By Linda Ditch

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

2 cups whole milk

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

4 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

In a heavy saucepan, whisk milk, cream and sugar together over medium heat until it begins to simmer. Reduce the heat and add the cocoa powder and chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla. Serves 6. 

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  • Linda Ditch

    Linda Ditch

    Linda Ditch is a food writer who inherited her love of cooking from her dad. She learned most of her cooking skills watching her grandmother cook in her farmhouse kitchen, and from TV chefs like Julia Child, Jacques Pippen and Graham Kerr. Her work appears regularly in KANSAS! Magazine and Topeka Magazine. You can... Read more