Hello!
I know the hype of making hot chocolate's is sort of over, however I've only just really started to make homemade hot chocolate and honestly it's the best thing ever. I thought this DIY might be helpful to some people on how to make it because I was unsure at first, but ended up mixing things together that looked right, and made something super yummy.
Ingredients:
1tsp vanilla essence
50g of chocolate
Milk (Measure this by pouring milk into a mug in which you will drink the hot chocolate from as you will get a perfect amount of hot chocolate)
Hot water
Other Flavours:
A pinch of cinnamon for spicy taste.
A little salt, and caramel syrup for a salted caramel hot chocolate.
Orange essence for a chocolate orange.
Orange essence for a chocolate orange.
Utensils:
Glass mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Tea spoon
Mug
Saucepan
Method:
1. Pour hot water into the saucepan-make sure the saucepan is quite full up, and put the saucepan on the hob.
2. Place the glass bowl ontop of the saucepan, but check the bowl isn't too small and sinks into the pan.
3. Turn the hob onto a low-medium heat, then add in the milk.
4. Once the milk feels luke warm, add in the chocolate and keep stirring until the chocolate is fully melted. If the chocolate takes quite a long time to melt, turn the hob up.
5. Once everything is blended well, add 1tsp of vanilla essence or your own flavouring of choice and mix together.
6. Pour the contents into your mug and decorate with cream, marshmallows, chocolate curls. (The glass bowl may be quite hot so either wait for it to cool down, or use oven gloves if the bowl is too hot to handle.)
The Final Result:
I know this doesn't look anything special, but the taste is outstanding. I'm really pleased with how my drink turned out, especially as I randomly put it together and just used my instincts to decide how it should be made. What I love about home-made hot chocolate is that you can control what you put in, and how much. If you were on a diet then you can use a lower fat, dark chocolate and maybe use less chocolate and more milk, or only make a small amount.
Also, you can make a powdered mix of hot chocolate, which would last a very long time, and only cost a minimal amount. Find the recipe for powdered hot chocolate mix here.
6. Pour the contents into your mug and decorate with cream, marshmallows, chocolate curls. (The glass bowl may be quite hot so either wait for it to cool down, or use oven gloves if the bowl is too hot to handle.)
The Final Result:
Also, you can make a powdered mix of hot chocolate, which would last a very long time, and only cost a minimal amount. Find the recipe for powdered hot chocolate mix here.
