Perfectly Chocolate Hershey's Hot Cocoa

Manami's Note:

I have been making this recipe for ages now and when I first found it, it was on the side of Hershey's Cocoa Tin. As a matter of fact, my mother used to make this for my sister and me in Cuba, when we weren't even so little. Found this on hershey's web site.

• Total Time: 4 mins
• Prep Time: 4 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons Splenda sugar substitute
• 2 -3 teaspoons hershey"s cocoa
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Mix sugar, cocoa and salt in large mug.
2. Heat milk in microwave at HIGH(100%) for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until hot.
3. Gradually add hot milk to cocoa mixture in mug, stirring until well blended.
4. Stir in vanilla.
5. VARIATIONS:.
6. Rich and Adult: Increase cocoa to 2 tablespoons; follow recipe.
7. Lower Fat: Use nonfat milk; follow recipe.
8. Sugar Free: Omit sugar. Combine cocoa and salt. Proceed as above, using nonfat milk. Stir in vanilla and sugar substitute with sweetening of 2 tablespoons sugar.

Reviews

[Marie Nixon]

This is a great recipe for me since I am the only one in the family that drinks hot cocoa. I made it using Splenda and 1%fat milk. It was delicious. I added a healthy spoonful of whipped topping. Great tasting!

[gwynn]

This is a fantastic recipe. Just the right ingredients. Thanks for posting.

[tiggergab]

Great recipe! I tend to like a very rich chocolate flavor and not so sweet so I cut sugar in half and one of the three teaspoons of cocoa I used the Special Dark Cocoa. Next time I may even cut the sugar a bit more as it was still quite sweet for me.