Drinking Chocolate (French Hot Chocolate)
Sipping on luscious, velvety French hot chocolate feels like you're drinking a bar of chocolate, and will transport you to a sidewalk café in the heart of Paris. If you're looking for the best hot chocolate of your life, you found it!
Servings 2 servings
Calories 392kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 4 ounces good-quality 70% dark chocolate finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon light brown sugar lightly packed (more or less to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon instant espresso powder use decaf if you want
- 1 small pinch salt
Instructions
- Chop the chocolate. (TIP: The more finely you chop the chocolate, the easier it is for it to melt into the milk.)
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming. Whisk in the chocolate until smooth and creamy, and then whisk in the brown sugar, vanilla, espresso powder, and salt.
- Heat until steaming while continuing to whisk frequently, and then remove from the heat.
- Serve immediately. (TIP: Add a generous dollop of vanilla-flavored sweetened whipped cream to turn it into chocolat viennois.)
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Notes
- You Can Adjust the Sweetness Level: To make it more sweet, add 1 teaspoon brown sugar. To make it less sweet, omit the brown sugar OR add 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder.
- You Won't Taste the Espresso Powder: The point isn’t to taste coffee in this drink, and with this amount of espresso powder, you won’t. The tiny bit of espresso flavor (like the little bit of vanilla and salt in this recipe) just accentuate the flavor of the chocolate.
Nutrition
Calories: 392kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 464mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 177IU | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 4mg