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!