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Homemade Hot Chocolate

5 from 4 votes
Did you know you can make your own scrumptious hot chocolate?! 
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Desserts
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup or use sugar or even coconut sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Method
 

  1. Combine all ingredients in a pot over the stove and slowly warm to medium heat. 
  2. Stir often as it’s warming so that the bottom of the pot doesn’t burn.
  3. Once it’s hot and the sugar (if using) is melted and no longer course, then it’s done. Serve immediately! 

Notes

I like to use whole milk but I'm sure skim or almond milk would be totally fine. I also like to use pure maple syrup just because it's a tad lower glycemic and has some minerals in there, but subbing it straight across for granulated sugar is totally fine.