Hot Chocolate Recipes

Hot Chocolate

Warm up this winter with a rich, steaming cup of holiday cheer. Whether you make a luxurious hot chocolate with melted chocolate bars or create a delectable hot cocoa with fine-quality cocoa powder, these delicious recipes will put smiles on the faces of everyone coming in from the cold.


Luscious Hot Chocolate

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup half and half
• 1 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 8 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla

Heat milk, half and half, both chocolates, and sugar in a saucepan on medium-low heat until chocolates melt and sugar dissolves. Pour half of the mixture into a blender and mix until frothy. Return to the saucepan and add vanilla. Stir briefly and serve.


Aztec Hot Chocolate
• 2 cups milk
• 4 squares baker’s chocolate
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp cardamom
• ½ tsp ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp nutmeg

Break chocolate squares and melt in a saucepan with the milk. Do not boil. Whisk until foamy. Pour into mugs. In a separate bowl, combine all spices. Mix ½ tsp of blended spices in each mug, adding more as desired.


Raspberry Hot Chocolate
• 2 cups cream
• 1 cup milk
• 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 cup raspberries
• whipped cream

In saucepan combine cream, milk, and sugar until hot, but do not boil. Add chocolate and butter and reduce heat to simmer. Stir until chocolate is melted. Puree 1 cup raspberries and pour into the mixture, stirring until smooth. Pour into mugs and garnish with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.


Brown Sugar Hot Cocoa

3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/3 cup water
4 cups milk
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1/8 tsp salt
Melt chocolate and water together in a double boiler. Slowly stir in milk, sugar, and salt. Whisk until well blended.

Old-fashioned Hot Cocoa with Homemade Marshmallows

Old-fashioned Hot Cocoa
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup sugar
4 cups milk
¼ tsp vanilla
Combine sugar and cocoa powder in small bowl. Heat milk in saucepan to scalding. Stir 1/3 cup hot milk into cocoa-sugar mixture, and then pour back into the saucepan. Stir until blended, then add vanilla and garnish with homemade marshmallows.