Creamy and thick homemade Hot Chocolate for a rich chocolatey goodness in every warm sip. The recipe is made with cooking (baking) chocolate, milk, sugar, vanilla and cream for a warming and luxurious beverage.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Beverages
- Cuisine: American, World
Ingredients
- 6 to 7 tablespoons chopped semi-sweet chocolate ((or grated) - 50 grams, at room temperature)
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar (or white sugar, add as required)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or ¼ to ½ teaspoon vanilla essence)
- 2 to 4 tablespoons whipped cream (or whipping cream or heavy cream, add as required - optional)
Method
Prepping Chocolate
- Chop or grate the semi-sweet chocolate. You will need 6 to 7 tablespoons of chopped chocolate.
- Take the chopped chocolate in a small mixing bowl. Set the bowl aside.
Heating Milk
- In a saucepan add milk and sugar.
- Begin to heat the milk until it comes to a simmer and begins to gently boil. When you keep the milk on the stove-top, stir so that the sugar dissolves.
- Switch off the heat and place saucepan on the countertop.
Melting Chocolate
- Then take 2 to 3 tablespoons milk from the hot milk in the saucepan and add to the bowl containing chopped chocolate.
- With a whisk mix the hot milk with the chocolate to a smooth consistency.
Mixing
- Now pour this melted chocolate and vanilla extract in the hot milk in the saucepan which is placed on the kitchen countertop. Mix very well.
- Pour hot chocolate in cups.
- If you like top the hot chocolate with some whipped cream (or whipping cream) or heavy cream. If you have whipped cream, use it or simply add either heavy or whipping cream. You can also sprinkle some cocoa powder or chocolate shavings or gratings on top.
- Serve homemade Hot Chocolate straightaway.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.