Rich and Thick Hot Chocolate for One

I have a very important question for you on this gray Monday morning. What is your perfect cup of hot chocolate? Is it lightly sweet? Is it sweetly bitter? Is it, as my sister so helpfully put it trying to describe her perfect hot chocolate, “fluffy,” “not hard,” and “Scottish?” (Sidebar: Whaaaaaat???)

My perfect cup goes a little something like this: thick, creamy, and decadent as hell.

If that sounds like your jam, gather round, friend. That’s what I’m sharing today.

This hot chocolate is not an everyday hot chocolate. If you want something light and chocolatey that you can sip as you go about your every day, try my Three-ingredient Hot Chocolate for One. This recipe here is strictly a special occasion drink. A coldest-day-of-the-year or waiting-for-Santa-on-Christmas-Eve sort of treat, because when I say it’s spectacularly decadent, I am not joking. It’s so rich that you’ll want to sip it slowly and luxuriously, and then probably take a nap afterwards.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon (12g) granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon (7g) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon espresso powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2/3 cup milk any percentage
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped, high-quality chips are fine*
• Whipped cream optional for topping

Instructions

1. In a small pot, combine sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt, and water. Whisk over medium-high heat until smooth. Whisk in milk and cream and heat until steaming.
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