This recipe for Easy Favorite Hot Chocolate is the perfect crowd-pleasing hot chocolate to serve at a DIY hot chocolate topping bar party!

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For some of us as kids, the biggest incentive to brave the bone-chilling frigid winter was seeking an adrenaline rush, whether it was in the form of sledding, snowboarding, or skiing. For others, it was the promise of warming up with hot chocolate afterwards that coaxed us outside. And then for others yet – perhaps the smartest of all – it was both.

Hot chocolate is one of those things that just about everyone can agree on, which makes it the perfect thing to focus on at a winter party.…