Hot Chocolate Using Oat Milk & Chocolate Chips

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Hot Chocolate Season is upon us. December is all about snuggling under the duvet with a mug of Hot Chocolate for that warmth. We are so looking forward to the holidays.

I just figured out that you can actually make amazing Hot Chocolate with just Chocolate Chips & some Milk on hand.

I am not at all a fan of Store bought Hot Chocolate Packs. They lack flavor & not they don't taste chocolatey at all. Don't you agree?

So Let's make some delicious Hot Chocolate with some chocolate chips & Milk

What Kind of Milk to Use

The most common kind of milk used to make Hot chocolate is Whole Milk.

Using Whole milk makes the Hot Chocolate very creamy. But you can make do with 2% Milk too

You can use non dairy milk like Almond Milk, Oat Milk, Soy Milk too

Using Oat Milk

I have used Oat Milk here. Oat Milk is my favourite non dairy milk. It tastes much better than Almond Milk or Soy Milk in my opinion.

I find that using whole milk makes the Hot Chocolate a tad heavier & extremely filling. I wanted something light, not too calorie dense yet chocolatey & this actually tastes pretty good

Recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:

250 ml / 1 cup Oat Milk
2 tablespoons Dark chocolate chunks/Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
2 tablespoons Water
A dash of Vanilla
A pinch of Sea Salt

How To:

In a Heavy Pot, Add in Water & Chocolate Chips & on low flame, melt the chocolate chips. Keep whisking regularly. (I've used Dark Chocolate Chunks from Trader Joe's)

Once the chocolate chips are melted completely, add Milk & on low flame, let the milk steaming hot (Do Not Boil after adding Milk)

Turn off the heat. Add Vanilla & a pinch of Sea Salt (highly recommend) & give it a whisk. Pour into a mug. Top it with Vegan Marshmallows if you have any & Enjoy

NOTE:

Both Dark Chocolate Chunks & Semi Sweet Chocolate chips are already quite sweet so I did not find it necessary to add additional Sugar. Feel free to add sugar/Maple Syrup if you like it a tad sweeter

Marshmallows are NOT Vegetarian. So if you specifically want to make a Vegan version please look out for Vegan Marshmallows