When you’re craving homemade hot chocolate while traveling, make this simple recipe with just a microwave in your hotel, ski lodge, or even kitchen if you’re too tired to use the stove. Read on for dozens of topping and mix-in ideas to make your hot chocolate extra indulgent. Show
 This recipe differs from many other 5-minute homemade hot chocolate recipes, even ones with 2 ingredients, because it is made in a microwave and the technique emphasizes how to get the smoothest possible hot chocolate. I designed this recipe for my friend Benjamin who is traveling in Copenhagen this week and may only have access to a microwave. You’ll love this hot chocolate recipe if you are staying in a hotel, living in a dorm room in college, or simply don’t want to fuss around with making hot chocolate on a stovetop. How to Make The Smoothest Hot ChocolateAfter making dozens of cups of hot chocolate, I found the two biggest challenges to smooth hot chocolate are accidentally curdling the milk and chocolate clumps because the melted chocolate doesn’t emulsify in the milk. Here are the tips you need to make the smoothest hot chocolate without clumps:
How Do I Make Hot Chocolate Better?To make the hot chocolate extra rich and decadent, increase the amount of chocolate and substitute a tablespoon of the milk for heavy whipping cream. Or follow Alex’s lead and make the hot chocolate with half-and-half and heavy whipping cream. Use the best quality chocolate you can find. My favorites are Trade Joe’s Pound Plus 72% cacao dark chocolate and Guittard’s dark baking chocolate at 70% cacao. Both are in red packaging. Spruce up your hot chocolate with the following mix-ins, toppings, and milk steepings. Mix-ins are flavorings that you add after the milk to flavor your hot chocolate. Toppings differ from mix-ins because they are added on top of your hot chocolate before serving rather than dissolved into your hot chocolate. Steeping herbs and spices into your milk can also create different flavored hot chocolate. Tasty Hot Chocolate Mix-Ins
Tasty Hot Chocolate Toppings
Herbs and Spices to Steep Milk InPour warm milk in these herbs and spices and steep for an hour if you don’t mind extra work to add extra flavors
If you have additional ideas for hot chocolate mix-ins, toppings, and steeping herbs and spices, leave a comment in the post to share it with fellow readers. How to Make Vegan Hot ChocolateWhether you’re lactose-intolerant or vegan, there might be reasons you want to avoid cow milk in your hot chocolate. To make your hot chocolate vegan, make sure you’re using dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate, which might contain milk solids. Substitute the cow milk with dairy-free milk, including soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or even trendy oat milk. If you’re vegetarian or vegan, double check your toppings are vegan. For example, make sure your marshmallows don’t contain gelatin. How to Make Paleo Hot ChocolateIf you don’t consume dairy, substitute with coconut milk, almond milk, cashew milk, or another milk that agrees with your paleo diet. And definitely drink the hot chocolate in the snow, because that’s probably what cavemen used to do when they made hot chocolate. How to Make Sugar-Free Hot ChocolateUse the highest percent of chocolate you can find to reduce the amount of sugar in your hot chocolate. You probably won’t be able to find cooking or baking chocolate with higher than 75% cacao, which means you can use chocolate bars made for eating, which are typically in a different aisle than the baking goods in your grocery store. You can find 100% cacao chocolate bars at Trader Joe’s. Many other grocery stores, including Safeway and Whole Foods, sell 85% cacao chocolate bars. If the hot chocolate is too bitter with 100% cacao chocolate bars, you can add maple syrup, honey, or monkfruit (luo han guo) to sweeten your hot chocolate (or stevia, but I’m not a fan of how stevia tastes). We tried adding cocoa powder to the hot chocolate to reduce the sweetness. It works but it adds gritty texture, and it clumps easily so it’s extra work to make smooth hot chocolate.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe Rate Recipe This hot chocolate recipe takes 5 minutes or less, 2 ingredients, and a microwave. It's a no-cook recipe that's perfect for hotel travelers, tiny-house dwellers, students in dorm rooms, and busy working people who don't want to deal with a stove. Prep Time: 1 minute Cook Time: 4 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Course: Drinks Cuisine: American Keyword: 10 ingredients or less, 5-minute recipe, comfort, fall, family-friendly, no-cook Servings: 1 people Calories: 364kcal Cost: $2
Calories: 364kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 445mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 395IU | Calcium: 286mg | Iron: 1mg What to Eat With Hot ChocolateGarlic Butter Popcorn For a twist on the classic popcorn recipe, this buttery popcorn carries a hint of garlic. It’s subtle and sure to delight garlic lovers. Get the Recipe 5-Minute Garlic Bread with Fresh Garlic This is a super quick and easy garlic bread recipe that’s perfect for satisfying my garlic cravings. Scale the recipe up to serve three, four, or even six with the same amount of effort. Get the Recipe Robin’s garlic sweet potatoes My new colleague Robin generously shared his sweet potatoes with garlic recipe with me. Alex and I took his instructions and added our spin on it by pan frying the sweet potatoes to add crispiness. Thanks Robin for the inspiration! Get the Recipe Similar Recipes You Will Love5-Minute Homemade Lemonade Infusions Make lemonade from scratch! Even better, make your simple syrup from scratch and infuse it with herbs and flowers to give the lemonade a zing. Get the Recipe Homemade Sugar-Free Masala Chai (Tea) A sugar-free chai for people who love drinking spicy chai but don't want the sugar-laden mixes from the store. Tweak the spice ratios to create a chai that's tailored to your tastebuds. Get the Recipe FAQ About Hot ChocolateHow Long Does The Hot Chocolate Last in The Fridge?You can put unfinished hot chocolate in the fridge and reheat it in the microwave. We tested hot chocolate left in the fridge of 3 days and it tasted just as good upon reheating. The “cool” chocolate will separate. Give it a good stir before you put it in the microwave to heat up. If you followed the recipe correctly to make smooth hot chocolate, your drink should be smooth and emulsified once you reheat it. We added instant coffee to the leftover chocolate to make a mocha. How Can I Enjoy Snow with My Hot Chocolate?Come to visit me in Boulder, Colorado. We’ll sit in the tea-sipping area downstairs from our apartment. You’ll get to enjoy hot chocolate in a range of snowstorms. How do you make hot chocolate with milk in the microwave?To heat up milk for hot chocolate, pour milk into a mug leaving at least one centimeter on top. Bring the mug to the microwave and heat it on medium-high for 60 to 90 seconds. Then, follow the above recommendations and stir the milk every 15 seconds. Heat it for 1 ½ minutes on high to warm milk for hot chocolate bombs.
Can you just heat up chocolate milk for hot chocolate?Heat fat free chocolate milk on low heat on stove top or in oven (be careful because it will burn). Serve in a styrofoam cup with a 'coffee sip lid'. Tip!
Can you heat up hot chocolate in the microwave?Place the desired amount of hot chocolate in a microwave-safe cup or mug and nuke for 30 seconds at a time on medium power level until fully heated. Frequent stirring enables the beverage to heat evenly and more quickly.
How do I substitute hot chocolate for cocoa powder?Hot chocolate mix
So, you will have to adjust the sugar in your recipe but the flavor will be similar to when you use cocoa powder. Substitute 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder with 2 teaspoons hot chocolate mix.
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