The Best Homemade Hot Chocolate

This is a rich, smooth, and creamy hot chocolate made with bittersweet chocolate, cocoa powder, milk, and a splash of vanilla extract.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword hot chocolate, Hot cocoa, hot drink

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings

Calories 287kcal

Author lyuba

Ingredients

3 cups 2% milk (may also use whole milk)
4 oz bittersweet baking chocolate bar chopped
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup white granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Chop the chocolate bar into small pieces.
Heat up milk in a sauce pot, over medium heat, until hot but not simmering.
Use a fine strainer or a mesh sugar shaker to sift in the cocoa powder to ensure that there are no clumps.
Whisk in the cocoa powder and add chocolate, sugar, and vanilla extract. Slowly continue whisking as chocolate is melts and incorporates into milk.
When milk starts to simmer, lower the heat to medium-low and continue to cook for a few minutes. Make sure to slowly stir from time to time.
Take off heat and serve.

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