Family Batch Hot Chocolate
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
6-8 mugs
ingredients
- 6 cups milk, divided
- 8 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1⁄4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup Splenda granular
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 dash salt
- 1 pinch cinnamon (optional)
- miniature marshmallow (optional)
- whipped cream (optional)
- chocolate sprinkles (optional) or chocolate shavings (optional)
- cinnamon stick (optional)
directions
- Put 2 cups of milk into a saucepan or crockpot with the cocoa, vanilla, salt, and sugar/Splenda.
- Heat slowly (low heat on your stove, high heat in a crockpot), stirring vigorously with a wire whisk until sugar dissolves and cocoa is fully wetted.
- Add remaining milk and continue to heat gently (very low heat on stove, low heat in crockpot), stirring frequently and vigorously.
- When steaming hot (do not boil), serve, adding any of your favorite hot chocolate accessories -- mini-marshmallows, whipped cream, cinnamon sticks, etc.
- Can be held for a while in a crockpot on warm but may develop a skin. If made in a saucepan best to do any necessary reheating in the microwave.
- Note: For an even richer drink substitute a cup of heavy cream for 1 cup of milk.
- Note: Adults may enjoy a shot of peppermint schnapps, Kahlua, spiced rum, or other favorite liquor as an addition.
- Note: Substituting Dutch Processed cocoa for regular cocoa gives a distinctly different flavor you might want to try.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
3KillerBs
Pinebluff, North Carolina