Why you'll love this recipe! Indulgent - Forget everything you know about store-bought hot chocolate packets. My easy homemade hot chocolate is made with melted dark chocolate, cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla to make it irresistibly luxurious. Adult-friendly - A little bourbon in each sip brings the après ski vibes to any occasion. Need a kid-friendly drink? Just skip the booze! So simple - Just one pot, a handful of ingredients, and about 10 minutes on the stove.
The etymology of chocolate is via Spanish via Nahuatl - xocólatl combines xococ for sour, atl for water, owing to the bitterness of its earliest uses for what was once an elegant drink in the royal courts of ancient Mexico. Its export to Europe and the passing of centuries made "hot chocolate" a milk-derived sweet drink, warmed, though in Indigenous communities in Mexico, it's still