Hot Chocolate With A Twist

If your anything like me, you love a good hot chocolate on a cold fall day! There is very few things that can beat it. For me, I love sitting with a hot chocolate and a good book, I know sounds so cliché!

Sometimes it’s fun to try something new and different, so I had listed some recipes of Hot Chocolate with a bit of a twist. Nothing too adventurous, just something with a difference.

Disneyland’s Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

• 1 cup 2% milk
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk chocolate, grated
• 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
• whipped cream for topping
• ground cinnamon for topping

Method

• In a medium sauce pan, pour milk and heavy cream. Heat over medium-high heat (be sure to watch it carefully – you don’t want it to boil or scald!).
• In a large bowl, whisk together cocoa, sugar and milk chocolate. Slowly add this dry mixture to the milk mixture until completely combined. Reduce heat to medium.
• Add in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla, and stir until completely combined. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and serve in individual mugs. Top with whipped cream, ground cinnamon, and additional chocolate shavings, if desired.

Nutella Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

• 4 cups of low fat milk
• 2 tbsp. of Nutella
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tbsp. honey
• Marshmallows
• Chocolate chips

Method

• Heat milk in a saucepan on a medium/high heat until steaming.
• Stir in Nutella, cocoa powders and sugar. Whisk until dissolved.
• Bring to a simmer while stirring. Remove from the heat.
• Top with marshmallows and chocolate chips.

 

Gingerbread Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

For the gingerbread syrup

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 4 tbsp. molasses
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

For the hot chocolate

• 2 cups milk
• 3 tbsp. gingerbread syrup
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• Sugar – as much as desired
• Marshmallows
• Whipped Cream

Method

For the gingerbread syrup

• In a small saucepan, heat the water, brown sugar, molasses, ginger and cinnamon on a medium heat and bring to a light boil, lower the heat and let it simmer for 8 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let cool. The syrup will thicken.

For the hot chocolate

• Add the milk to a saucepan over medium heat.
• Once heated, pour in the chocolate chips and stir until fully melted. Then stir in the gingerbread syrup. Add sugar if desired.
• Top with whipped cream and marshmallows.