Make your own delicious hot chocolate at home (and save money at the coffee shop) with this super chocolatey Hot Chocolate Mix.
You can also turn it into a Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Mix and use it as the perfect starting point for some spooky Halloween recipes! They make excellent Christmas treats and holiday season gifts too.
‘Tis the season for hot chocolate
I made myself the first hot chocolate of the season the other day, and I realized that was as a good a sign as any that the season for frozen dessert recipes is almost over for those of us in the northern hemisphere.
This might also be the season for pumpkin spice lattes here in the US, but for me, there’s nothing like a delicious, steamy, thick hot chocolate.
That’s just pure liquid chocolate gold, as my collection of hot chocolates on the blog would attest to (rocky road hot chocolate, peanut butter hot chocolate, Parisian hot chocolate, bourbon hot chocolate, and even this peppermint white hot chocolate!).
What’s a perfect hot chocolate?
My definition of a perfect hot chocolate is deeply chocolatey, creamy, sweet (not cloyingly sweet!), with a touch of spice. And maybe if I’m lucky or feeling fancy, a nice fluffy marshmallow on top too! 🙂 Homemade vanilla marshmallows or chocolate marshmallows for extra decadence.
If you want to make your own perfect hot chocolate at home (and save some $$ at the coffee shop), I’ve got the perfect Hot Chocolate Mix for you guys today!
And as an added bonus, I also have an awesome Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Mix for all the red velvet fans out there – like my husband!
Homemade hot chocolate mix
A good hot chocolate mix is imperative for a decadent, creamy cup of hot chocolate. The store-bought mixes are replete with preservatives and other undesirable stuff, but in this recipe, you only have good quality 70% dark chocolate, good quality cocoa powder, cane sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. That’s it.
The result is a decadent hot chocolate that’ll warm you up with cozy feelings (and memories) on all the winter nights (and days) to come. And it’s a LOT more economical than paying several bucks each time at the coffee shop!
Red velvet hot chocolate mix
Admittedly, I’ve also gone a little red velvet crazy lately. Red velvet cake is Mr K’s favorite, and I’ve made it for his birthday before. Recently I also made these kick ass red velvet pudding popsicles, and then I thought why not a red velvet hot chocolate?
It’s everything that a creamy hot chocolate is, but RED! Perfect for Halloween, Fall, Winter, Christmas, Birthdays, Game days, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, well… you get the picture. And they also make great gifts for the holiday season too!
So this is a basic recipe for a super chocolatey homemade hot chocolate mix, with the option of turning it into a red velvet hot chocolate mix as well.
If you’d like to give the red velvet chocolate mix as a gift, you can add the powdered color dust to the basic hot chocolate mix to get that instant red color.
If it’s just for you, make the basic mix and simply add the coloring to the drink instead. I’ve made both here as you can see in the pictures, and it’s AWESOME! 🙂
Recipe
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix (and Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Mix)
US based cup, teaspoon, tablespoon measurements. Weight measurements are recommended for accurate results whenever available.
Common Measurement ConversionsIngredients:
- 100 g 70% good quality chocolate I used Lindt
- 50 g good quality cocoa powder I prefer Valrhona or Callebaut / Cacao Barry
- 200 g white sugar Use 150 g / ¾ cup for less sweetness
- 40 g cornstarch about ¼ cup , spoon and leveled
- ½ tbsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp red food coloring powder (for red velvet mix)
Instructions:
- Grate the chocolate and transfer it to a food processor.
- Add the cocoa powder, white sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, salt and food coloring (if you’re making red velvet) and process until you get a fine powder.
- Store the hot chocolate mix in an air-tight, dry bottle/jar.
To make hot chocolate (1 serving)
- Heat 1 cup of milk.
- Add 2 – 3 tbsp of hot chocolate mix and stir briskly to mix.
To make a frothy hot chocolate
- Place 1 cup of hot chocolate in a small saucepan. Add 2 – 3 tbsp hot chocolate mix and heat the mixture while stirring, until completely dissolved and the drink is nice and hot.
- Place the hot chocolate mixture in a sealable bottle OR in a small french press.
- Shake the bottle until the milk is frothy, or use the french press by moving the depressor up and down vigorously to froth the milk.
- Pour into a mug, top with marshmallow and serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
“This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.”
If you liked this hot chocolate mix (and red velvet hot chocolate mix) recipe, don’t forget to subscribe for new (and free) recipes by entering your email address on the side bar (and get all these recipes delivered straight to your inbox), so you don’t miss out on a thing. You can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, YOU TUBE and GOOGLE-PLUS too.
Leave a Reply