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White ceramic mug of chocolat chaud, hot drinking chocolate made with cream. milk and bittersweet chocolate

Chocolat Chaud

Chocolat Chaud is rich, creamy French drinking chocolate made with milk, cream and bittersweet chocolate. So delicious and so easy to make!
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups of milk
  • 1/4 cup of heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp. water
  • 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate finely chopped

Instructions

  • In a medium saucepan, combine the milk, heavy cream, water, and sugar.
  • Place over medium heat and whisk occasionally until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Increase the heat to medium-high and heat the mixture until bubbles form around the edge of the pan.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the chocolate.
  • Blend mixture with an immersion blender. You can do this  in the saucepan but make sure that you are careful or you will have hot chocolate all over the kitchen!
  • If you do not feel like blending it then just whisk vigorously.
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: French
Keyword: chocolat chaud, french hot chocolate