Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipes for a Decadent Treat (2024)

FAQs

What to put in hot chocolate to make it better? ›

Although hot chocolate doesn't necessarily need an even more creamy, decadent taste, using milk certainly enriches the experience. We suspect that milk adds a creamier taste than water alone, and when combined with the notes of chocolate, the smooth undertones of the milk simply add a delicious backdrop.

Instructions. For a perfect mug of Options, boil water and let it cool slightly. Put 3 teaspoons (11g) of Options into your favourite mug, fill with hot water and stir well. For a creamier drink try adding a dash of milk.

Whisk in the cocoa powder with the milk before heating. Lower the heat and add the cocoa powder bit by bit. Create a cocoa powder slurry with a 1:1 ratio of water to cocoa powder by volume, smoothing out any graininess with my (clean) finger and drizzling that in slowly.

It's the Cocoa Butter!

The cocoa butter in most of our mixes and recipes has 22% to 24% cocoa butter. If your cocoa has enough cocoa butter, it's like drinking fine chocolate. Gourmet cocoa will be amazing. A higher cocoa butter percentage is like adding real chocolate to your hot chocolate.

Cornflour/Cornstarch: Mix a small amount with cold milk or water to create a smooth paste. Whisk this into your hot chocolate towards the end of the cooking process until it thickens. Double Cream: Stirring in a splash of double cream can instantly enrich and thicken your drink, giving it a velvety texture.

Hot Chocolate is made using solid chocolate melted in warm milk or cream. Hot Cocoa, however, is made from a powdered base of cocoa with added sugar and dissolved in hot water or hot milk.

In your serving mug, place the cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla. Pour a little bit of the hot milk, just enough to cover the powdered mixture, and with a spoon or small whisk, combine until no lumps appear. Once you have a chocolatey base, add the remaining hot milk to the mug and stir to combine.

McDonald's Hot Chocolate recipe features steamed whole milk with rich hot chocolate syrup and is finished with whipped light cream and chocolate drizzle. Available in small, medium and large sizes.

What to add to hot chocolate to make it taste better? ›

Ideas to Customize:

1 shot whiskey, dark rum, or peppermint schnapps. Pinch kosher salt highly recommended for all flavor combinations. Pinch espresso powder will enhance the chocolate flavor. For topping: Whipped cream, marshmallows, caramel, or hot fudge.

Mexican hot chocolate contains spices like cinnamon and chili and chopped bittersweet chocolate to create a very rich but less sweet flavor. Whereas traditional American hot chocolate is usually made with a combination of cocoa powder and/or chocolate and tends to be more on the sweet side.

Use Milk or Cream

Adding milk or cream to dark chocolate can significantly reduce its bitterness. The fats in milk or cream soften the intense flavours of the cocoa, creating a smoother and less bitter taste. This method is especially effective when making hot chocolate or chocolate sauces.

Salt accentuates sweetness and suppresses bitterness, while also functioning as a natural enhancer to bring out the flavor in chocolate. Simply adding a touch of salt in chocolate recipes can make the chocolate taste better by balancing out flavours and bringing out many subtle nuances.