Make Hershey's Cocoa Hot Chocolate

Everyone knows how to make hot chocolate using a mix, but that's not as fun! But homemade hot chocolate is just as easy and tastes great. This recipe is a simple way to make hot chocolate using cocoa powder. Great at parties or get-togethers.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (56g) Hershey's Cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
  • Dash of salt
  • 1/3 cup (80 ml) hot water
  • 4 cups (1 quart/950 ml) milk
  • 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Steps

  1. Mix cocoa powder, granulated sugar, and salt together in a medium saucepan.
  2. Add the water; mix well.
  3. Place over medium-high heat.
  4. Allow it to boil.
  5. Add the milk, and stir occasionally until the liquid reaches the desired drinking temperature. Do not boil.
  6. Remove from heat and add the vanilla extract.
  7. Pour into mugs and serve!
  8. Finished.

Tips

  • It helps to add more milk than the recipe calls for, that way the cocoa taste isn't as strong. If you don't like that taste as much, add about another 1/4-1/2 cup.
  • The kind of milk you use matters. Two percent is the best kind to use for this recipe.
  • Try adding coffee instead of part of the milk. Or cinnamon. And if you're really daring, add cinnamon and cayenne pepper: "Mayan hot chocolate"!
  • If you are serving more than four people, double the recipe. For more than 8 people, triple the recipe.

Warnings

  • Use a pot big enough to hold at least 5 or 6 cups of liquid. Otherwise, you'll end up having hot chocolate all over the counter and stove top.

Things You'll Need

  • bowl
  • pot
  • mugs

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