Real Hot Chocolate

Real Hot Chocolate- very simple to make with double cream, milk and real chocolate. A creamy and delicious winter treat, much nicer than packet mixes.


Real Hot Chocolate in a Christmas mug

When I think of cosy winters, sitting snuggled under a blanket on the sofa watching Christmas films, I also think of hot chocolate. There's just no other drink that adds to the cosiness like hot chocolate. Don't get me wrong, I live for tea, especially on a work day. I do believe it solves most problems and I power through the day on 3-4 cups. But, because I drink it most of the time, it just doesn't have that cosy factor. It's just not indulgent enough. Only hot chocolate fits the bill!

You can get some pretty decent hot chocolate in some of the coffee shops these days and you can buy the packet mixes for home, but nothing beats real hot chocolate. It has a much deeper, creamier flavour (probably due to all the chocolate and the cream...)

Making your own hot chocolate is very easy and totally worth the small amount of effort required. Once you try it, it's pretty hard to go back to the alternatives! Don't believe all the recipes that tell you that you need a double broiler, or to melt the chocolate over hot water. That's a right faff and you honestly don't need to do it.

When I make real hot chocolate I prefer to use a decent dark chocolate, as I find milk choc just a bit too sweet. Melted together with milk and cream and a couple of secret ingredients, it tastes divine. My secret ingredients, the things that I think elevate it beyond just ordinary hot chocolate, are vanilla essence and a touch of cinnamon. They add a little bit of pizazz!

So why don't you treat you and yours to some real, home-made hot chocolate this Christmas Eve? Get under that blanket, put on Elf, Love Actually or whatever Christmas film floats your boat, and drink up!

Hot chocolate in a Christmas mug with marshmallows on top


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