The best hot cocoa recipe is much more than getting the right ingredients together. It’s not about being overly complex or adding a lot of different flavours to the mix. Making a perfect cup of hot chocolate requires patience and commitment to getting the recipe just right. You can’t be satisfied after a couple of tries. You work at it each time making it better (or worse) until you come to the point where nothing more can be done to improve it. My best example of this is my cinnamon hot chocolate recipe, which is much simpler than my other hot chocolate recipes, but it has the best balance of all.
Cinnamon Hot Chocolate Balances Everything
Balance is crucial. You want everything to mix just right. If you go far out on one ingredient, you need more of another to restore balance. You can achieve a balance of flavour by stripping down ingredients or by adding more. Going too high or too low results in a lack of balance, so even the most complicated hot chocolate can still taste like they are missing something. Balance is important across the board with not only the flavour of hot chocolate, but also the mouthfeel, the body, the depth, and the temperature. It’s with these key factors in mind that I created this hot chocolate recipe with cinnamon. I use just enough ingredients to create balance and promote the fullness of just the right flavours.
Best cup of Hot chocolate
This easy cinnamon hot chocolate recipe offers creaminess, warmth, sweetness, and a hint of spice that lacks nothing. In my opinion, it’s the best cup of hot chocolate. Part of the key is the ratio of chocolate chips to cocoa. This recipe for hot chocolate serves four, which is perfect for sharing or indulging during a cold night in, with a warm fire and a book (or Netflix).
Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
Kitchen Tools Needed
- Heavy sauce pan
- 4 mugs
Ingredients
- 4 cups of milk
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 tsp of cinnamon for garnish
How to make cinnamon hot chocolate
- In a heavy sauce pan, heat milk with chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and cinnamon. Stir the milk as you melt the chocolate chips. Once the milk is warm and chocolate is melted, you can remove from heat.
- Pour into 4 mugs and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon. There you have it, a homemade cinnamon hot chocolate!
Hot Chocolate Recipe Ideas
For more hot chocolate recipes, check these out:
- Caramel Crunch Hot Chocolate with Skor Bits and Caramel Drizzle
- Keto Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe
- Chocolate Fudge Hot Cocoa Bombs with Chocolate Drizzle
- Heart Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe
- Easter Hot Cocoa Bombs
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Cinnamon Hot Chocolate
Equipment
- 1 Heavy sauce pan
- 4 mugs
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cinnamon for garnish
Instructions
- In a heavy sauce pan, heat milk with chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and cinnamon.
- Stir the milk as you melt the chocolate chips.
- Once the milk is warm and chocolate is melted, you can remove from heat.
- Pour into 4 mugs and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
This hot chocolate recipe sounds amazing!