Hot chocolate with cocoa powder is easy, homemade hot cocoa made using cocoa powder, milk and sugar as the main ingredients. This is a simple, quick and delicious chocolate drink made without milk powder or chocolate chips and it is perfect drink for fall season or holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The best thing about this hot cocoa recipe is that it is super easy to make at home using cocoa powder and milk which is mostly available at homes.
You can also add mini marshmallows as topping to make it even more delicious and decorative!
If you like simple, delicious hot chocolate, also try this easy instant hot chocolate coffee recipe!
Homemade Hot Cocoa Without Chocolate Chips Or Milk Powder
Often, homemade hot cocoa drink is made using ingredients like semi sweet chocolate chips, milk powder etc.
This homemade hot cocoa is more simple without using milk powder or chocolate chips and it is made using more easily found ingredients in the kitchen, like milk, cocoa powder and sugar and so almost anyone can make it if you have these ingredients and it's delicious too!
Vegan substitutes:
If you do not want to use dairy products like milk or cream, you still can make delicious hot chocolate with cocoa powder and also any plant based alternatives for milk like oat milk or almond milk.
In place of heavy cream or coffee creamer, you can use any vegan coffee creamer or you may skip it to keep the drink low fat.
Also, if you want to make vegan hot cocoa, you may want to skip marshmallows.
More chocolate drink recipes:
chocolate peanut butter milkshake
chocolate milkshake with chocolate ice cream
chocolate blueberry peanut butter smoothie
So here is how you can make easy, delicious, homemade hot chocolate with cocoa powder.
How to make hot chocolate with cocoa powder?
To make homemade hot chocolate with cocoa powder, we use the following ingredients.
ingredients
milk 2.5 cups
cocoa powder 1 tablespoon
sugar 2 tablespoons
vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
heavy whipping cream or coffee creamer ½ cup
mini marshmallows 2 tablespoons
Step by step instructions
Place the milk in a saucepan, add cocoa powder and heat in medium heat while you keep stirring.
As the milk begins to heat, add sugar and vanilla extract, whisk well to break any clumps formed by cocoa powder and continue to heat the milk until it begins to be foamy.
On the final stage, add the heavy cream or coffee creamer and stir well to combine with the hot chocolate, then transfer the prepared hot chocolate milk to cups.
If the hot chocolate is too hot, wait for a while for it to slightly cool down.
Once the hot chocolate is at the right temperature of your preference, top with mini marshmallows (optional) and serve immediately for best results.
With this homemade hot chocolate recipe with cocoa powder, you can make about 2 cups of easy, homemade hot chocolate!
Below you can see the recipe for homemade hot chocolate with cocoa powder in detail.
Hot Chocolate With Cocoa Powder (Without Milk Powder)
Ingredients
Method
- Place the milk in a saucepan, add cocoa powder and heat in medium heat while you keep stirring.
- As the milk begins to heat, add sugar and vanilla extract, whisk well to break any clumps formed by cocoa powder and continue to heat the milk until it begins to be foamy.
- On the final stage, add the heavy cream or coffee creamer and stir well to combine with the hot chocolate, then transfer the prepared hot chocolate milk to cups.
- If the hot chocolate is too hot, wait for a while for it to slightly cool down.
- Once the hot chocolate is at the right temperature of your preference, top with mini marshmallows (optional) and serve immediately for best results.
- With this homemade hot chocolate recipe with cocoa powder, you can make about 2 cups of easy, homemade hot chocolate!
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