Whether you lot whip it upward on the stove transcend or inward the ho-hum cooker, this combination of chocolate, milk, as well as 1/2-&-1/2 makes the BEST Hot Chocolate ... tried, taste-tested as well as identify unit of measurement approved.
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Well making that batch of caramel-infused hot chocolate inspired our 6-year-old fille as well as me to wonder, but what does brand upward the BEST mug of hot chocolate? Is it the good-old packets of powdered mix you lot purchase inward the box at the grocery store? Or homemade hot chocolate mix?
Or, is it truly homemade hot chocolate made alongside melted chocolate as well as milk? If it's the really homemade kind, does the type of chocolate brand a difference? What close the milk should it live all milk, or all cream? Or a combination of the two?
So alongside all these questions inward our minds, Little Miss H. as well as I laid close doing some testing as well as tasting.
First nosotros mixed upward mugs of hot chocolate made alongside store-bought powdered mix, our own homemade hot chocolate mix, as well as hot chocolate alongside simmered milk as well as melted semi-sweet chocolate.
Now piece nosotros sure wouldn't plough whatsoever of the mugs down, the simmered-on-the-stove, made-with-melted-chocolate mug was the clear hands-down winner. It had a much richer, much "clearer" chocolate flavour than those made alongside powdered mixes.
So in 1 trial nosotros had determined that making your ain hot chocolate alongside milk as well as actual chocolate was the best road to go, nosotros laid out to meet if the type of milk as well as the type of chocolate brand a difference.
The brusque response to this question? YES ... the type of milk as well as the type of chocolate brand a pretty large difference.
Again, piece nosotros sure wouldn't plough downwards whatsoever of the mugs nosotros tried, hither are our findings on what nosotros tested as well as what makes the best hot chocolate:
Type of Milk
What nosotros tested: whole milk, 1/2-&-1/2, heavy cream, as well as dissimilar combinations of each
Best result: a combination of close one-half whole milk as well as close one-half 1/2-&-1/2
Our findings: Whole milk lonely was sure good, but was made fifty-fifty ameliorate yesteryear mixing it inward combination alongside 1/2-&-1/2. Heavy cream was a fleck likewise thick as well as rich, both lonely as well as inward combination. We liked the whole milk as well as 1/2-&-1/2 together best!
Type of Chocolate
What nosotros tested: all milk chocolate, all semi-sweet chocolate, as well as a mixture of milk chocolate as well as semi-sweet chocolate together
Best result: all milk chocolate
Our findings: We liked the version made alongside all milk chocolate the best. For a to a greater extent than nighttime chocolate taste, a mix of 1 loving cup milk chocolate chips + 1/2 loving cup semi-sweet chocolate chips tin give notice live used ... which nosotros did like, but non every bit good every bit the all-milk-chocolate. While you lot tin give notice sure brand this alongside semi-sweet chocolate chips lonely if you'd like, nosotros weren't fond of the flavor.
But for me, experimentation is what nutrient as well as cooking is all about! ... I encourage you lot to purpose this recipe every bit a base of operations as well as drive out dissimilar combinations to meet what your BEST hot chocolate is.
Happy sipping!
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Yield: about v cups
The BEST Hot Chocolate {Slow Cooker or Stove Top}
Whether you lot whip it upward on the stove transcend or inward the ho-hum cooker, this combination of chocolate, milk, as well as 1/2-&-1/2 makes the BEST Hot Chocolate ... tried, taste-tested as well as identify unit of measurement approved.
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 10 Mtotal time: xx M
ingredients:
- 2 1/2 c. whole milk
- 2 c. 1/2 & 1/2
- 8 oz. (1 1/2 c.) milk chocolate chips*
- 1 T. confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- mini marshmallows or whipped cream for garnish
instructions:
How to laid upward The BEST Hot Chocolate {Slow Cooker or Stove Top}
Stove Top Directions:
- Place milk as well as 1/2 & 1/2 inward a saucepan or Dutch oven. Heat over medium oestrus until simmering.
- Remove pot from the oestrus as well as add together the milk chocolate chips, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, as well as salt. Reduce oestrus to low, provide pot to the heat, as well as whisk until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Spoon into mugs as well as transcend each mug alongside marshmallows or whipped cream, if desired.
Slow Cooker Directions:
- Place milk, 1/2 & 1/2, milk chocolate chips, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, as well as tabular array salt inward a ho-hum cooker. Cook on LOW setting for 2 - iii hours until creamy as well as all chocolate chips are melted, stirring close every xxx minutes.
- Spoon into mugs as well as transcend each mug alongside marshmallows or whipped cream, every bit desired.
- Keep warm for several hours alongside the ho-hum cooker on the WARM or LOW setting. Leftovers tin give notice live stored inward the fridge as well as reheated subsequently on the stove transcend or inward the microwave.
TRACEY'S NOTES
- *We tested alongside milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, as well as a combination of the two. We similar milk chocolate chips the best. If you'd similar a to a greater extent than nighttime chocolate taste, purpose 1 c. milk chocolate chips + 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips. While you lot tin give notice sure brand this alongside semi-sweet chocolate chips lonely if you'd like, nosotros weren't fond of the flavor.
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