This Instant Hot Chocolate Recipe Is Going To Change Your World
By Dreamer
Now is the best time to get ready for the hot chocolate season. The temperatures are dropping, the winds are getting cooler so what better way to beat the chilly nights than with a mug of warm, delicious hot chocolate? There certainly isn’t a more delicious way, that’s for sure.
Instant pre-packaged hot chocolate is good when you want hot chocolate on the go but it isn't the best way to go if you are looking for a sweet rich classic taste. For the best stuff, you have to go homemade.
If you constantly crave hot chocolate made with real chocolate but don’t have the time to spend making it, try out this cool trick from America’s Test Kitchen. This hack will get you the most chocolaty homemade hot cocoa you’ve ever sipped.
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The downside to homemade hot chocolate? It’s usually very time consuming. You have to heat the milk, add chocolate in increments, whisk it in, and repeat.
When you’re dying for a mug for rich, frothy cocoa, we don’t all have the patience for that lengthy process. But, on the other hand, you don’t want to settle for that wimpy little packet of hot chocolate, either.
This recipe combines the best of both worlds; a quick recipe that gives you all the homemade flavor you crave. The trick is creating something that you might call a “hot chocolate concentrate.”
Homemade Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
1 12 oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp. salt
Instructions
Combine your three ingredients in a large bowl and stir to combine.
Heat the bowl in the microwave for 30 second increments, stirring in between, until smooth. Cover the chocolate mixture with plastic wrap. Put the chocolate in the fridge for two hours. Once hardened, scoop out the chocolate mixture into balls. Wrap each ball in plastic wrap and store them in the fridge. To make a cup of hot cocoa, put one chocolate ball in a mug of milk and heating in increments until the drink is warm, mixed and smooth.
The chocolate balls will keep in the fridge for up to five days and in the freezer for two months! That’s a whole lot of hot chocolate for your drinking pleasure.
When you’re ready to make a mug of cocoa, it should only take about two minutes to make a fully combined mug, and we’re sure it’ll be the smoothest, creamiest drink you’ve ever had!
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