Homemade Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa
This is the best creamiest hot cocoa recipe out there.
Equipment
- 2x Sauce pan
- Whisk
- mugs
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup filtered water
- 1/3 cup hershey's unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 4 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup salted caramel baking bites
- 1/3 cup caramel drizzle
- sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Bring the water to a boil
- Melt the salted caramel baking bites in another pan or in the microwave while water is coming to a boil
- Once water is boiling, whisk in the cocoa powder, sugar and sea salt
- Once the mixture has formed into a paste, whisk in the 2% milk (you can add more milk to make it less rich)
- Once it's nearing your ideal temperature, add the vanilla extract.
- Continue stirring until it's very hot but not boiling.
- Pour into your favorite mugs and add toppings as you please. (I added more caramel and some cute candy cane sprinkles)