Description
A delicious and festive peppermint hot chocolate recipe perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups Milk
- 1 cup Heavy cream
- ⅓ cup Granulated sugar
- ¾ cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips (or semi-sweet chocolate bar)
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
- Optional Toppings:
- Candy Canes
- Marshmallows
- Whipped cream
- Crushed Candy Canes
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Add the milk and heavy cream to your sauce pan and stir while it’s on medium heat until it is warm.
- Once warm, stir in the sugar and chocolate. Continue stirring until all of the chocolate is melted and well mixed in with the other ingredients.
- When everything is well combined, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and peppermint extracts.
- Pour into mugs, add your desired toppings and enjoy!
Notes
- This recipe can be easily adjusted for larger or smaller servings.
- Feel free to customize the toppings to your liking!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Beverages
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mug
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 40mg