Nutella Hot Chocolate can be topped with whipped cream or marshmallows. Full of chocolate richness.
Being achocolatefanatic has its perks. It means I get to test and make a ton ofchocolate recipesfor my blog, and Food Fanatic. It's sort of the dream job quite frankly. I mean, who wouldn't want to whip up lavish chocolate treats as their career choice? My job is pretty cool, if I do say so myself. Which I believe I just did.
I've been making my ownhot chocolatesince I was a kid. It was something my mom made very well. Growing up in Canada you learn to make some awesome hot drinks to offset the cold. Our winters can be brutal, so you learn fast how to warm up quickly when you come in from the cold.
My family says I make the best hot chocolate in the world. I'm not sure if it's the best, but it's pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. And I think I just did. I'll admit I was completely fascinated by learning to make the perfect cup of cocoa from a young age.
I think the massive obsession with hot chocolate intensified when I worked the night shift while I was in high school. I worked in a variety store in my small town and they had a great hot chocolate machine. It was a fun little machine to play around with and experiment with when I got bored, and tired.
Usually I would start to get sleepy around 3 or 4 am. No one really came in from about 3 am till about 5 am.
So I would whip up hot chocolate then add things to it for fun. Working in a variety store, I had an endless supply of chocolate bars and treats handy. So I would make different versions of hot chocolate every night.
Years passed and I became a mom to two hooligans. They loved playing out in the snow as kids. Plus, we have horses, so spending time in a freezing cold barn means coming home wicked cold. So I would make them a lot of hot chocolate. Hockey games were followed up with hot chocolate. Riding lessonsmeant morehot chocolate.Playing in the snow deserved evenmore hot chocolate.
Honestly I think I've probably tried about100 different variations on hot chocolate. I know it sounds like a lot, but we're talking about someone who has been making it for well over 30 years. You come up with a lot of concoctions over the course of that time. I never get tired of making it.
The night I made this version we had been out at the barn all day. We got a new horse, so we were out in the cold welcoming her home and spending time settling her in. I think we were at the barn for about eight hours. Needless to say both myself and my daughter came home freezing.
I walked in the door, got in my warm jammies, set asaucepanon the stove, and whipped up a giant batch of hot chocolate. I made half a batch of regular hot chocolate for my daughter, then half a batch of Nutella Hot Chocolate for myself. Then I cuddled up with my Walking Dead blanket on the couch and sipped my way to warmth and happiness.
This recipe is amazing, and so easy to make. I like to keep things simple when making hot chocolate. It doesn't need to be complicated to taste good. Just go for simple ingredients you love. You can't go wrong if you use ingredients you love. I always use 2% milk, it's what I grew up and I love that it's thick. Thick milk works best for creamy hot chocolate.
I also add corn syrup. If you have issues with using corn syrup you can totally substitute honey. Adding a little corn syrup or honey is going to take your hot chocolate to the next level. Not even kidding, it gives it a hint of sweetness and depth of flavour that will blow your hot chocolate loving mind. Trust me, give it a whirl and let me know what you think!
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