add ½ cup of milk and mix well again. Now put this sauce pan on low heat and stir continuously.
• After 3-4 mins, it becomes very thick. Add vanilla essence and continue to stir well making sure the bottom doesn’t burn. As the mixture becomes quite thick, add 1 cup of milk and whisk well. Remove from heat.
• Pour this into two serving glasses, top them off with whipped cream/vanilla ice cream. Sprinkle choco chips on top.
• Serve hot immediately.

Notes

• Adjust the quantity of sugar as per preference. I wanted the mild bitterness of chocolate come up, so added only 3 teaspoon of sugar.
• Adding a pinch of salt helps bring out the sweetness.
• Keep cooking the mixture on low flame by continuously stirring. Make sure it doesn’t burn.
• Use good quality cocoa powder.
• Additionally, ½ teaspoon instant coffee powder or 2 teaspoon of strawberry/cranberry syrup can be added.

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Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe | Easy Hot Cocoa Recipe

1. In a sauce pan, add cocoa powder, sugar, salt and mix well. Add ¼ cup of water and mix well until completely dissolved. Add ½ cup of milk and mix well again. Now put this sauce pan on low heat and stir continuously.
2. After 3-4 mins, it becomes very thick. Add vanilla essence and continue to stir well making sure the bottom doesn't burn. As the mixture becomes quite thick, add 1 cup of milk and whisk well. Remove from heat.
3. Pour this into two serving glasses, top them off with whipped cream/vanilla ice cream. Sprinkle choco chips on top.
4. Serve hot immediately.

Recipe Notes

• Adjust the quantity of sugar as per preference. I wanted the mild bitterness of chocolate come up, so added only 3 teaspoon of sugar.
• Adding a pinch of salt helps bring out the sweetness.
• Keep cooking the mixture on low flame by continuously stirring. Make sure it doesn't burn.
• Use good quality cocoa powder.
• Additionally, ½ teaspoon instant coffee powder or 2 teaspoon of strawberry/cranberry syrup can be added.

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