Luxury hot chocolate with mix ’n’ match toppings

Name: Luxury hot chocolate with mix ’n’ match toppings
Total time: 15 min
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: cocoa powder 3 tbsp; whole milk 1.5 litres; demerara sugar 3 tbsp, plus extra to taste; dark chocolate 100g, chopped; vanilla extract 1 tsp; single cream 150ml; dark rum, whisky, brandy, Disaronno or Baileys; squirty cream; Cadbury flakes; Chloe’s Hazelnut & Cocoa Wafers (available from Waitrose and ocado.com); cinnamon sticks; ground cinnamon; chocolate chips; mini marshmallows; fudge chunks

15 minutes
serves 8
Easy

Set up a little table outside with all the toppings, then let people help themselves to create their own take on the ultimate hot chocolate

By Janine Ratcliffe

October 23, 2019 at 10:15 am

Ingredients

cocoa powder 3 tbsp
whole milk 1.5 litres
demerara sugar 3 tbsp, plus extra to taste
dark chocolate 100g, chopped
vanilla extract 1 tsp
single cream 150ml

TOPPINGS

dark rum, whisky, brandy, Disaronno or Baileys
squirty cream
Cadbury flakes
Chloe’s Hazelnut & Cocoa Wafers (available from Waitrose and ocado.com)
cinnamon sticks
ground cinnamon
chocolate chips
mini marshmallows
fudge chunks

Method

Step 1

Put the cocoa in a large bowl or jug and mix in enough cold milk to make a smooth paste. Put the rest of the milk in a pan and bring to a simmer. Whisk the milk into the cocoa paste until everything is incorporated then pour back into the pan. Add the sugar, chopped chocolate, vanilla and cream, and heat gently, stirring until everything is combined. Sweeten with extra demerara sugar to your liking.
Step 2

Pour the chocolate into heatproof glasses and let everyone add their own toppings.