Spiced Hot Chocolate
Also known as Hot chocolate, Drinking Chocolate, Hot Cocoa · Veg · Drinks
Good for: Rainy Day
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6 steps, each one filmed
A short video for every step, so your hands never have to leave the pan.
Spiced hot chocolate: dark chocolate melted into full cream milk with cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon and a little chilli. Serves 2 in 15 minutes, with video.
Ingredients
8 itemsMilk (Full Cream)1.5 cup
Sugar2 tbsp
Vanilla Essence½ tsp
Red Chilli Powder¼ tsp
Fresh Cream½ cup
Dark Chocolate, Roughly Chopped¾ cup
Cinnamon2 inch
Cocoa Powder2 tbsp
Contains: milk, soya.
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 2. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 732kcal | 1464kcal |
| Protein | 13g | 26g |
| Carbohydrate | 68g | 135g |
| Fat | 49g | 97g |
| Fibre | 11g | 22g |
| Sugar | 50g | 99g |
Method
- 1
In a saucepan, heat milk and add the chopped chocolate. Stir to melt the chocolate.
Milk (Full Cream)Dark Chocolate
- 2
Add the sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla essence and red chilli powder.
SugarVanilla EssenceRed Chilli PowderCocoa Powder
- 3
Add the cinnamon stick and mix until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is well combined.
Cinnamon
- 4
Switch off the flame, cover, and steep the cinnamon for 10 minutes.
- 5
Return to heat and gently whisk the cream and simmer for a minute.
Fresh Cream
- 6
Remove from heat and serve warm with a pinch of red chilli powder.
Before you start
- How long does Spiced Hot Chocolate take?
- 15 minutes from start to finish. That is 5 minutes of preparation and 10 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Spiced Hot Chocolate serve?
- 2. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Spiced Hot Chocolate vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Spiced Hot Chocolate spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Spiced Hot Chocolate?
- ¾ cup Dark Chocolate, 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder, 1.5 cup Milk (Full Cream), ½ cup Fresh Cream, 2 tbsp Sugar, ½ tsp Vanilla Essence, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Spiced Hot Chocolate?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Spiced Hot Chocolate?
- About 732 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
3 notes- S
sugunamaivily sDecember 2022
yummmmmm
- U
UmadeviApril 2022
dark chocolate 😋
- K
Karthik MageshwaranDecember 2021
too good
