Hot chocolate is not just a drink, it is a charge of energy for the whole day. And it’s not necessary to run after him to the nearest cafe, because you can quickly make a treat at home.

The easiest hot chocolate

To make a drink with a truly rich taste, take the best black chocolate. Its quality directly affects the result.

Required Products:

  • three glasses of milk;
  • one and a half tsp corn starch;
  • sugar to taste;
  • 180 grams of good dark chocolate.

Cooking process:

  1. We divide the chocolate into pieces so that they melt faster, and place in a pan.
  2. Add half the indicated amount of milk there and turn on the stove to an average heating level.
  3. Constantly stirring the ingredients in the pan, bring the chocolate to a liquid state.
  4. Pour two tablespoons of milk into the starch, wait for it to dissolve, and combine the resulting mass with the remaining milk.
  5. This mixture must be poured into melted chocolate, while whisking the drink with a whisk or mixer.
  6. At this stage, we fill in the desired amount of sugar, mix and cook for about five minutes on low heat until thick.

With banana

You can make hot chocolate with the addition of banana - this is a good, aromatic combination.

Required Products:

  • one banana;
  • half a liter of milk;
  • about 50 grams of milk chocolate.
  1. Cooking process:
  2. Peel the banana, cut into pieces, and divide the chocolate into cubes.
  3. Pour milk into the pan, mix with chocolate and banana.
  4. We warm the composition over low heat until the chocolate is completely dissolved, then beat the resulting mass with a blender until smooth.
  5. You can add a little sugar to your taste before serving.

Marshmallow Recipe

Required Products:

  • 100 grams of chocolate;
  • marshmallow - to your liking;
  • 140 milliliters of cream;
  • 0.6 liters of milk.

Cooking process:

  1. Pour the indicated amount of milk and cream into the pan. Stir and set to heat over low heat.
  2. Then add the chocolate, which must first be divided into small pieces.
  3. Wait for the contents of the pan to boil, make a low level of heating and stir a little to allow a homogeneous mixture to come out.
  4. Pour it into cups and put marshmallow on top of them.

Hot chocolate with cocoa

If chocolate was not at hand - not a problem, you can make a drink with cocoa. After all, cocoa is the same chocolate, but not sweet.

Required Products:

  • two tablespoons of cocoa;
  • tsp corn starch;
  • sugar to your taste;
  • 0.3 liters of cream.

Cooking process:

  1. We mix cocoa and starch in a pan, pour them with a spoon of cold water.
  2. The specified amount of cream is well heated, but we do not bring to a boil. Gently pour them into a mass of cocoa, mixing until smooth.
  3. On the lowest heat we heat the ingredients and then remove from the stove. Let them stand for five minutes and serve with homemade cookies.

How to make a cinnamon drink

Hot chocolate with cinnamon is a real winter drink. Cook it according to this recipe and enjoy it on a bad day.

Required Products:

  • 0.7 liters of milk;
  • two cinnamon sticks;
  • 200 grams of good dark chocolate;
  • 0.3 liters of heavy cream.

Cooking process:

  1. We combine milk and cream, put on the stove, warm well, but do not let the mixture boil.
  2. Cinnamon sticks knead in a mortar or in a coffee grinder. If desired, you can use the already ground version.
  3. Remove the cream and milk from the stove, add cinnamon to them and leave for five minutes.
  4. We sort the chocolate into slices, put in a hot mixture and mix with a whisk until it is completely dissolved. After that, pour the drink into cups and serve.

Original Chili Pepper

Such a combination will make the drink more fragrant and certainly not trivial.

Required Products:

  • three dry pods of chili peppers;
  • half a liter of milk;
  • three large spoons of cocoa;
  • three tablespoons of sugar.

Cooking process:

  1. Mix cocoa and sugar, add some milk, but not all.
  2. The mixture is sent to the stove, turning on the average heating level.
  3. Continuing to stir, add chili pepper to the ingredients and cook the composition further on low heat.
  4. Keep on the stove until the sugar is completely dissolved, then pour the remaining milk and as soon as the drink boils, immediately remove it.
  5. Be sure to pass the drink through a sieve so that there is nothing superfluous in it, including pieces of pepper. After that, pour the chocolate into cups and serve.

With coconut milk

Required Products:

  • 70 milliliters of coconut milk;
  • 100 grams of dark chocolate;
  • three tablespoons of sugar;
  • 0.35 liters of almond or plain milk.

Cooking process:

  1. Disassemble the chocolate into pieces and bring to a liquid state. It’s best to do it in a steam bath, but if you don’t want to bother, just do it on the stove or in the microwave.
  2. Separately, mix both types of milk and send to the stove. We wait until the mixture boils, and quickly combine with melted chocolate until it has frozen.
  3. Add the indicated amount of sugar (or to your liking), mix and serve the drink.

Thick hot chocolate

To get a thick consistency of chocolate smoothie, use regular starch. It is best to take corn, then its taste in the drink will not be felt.

 

By the way, it can be added to any recipe. Please note that a starch-free drink will be quite liquid.

Required Products:

  • liter of milk;
  • three large spoons of starch;
  • 200 grams of chocolate.

Cooking process:

  1. We take a glass of milk and fill them with starch. Stir to get a homogeneous mixture without lumps.
  2. The remaining milk is poured into the pan and set to heat on a slow fire. Add chocolate, previously divided into slices.
  3. We continue to warm the mixture until the pieces of chocolate are completely dissolved, after which we send the diluted starch here. Mix.
  4. We continue to cook until the drink begins to thicken. As soon as the process starts, immediately remove the chocolate from the fire, pour into cups and serve.

Hot chocolate is a fragrant drink that not only gives gastronomic pleasure, but also creates a special atmosphere and uplifting. Do not deny yourself the pleasure and at least once cook this delicious treat.

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