This Homemade Hot Chocolate is rich, creamy, luscious and addictive. Every sip is a heavenly experience. In fact, I'm drinking my second cup of this hot chocolate while writing this post!
Ingredients You'll Need
The printable recipe card with exact amounts and cooking directions is below.
Milk: I like to use a mixture of whole and evaporated milk to make this recipe.
Chocolate: I recommend using bitter sweet chocolate.
Cinnamon: Extra flavor.
Sweet Condensed Milk: To add sweetness and richness.
This homemade hot chocolate recipe is very easy to make, rich, creamy and delicious.
Cooking Tips
To storage leftover hot chocolate cool completely. Transfer it to a container and place in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat the hot chocolate in a pot over low heat.
How to Make Hot Chocolate
- Put the whole milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk.
- Add evaporated milk, condensed milk and cinnamon and heat until the chocolate is melted.
- Whisk well and add more condensed milk if you want your chocolate sweeter.
More Drinks to Try
Carajillo (Colombian Hot Drink)
Canelazo (Sugar Cane and Cinnamon Drink)
Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- ¼ cup sweet condensed milk or to your taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Put the whole milk into a saucepan and break the chocolate into pieces and add to the milk.
- Add evaporated milk, condensed milk and cinnamon and heat until the chocolate is melted.
- Whisk well and add more condensed milk if you want your chocolate sweeter.
Caroll Buitrago-Long
Ay que delicia, este chocolatico santafereno! Hoy amanecio lloviendo e hice el desayuno mas bogotano: caldo de papa y chocolate...
Super ese sabor de la tierrita.
Hoy celebramos el bb shower para mi nena Daniela y esta comida me da animos para el ejetreo que se avecina.
Gracias por estas delicias!
Belinda @zomppa
Oh winter came and went with nary a trace, but I can always use a lovely cup of hot chocolate like this!
grace
SO rich! also, the cinnamon is the perfect finishing touch!
Kim
Definitely going to try this. Love that it has the sweetened condensed milk.
Ivy
Mmmm love hot chocolate any time. It must be so good with three kinds of milk and love the addition of cinnamon.
Joanne
I'm always up for hot chocolate. This sounds so tasty!
5 Star Foodie
Wonderful - I like the use of three different milks, and cinnamon addition!
Hot Chocolate
That recipe looks so delicious! Where do you get that chocolate? Cinnamon makes hot chocolate wonderful.
Erica
The chocolate is from Colombia and I buy it at my local Latin market.
Jeannie
I would love a cup now, it's hot outside but freezing cold in the air-conditioned room!
Juliana
This hot chocolate looks delicious with condensed milk...so rich!
Hope you are having a wonderful week Erica 🙂
Grandma Kat @ Easy Recipes Land
I'll try this recipe out when my great grand children come to visit this weekend. So, thank you for posting it.
Grandma Kat
XOXOXOXOXO
norma
I remember my sweet hot chocolate with the addition of a sweet arepa...will try your recipe...
Sophie
ooh such a rich treat but a realy good eh,..excellent one, I agree! 🙂
MMM,...! 😉
Erin
I made this for the family the other night. It was the BEST hot chocolate I've ever had, and I'm kind of a chocolate snob. We're cooking Colombian food this week, and I'm using a few of your other recipes, too. Thank you so much for sharing them!
Carolina
I made this today and it was really good. I can't wait to make it again.
sangeeta khanna
Wow..this would be such a rich hot chocolate. I make mine with whole milk and dark chocolate cubes and sometimes a little cream added. With condensed milk and evaporated milk both it would be awesome.
Loved your blog Erica...would be back again to see the treasure.
Malice
Do Colombians ever use both evaporated and condensed milk in their hot chocolate, or is that something you like to do?
Erica
Malice, This is my own recipe.
Anne
My son asked me to make Columbian food. I found your web site and made a delicious meal of chicken cutlets, beans, plantain and arepas with cheese. Add a fresh avocado and we were all so full and happy that this recipe will have to wait …maybe only until later tonight!! I will be making more foods from your site for sure…Thanks!