Once you make this Skinny Homemade Hot Chocolate, you won’t even glance at an envelope of that hot cocoa mix that has been languishing in your pantry ever again. This sweetly spiced sip takes hot chocolate from ho-hum to ho-ho-ho in about 10 minutes!
I’m not a fan of overly sweet hot chocolate and often find some of the prepackaged mixes cloyingly sweet. Making hot chocolate from scratch has been something I always thought was laborious until I actually tried it and, I must confess, it’s ridiculously easy. A bit of whisking, a bit of simmering, and then sipping. Seriously – not hard at all.
I am a huge fan of dark chocolate so I adore a slight touch of bitterness from the unsweetened cocoa in this recipe. To take hot chocolate over the moon, I add a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg and a sprinkling of ground cinnamon. For a bit more sweetness that I can control, I add a touch of Sweet‘N Low® in lieu of the ton of sugar that you often find in some of the pre-packaged mixes. While I tend to lean to using less sweetener in my drinks, this recipe is easily customized to your taste.
On to the recipe:
Gather your ingredients
Whisk whisk whisk
The level of sweetness is up to you.
Now – doesn’t this look like a comforting sip?
Wait – I almost forgot the holiday spirit…
Now this – this is a cozy comforting sip – bring on the holidays!
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