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Hot Chocolate Ideas

Who doesn’t like Hot Chocolate? There is nothing quite like sitting in front of a fire or heater with the “perfect” Hot Chocolate on a cold day… But like everything chocolate – it depends on your own taste buds as to what you consider “perfect” to be. So today I’m giving you five variants on this old favorite in the hope you will find one to suit your taste buds.

Let’s start with the basics with a very simple hot chocolate recipe.

The Classic

Ingredients (serves 4)

1L (4 cups) milk
80g good-quality dark chocolate, finely chopped
Marshmallows
Method

Place the milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer then reduce to a low-heat. Place the chocolate in the saucepan and whisk until melted and combined. Pour the hot chocolate into serving mugs and top with marshmallows.

White Hot Chocolate

Ingredients (serves 4)

1L (4 cups) milk
160g good-quality white chocolate, finely chopped
Whipped cream
Method

Place the milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer then reduce to a low-heat. Place 100g of the chocolate in the saucepan and whisk until melted and combined. Pour the hot chocolate into serving mugs and top with cream and sprinkle over the remaining chocolate.

Chilli Hot Chocolate

The Aztecs were the first to serve chocolate as a drink, but they also mixed it with hot chilli pepper to make a really special beverage. So here is an exotic twist to hot chocolate.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1L (4 cups) milk
100g chilli dark chocolate, finely chopped
Whipped cream
Chilli Powder
Method

Place the milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer then reduce to a low-heat. Place the chocolate in saucepan and whisk until melted and combined. Pour the hot chocolate into serving mugs and top with a dollop of cream and then sprinkle with Chilli Powder. If chilli chocolate is unavailable, replace with dark chocolate but add one small fresh red chilli, split lengthways, to the milk whilst heating and remove the chilli before serving.

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

How about a minty twist to the Hot Chocolate norm?

Ingredients (serves 4)

1L (4 cups) milk
100g mint dark chocolate (such as Lindt Excellence Mint Intense), finely chopped
Peppermint chocolate bar (such as Peppermint Crisp or Mint Aero), roughly chopped
Marshmallows
Method

Place the milk in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer then reduce to a low-heat. Place the chocolate in saucepan and whisk until melted and combined. Pour the hot chocolate into serving mugs and top with marshmallows sprinkled with the chopped peppermint bar.