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8 Hot Cocoa Recipes You Will Enjoy

Gingerbread Hot Cocoa

When the holiday season is rapidly approaching, and it's getting mighty cold outside, stay warm with this delicious gingerbread hot chocolate recipe. I highly recommend topping with whipped cream, but if you don't have any, that's perfectly fine. Enjoy!

Ingredients for drink:
Brown sugar - 1/4 cup
molasses - 1 tsp.
Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Ground cinnamon - 1 1/2 tsp.
Ground ginger - 1 1/2 tsp.
Ground Allspice - 1/2 tsp.
Salt - 1/2 tsp.
Milk - 3 cup
Whipped cream - as needed (for topping)
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp.
White Fudge Oreo Hot Cocoa

There are many complex recipes out there for interesting hot cocoa drinks. However, if you're not into all that effort and would just like to enjoy a light twist to your drink, you'll enjoy this one. You'll be amazed what 2 little cookies can do to a drink! The recipe calls for white fudge Oreos, but frankly, any type of heart cookie will do. 

Ingredients for drink:
Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 1/2 cups
White fudge oreos - 2 cookies (crushed)
Water - 2 tbps.
Cardamom Hot Chocolate

Cardamom is a fragrant oriental spice we sadly don't get to enjoy much. It is most widely known as a spice you add into coffee, but have you ever thought to enjoy it in your hot cocoa? Enjoy this vegan spicy drink that will keep you warm long after you finish drinking it. 

Ingredients for drink:
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp.
Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp.
Salt - a pinch
Almond milk - 2 cups
Cardamom - 2 pods (crushed)
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp.
Pumpkin Spice White Hot Chocolate Recipe

A smooth alternative to the regular hot chocolate you know, using white chocolate and some pumpkin spice to make it all the more inviting.

Pumpkin Spice White Hot Chocolate Recipe Image Source: Tatertots and Jello
Ingredients for drink:
Whole milk - 2 cups
Heavy cream - 1 cup
Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp.
Pumpkin spice - 1/2 tsp. (plus more for topping)
Whipped cream - for topping
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate

Topped with dripping caramel sauce over whipped cream, this hot chocolate will be the ultimate treat for your taste buds. This is a delicious twist on classic hot chocolate that can be enjoyed at home during the winter season. 

Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Image Source: SugarHero
Ingredients for Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate:
Granulated sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Lemon juice - 1/4 tsp.
Milk - 4 1/2 cups (room temperature)
Milk chocolate - 8 oz (finely chopped)
Dark chocolate - 2 oz (finely chopped)
Salt - a big pinch
Whipped cream - to taste (optional)
Caramel sauce - to taste (optional)
Orange Pisco Hot Chocolate (Alcoholic)

While there's nothing like a good safe recipe for the kids, there comes an hour when they lay safe and sound in their beds and you can crash, safe and sound, on the sofa. Why not do it with a grown-ups' hot cocoa of your own? This one features an orange liquor, perfect for the cold winter months. The tangy orange zest will give your taste buds an unexpected little treat!

Orange Pisco Hot Chocolate (Alcoholic) Image Source: Serious Eats
Ingredients for drink:
Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
Salt - a pinch
Whole milk - 3 cups
Milk chocolate chips - 8 oz. (alternative: dark chocolate chips)
Grand marnier - 3 fl oz. (alternative: other orange liquor/triple sec)
Rum - 4 fl oz. (alternative: pisco)
Orange zest - as needed
Whipped cream - as needed (for topping)
Black Cherry Bourbon Hot Chocolate

The Black Cherry Bourbon Hot Chocolate is the perfect beverage to share with a few friends. It has the comforting qualities of hot chocolate, along with the stimulating effect of the alcoholic bourbon. 

Black Cherry Bourbon Hot Chocolate Image Source: Sugar and Soul
Ingredients for drink:
Milk - 1 1/2 cups
Hot chocolate mix - 5 tbsp.
Bourbon - 2 fl oz.
The Hot Choc-Colada

When you dearly miss the summer and the warmer days, enjoy a cup of pina colada hot cocoa. It will keep you warn and remind you of summer on the beach!

Ingredients for drink:
Flaked coconut - 1/2 cup
Heavy cream - 1 cup
Granulated sugar - 3 tbsp.
Spiced rum - 3/4 cup, 3 tbsp.
Coconut milk - 13.5 fl oz.
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp.
Dark chocolate - 1/2 cup
Salt - a pinch
Pineapple juice - 3/4 cup
Water - 4 cups
Honey - 1/4 cup
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