9 Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipes for Comfort in a Cup
Stir and sip comfort in a mug with the best hot chocolate recipes to warm you up all winter.
As the temperatures drop, it's all the more tempting to hole up at home, sit by the fire, and grab a mug of something warm. Which is why we've rounded up the best recipes for rich, creamy hot chocolate — from boozy hot chocolate to Mexican hot chocolate and even a version with rum. Pick your favorite, grab a cup, and get comfy.
Indulgent Hot Chocolate
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The ultimate chocolate lover’s hot chocolate, Andrea Nguyen's recipe yields a drink that’s thick and rich in flavor and texture and topped with an airy chocolate-infused whipped cream.
Naughty List
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New York City bar The Dead Rabbit serves a boozy hot chocolate with Irish whiskey, creme de cacao, bitters, demerara sugar, and whipped cream. Food & Wine adds festive sprinkles.
Double-Chocolate Hot Chocolate
This decadent version is made with both bittersweet and milk chocolate, and then topped with marshmallows.
Hot Chocolate with Rum
This bittersweet hot chocolate laced with dark rum is especially warming on a cold winter night.
Homemade Hot Chocolate
Homemade hot chocolate takes a little more effort than ripping open a bag of instant mix, but — oh boy — does it taste great!
Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix
Spice up the winter season with a simple Mexican hot chocolate. You can make this mix in advance and whip together a hot beverage in no time.
Super-Rich Hot Chocolate with Coconut Cream
Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson created this velvety hot chocolate topped with coconut cream for his partner Bobby Stuckey's wife, Danette, who has a sweet tooth. "At Frasca, we make a lot of desserts with chocolate or coconut, so we just kept going and came up with this drink," says Lachlan.
Melted Ice Cream Hot Chocolate
"This melted ice cream hot chocolate is so creamy, rich, and uber thick that it could be dessert," says ice cream maven Jeni Britton Bauer. Sometimes she serves it with giant marshmallows and a knife and fork.
Frenched Hot Chocolate
"Chartreuse and chocolate is among the world's most underrated combinations," says Bobby Heugel, co-owner of Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston. He melds the two ingredients in this boozy, rich hot chocolate.
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