10 unique things to add to your hot chocolate (2024)

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10 unique things to add to your hot chocolate? ›

Marshmallows: Adding a handful of marshmallows will add a little fun and a lot of sweetness to your cup. They will melt into a frothy, delicious topping. Cinnamon Sticks: For a hint of spice, stir your hot chocolate with a cinnamon stick. It's a wonderful pairing and perfect for a wintry evening.

Marshmallows: Adding a handful of marshmallows will add a little fun and a lot of sweetness to your cup. They will melt into a frothy, delicious topping. Cinnamon Sticks: For a hint of spice, stir your hot chocolate with a cinnamon stick. It's a wonderful pairing and perfect for a wintry evening.

Ideas to Customize:

1 shot whiskey, dark rum, or peppermint schnapps. Pinch kosher salt highly recommended for all flavor combinations. Pinch espresso powder will enhance the chocolate flavor. For topping: Whipped cream, marshmallows, caramel, or hot fudge.

Sweet Foods

Generally, the best sweet food pairings for hot chocolate are sweets with a pronounced flavor, such as mint—anything with peppermint, such as mints, chocolates, candy canes, etc., are a great choice. Try angel food cake drizzled with caramel sauce, crème de menthe liqueur, or limoncello.

For additional, out-of-the-box flavor combinations, pair dark chocolate with sea salt caramel, ginger, lavender, mint, cardamom, wasabi, chipotle, jalapeño, cinnamon, fennel or black sesame seeds. Milk chocolate pairs well with caramel, honey, coconut, lavender, curry powder and asiago.

That said, to cool down the temperature of your hot chocolate quickly (especially if the mug of hot chocolate is for a child), use about an ounce or two less hot milk when adding it to the mix, and pour in the same amount of cold milk at the end to cool it down.

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Should kids drink hot chocolate? ›

Is hot chocolate for children? YES! Hot chocolate is wonderful for children. It has all the calcium and iron for their growing bones of regular milk, plus it's hot so it warms them up from the inside when it's cold outside, and the chocolate has sugar so they'll actually drink it all.

Regular, moderate consumption of cocoa-rich hot chocolate can support cardiovascular health by improving blood flow, reducing blood pressure, and decreasing levels of 'bad' LDL cholesterol. However, choosing high-quality cocoa, like the ones we use in our creations, is vital to reap the optimum benefits.

We love dark chocolate with matcha or salt, milk chocolate with caramel or coffee, and white chocolate with raspberries or nuts.

Although hot chocolate doesn't necessarily need an even more creamy, decadent taste, using milk certainly enriches the experience. We suspect that milk adds a creamier taste than water alone, and when combined with the notes of chocolate, the smooth undertones of the milk simply add a delicious backdrop.

Marshmallows: The Unsung Hero

Believe it or not, the secret ingredient in gourmet hot chocolate is none other than marshmallows. These fluffy, sweet confections are the unsung heroes of the hot chocolate world, adding a delightful creaminess and hint of sweetness that takes the drink to a whole new level.

You can use any flavored creamer you have to whip up a creamy, flavored hot chocolate. My favorites have been using vanilla or hazelnut creamer. Or you can even get creative and mix creamer flavors to make unique flavor combos…a very good idea.