The Easiest Homemade Hot Chocolate Recipe (Just 3 Ingredients!)

Looking for an easy homemade hot chocolate recipe? The secret to perfect
homemade hot chocolate is just three ingredients (that you probably have on hand
right now!)

Cocoa + Milk + Sugar.

That's it! This recipe is so simple you'll never buy hot cocoa mix again.

Servings: 4 cups

Author: Beth

Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
4 minutes

Total Time
9 minutes

Course:

Drinks

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

chocolate hot drink hot chocolate hot cocoa Cocoa milk sugar

🧂 Ingredients

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

I used Hershey's.
1/2 cup white sugar

(use 1/4 cup sugar if you like your hot chocolate less sweet)
3 3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup milk

(to be used separately from other milk)

Instructions

1 1. Stir together the cocoa powder and sugar in a medium saucepan.
2 2. Add 1/4 cup of milk and stir constantly over medium-high heat until mixture
begins to boil. Continue stirring constantly until all sugar is dissolved. Do
not let it burn.
3 3. Add the remaining milk to the pan and bring the heat up to the desired
temperature. Don't forget to whisk! Don't let it burn.
4 Top with mini marshmallows, whipped cream, cinnamon, or drink it straight up!