Homemade Hot Chocolate
The simplest recipe you will make and hands down the tastiest hot chocolate. Filled with cocoa, dark chocolate, milk and a few other pantry staples with 3 variations.
Equipment
- Sauce pot
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Blow torch (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 litre Milk
- 3 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup Dark chocolate chunks
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Cornflour
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- Pinch of Salt
Garnish
- Chocolate syrup
- Desiccated coconut
- Marshmallows
- Whipped cream
- Cinnamon powder
- Biscotti
Instructions
- In a sauce pan on medium heat add the milk and let it come to a simmer.
- Once it is steaming and small bubbles appear add the a few table spoons of the hot milk into the cocoa powder and add the corn flour as well. Stir until not lumps. Pour back into the sauce pan and reduce the heat.
- Add the chocolate chunks, sugar, vanilla and salt. Stir together reduce the heat. Let the chocolate melt into the liquid. Should take 5 mins.
- Once it has thickened a little and there are no lumps of chocolate etc turn off the heat and serve.
- One way is, pour it into a cup and serve with a biscotti on the side.
- Second way is, rim a glass with chocolate syrup and the desiccated coconut, pour the hot cocoa and top with whipped cream and cinnamon powder.
- Third way is, pour the hot cocoa into a cup, top with cream, marshmallows and torch them until blistered and browned.
- Serve them hot.
Notes
- Don’t boil the milk in the beginning we need it simmering.
- It is important to mix the cocoa power, corn flour and hot milk together before as this will avoid any lumps.
- If you have lumps strain the hot cocoa before serving.
- Ensure the heat is low once you’ve added the chocolate chunks as you want it to melt gently and not burn.