As the weather cools down and the holiday season approaches, there's nothing quite like curling up with a warm cup of spiced hot chocolate. The combination of rich cocoa, fragrant spices, and a hint of sweetness creates a comforting and indulgent treat that is sure to delight your taste buds. In this blog post, we'll share a delicious recipe for spiced hot chocolate that you can easily make at home. We'll also explore the different ways you can customize your drink to suit your preferences. So grab your favorite mug and get ready to cozy up with a steaming cup of spiced hot chocolate!
I was craving for hot chocolate for so long, but I don’t like flakey and too sweet chocolate milk, so I thought of making and intense and dark hot chocolate milk recipe. I have added mixed spices in this easy chocolate milk recipe. To make smooth hot chocolate recipe I have slowly blended the chocolate milk until creamy and smooth. Try out this quick spiced hot chocolate in winter evenings I am sure this comforting dark hot chocolate milk will be a treat for you.
Add some marshmallows in the creamy chocolate milk recipe and pamper yourself, I bet you will make it again and again. Not many preparations are required for quick spiced hot chocolate, so what are you waiting for it is never too late to enjoy the right things you can enjoy this creamy hot drink in the night as well (for chocolaty dreams!). Let us have a look at creamy cinnamon hot chocolate recipe and ingredients.
Cinnamon Spiced Hot Chocolate
Preparation Time: Less than 5 minute Cooking Time: 10 Minutes. Servings: 2
Ingredients to make Spiced Hot Chocolate:
Ingredients to make cinnamon hot chocolate
- Milk: 2 cups.
- Fresh cream: ½ cup.
- Mixed spices (Indian garam masala): 1 teaspoon.
- Cinnamon stick: ½ inch.
- Roughly chopped dark chocolate: 50 g (80% coco).
Method to make Cinnamon Hot Chocolate:
- Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan.
- Add mixed spices, cinnamon stick and stir well.Add mixed spiced and cinnamon in milk
- Add fresh cream and turn the flame low.
- Add chocolate, stir and let the chocolate melt. Cinnamon hot chocolate is ready.Add chopped dark chocolate in milk
- Blend hot chocolate to make it smooth.Blend everything together
- Take out cinnamon stick and serve hot with fresh cream on the top.Serve hot with cinnamon stick and whipped cream on
the top
Expert’s Tip to Make Dark Hot Chocolate Milk Recipe:
Do not boil the milk after adding chocolate.
Spiced hot chocolate is the perfect cozy drink to warm you up on a chilly day. The combination of rich chocolate and warming spices creates a delightful flavor experience that will leave you craving more. Whether you prefer a classic recipe or want to experiment with different spice blends, spiced hot chocolate is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and indulge your senses. So go ahead, grab your favorite mug, and enjoy a steaming cup of spiced hot chocolate. Don't forget to let us know in the comments how you liked it and any variations you tried!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the origin of spiced hot chocolate?
In contrast to the hot chocolate we are familiar with today, the Mayans were consuming chocolate as early as 500 BC, made from ground-up cocoa seeds combined with water, cornmeal, and chili peppers (among other ingredients).
What was hot chocolate first called?
The Aztecs and Maya created a paste out of roasted and ground cocoa beans, cornmeal, chili peppers, and spices like vanilla around 500 B.C., or possibly even earlier. This paste was then used to make the bitter and spicy chocolate drink known as chocolatl.
Why is it called hot chocolate?
This mixture's name was a mash-up of the Mayan and Aztec cultures. "The Mayan word 'Xocol', that means 'hot', and the Aztec word 'atl' means 'water'," Spehr explained. "So 'xocolatl' is where the word 'chocolate' originates. This originally meant 'hot water'.
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