Fast and Velvety Hot Cocoa Using Pantry Staples

Skip the store-bought packets and make this 5-minute hot cocoa recipe! It tastes SO much better and uses just 6 pantry staples. Perfect for a snow day!
Recipe: sugarspunrun.com/hot-cocoa-re...
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons light brown sugar, firmly packed (25g)
1 Tablespoon natural cocoa powder (6g)
Pinch of table salt (about 1/16th teaspoon)
¾ cup milk, divided (177ml)
¼ cup heavy cream (60ml) (may substitute with more milk)
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:33 In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, cocoa powder, and salt and whisk together.
01:40 Add approximately 2-3 Tablespoons of your milk and whisk until smooth.
02:37 Place saucepan over low heat and whisk until sugar begins to melt and mixture darkens in color.
03:05 Add the remaining milk and the heavy cream and whisk until mixture is steaming.
03:30 Remove from heat and add vanilla extract. Stir well then pour into heatproof mug. Enjoy warm, this cocoa is excellent enjoyed plain/as-is or topped with whipped cream, marshmallows, chocolate shavings, etc.!
Notes
Servings
This recipe makes 1 cup of hot cocoa. Feel free to double, triple, or quadruple the recipe to make as many cups of cocoa as you’d like.
Cocoa
Use natural/unsweetened cocoa powder. I do not recommend using Dutch cocoa, it has an unpleasant taste in this recipe.
Sugar
I prefer light brown sugar, but regular granulated sugar could be substituted.
Milk
I use and recommend whole milk, but you can use whatever you have on hand.
Heavy cream
This ingredient is optional. If you don’t have it on hand or don’t want to use it, simply substitute with more milk (bringing the total amount of milk to 1 cup (236ml).
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[@SavoryExperimentsCooking]

Who couldn't love this?! YUM!

[@teriwilliams6746]

Perfect for my not snowy San Diego day!!🤗

[@ElizabethKDill]

I'm going to try this with coconut cream. Milk doesn't settle in my tummy.

[@glendaharding4884]

Such a great idea, thank you!!

[@karenbalkaranali4739]

OMG!!! This was perfect for Christmas

[@cutielakey1739]

Or great on a rainy day too 😊

[@papaapple93]

Sam this is a wonderful video it will forever be my go to hot cocoa recipe I love using brown sugar and cream whenever I make hot cocoa it really takes the hot cocoa to the next level. Can’t wait to watch more videos on your channel you truly create stellar content

[@Iamwhoiam993]

Yesterday was national hot chocolate day! 😋☕🍫🤗🙏🏾

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Yep, they gave us free hot cocoa mix at work at Amazon that day.

[@Iamwhoiam993]

@@MatthewTheWanderer
That's awesome! Hope it was delicious! 😋☕🍫📦🤗🙏🏾

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@Iamwhoiam993 I just tried the birthday cake flavor (of 8 total different flavors) so far, and it was a stretch to even call it "cocoa" since it was white, but it was still good.

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@@MatthewTheWanderer
😋☕🍫🎂🤗🙏🏾

[@Simsane]

Where did you find those really tiny marshmallows?

[@Billy33753]

Love hot cocoa

[@kkat7512]

Looks great

[@connpinheiro5161]

Excellent Sam thanks a lots

[@pclem4686]

Oh yeah i like hot chocolate always added whipped cream And marshmallows

[@garybeshears5632]

😊

[@alaysia7514]

Brown sugar is better for the body

[@sanctifiedpath]

Sam this looks great... btw are you hiding a secret from us?🍼

[@SugarSpunRun]

😏

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