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Old-Fashioned Hot Chocolate
Equipment
- double boiler
- or saucepan and heat-safe bowl (metal or glass)
- heavy bottomed saucepan
- measuring cups
- teaspoons
Ingredients
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 1/3 cups boiling water
- 4 cups milk
- 1/3 cup sugar granulated
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- mini marshmallows or whipped cream (optional)
Instructions
- Place chocolate in top of double boiler and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until chocolate melts. Gradually add 1 1/3 cups boiling water, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Heat milk in heavy bottomed saucepan just until thoroughly heated (do not boil). Stir in sugar and salt. Add in chocolate mixture, stirring well. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until warmed. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract. Divide into mugs. Top with mini marshmallows or whipped cream.
If nutrition didn’t matter and I could design my perfect food pyramid, chocolate would be the large section at the very bottom. All chocolate would be lumped in that category; drinks, bars, cookies, cakes, truffles. Chocolate is the equivalent of a hug after a hard day. Chocolate soothes. Chocolate doesn’t judge. Chocolate comforts.
Which is why during these long winter months, homemade hot chocolate is the perfect winter beverage. Swiss Miss is nice sometimes, but real homemade hot chocolate can’t be beat. And this is one of my favorite recipes. Try it for yourself! And top it off with a heaping mound of homemade whipped cream.