Drinking Chocolate (aka French Hot Chocolate) is rich and smooth with deep chocolate flavor. It literally tastes like you’re drinking a melted chocolate bar! You’re only 8 minutes away from the best hot chocolate of your life. If you can't book a flight to Paris, this is the next best thing.
Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until steaming.
Whisk in the chocolate until smooth and creamy, and then the brown sugar, vanilla, espresso powder, and salt.
Heat until steaming, and then remove from the heat.
Serve.
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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.