Hot cocoa is one of those beverages that brings on all the warm and fuzzies, especially as temperatures drop outside. Hot cocoa an ideal beverage at any time of the day—whether you wake up to it to have with your pancakes, as a dessert after dinner. A liquid chocolate that you drink to warm yourself up on a cold winter’s day—what could be better?
Creamy and decadent hot chocolate made easy in a slow cooker with a secret ingredient to make this the BEST hot chocolate! Forget store bought stuff when you can make can an incredible hot cocoa from scratch!
WHY USE CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND NOT JUST COCOA POWDER?
The decadent chocolate flavour and texture provided from chocolate chips is incredible and a huge upgrade from regular hot chocolate. You can leave them out if you wish, but you won’t get the richness!
Ingredients
1.5 quarts (litres) milk, (full cream or 2%)
24 oz (750 ml) evaporated milk, (or 2 cups heavy cream)
6 oz (170 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
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Ingredients
1.5 quarts (litres) milk, (full cream or 2%)
24 oz (750 ml) evaporated milk, (or 2 cups heavy cream)
6 oz (170 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup (40 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup (100 g) white granulated sugar
pinch of coarse salt (optional)
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup marshmallows (optional)
Instructions
Combine all of the ingredients into a 6-quart slow cooker bowl.
Whisk vigorously until cocoa powder has dissolved and ingredients are well combined (about 5 minutes).
Cook for 2-3 hours on low setting while whisking occasionally to prevent the chocolate from burning on the bottom.
When hot chocolate is ready, add marshmallows into the hot chocolate and let melt little before serving.
Additional toppings: finely chopped (or flaked) chocolate), chocolate fudge sauce, chocolate chips, smashed candy canes.
Adapted from cafedelites.com