A decadent and easy hot chocolate recipe that’s been spiced with warming chai spices to make it extra special this festive this season!
With temperatures going south, we find ourselves reaching for warming and comforting foods. And one very popular winter drink is a delicious cup of hot chocolate. Since my love to chocolate is immense, I can actually have a cup of cocoa all through the year! Nonetheless, the festive time that is now and the chill in the air just makes it more special. That’s why here I’ve flavoured my hot chocolate with some warming chai spice. And this bit extra, I think makes the drink even more cozy and yummy. After all, this is also the season for some warming spices. My chai spiced hot chocolate, besides the cocoa have cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon powders in it. Moreover, for this recipe especially, I love toasting the spices first and then adding them to the drink. This not only makes their flavour more enhanced but also makes the hot chocolate more delicious and fragrant.
Now, I’ve kept my hot chocolate alcohol free, but you could make it a dash toasty, if you’d like. Once the milk mixture is off the flame, add in a dash of some spiced rum. A good mix and you will have a deliciously boozy chai spiced hot chocolate! And since it is the season to be merry, this would be just what the grown ups need. Now, coming back to my recipe, I am a fan of dark chocolates so I’ve used a 75% dark chocolate bark to make my drink. However, you are free to choose the chocolate you love for your cup of cocoa. Moreover, I have sweetened my hot chocolate with honey, to keep it refined sugar free. But you could use any sweetener of your choice, as well.
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I sincerely hope that you are going to love this homemade chai hot cocoa and enjoy it with your loved ones this festive season. Since everybody loved a good, huge mug of hot chocolate this is one yummy family drink. If you’d like to leaves the spices out, you could still go ahead and make yourself a delicious cuppa with this recipe. And if you do, I’d love to know how it turned out for you. You can share your feedback with me in the comments section below. You could also share your food pictures with me over on Pinterest and Instagram. Happy festivities!
Eat hearty!
Chai spiced hot chocolate
Equipment
- Sauce pan
Ingredients
- 400 ml milk whole or semi-skimmed
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- ½ cup dark chocolate roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp honey or any sweetener to taste
- 3-4 green cardamom
- ½ inch cinnamon stick
- ½ tsp nutmeg powder
Instructions
- Mix the cornflour with 2-3 tablespoons of the milk and set it aside. In a saucepan add the milk, honey and cocoa powder, whisk it together and set it to boil over a medium flame
- When the milk mixture comes to a boil, lower the flame and add in the cornflour slurry. Keep stirring and cooking until the milk thickens. Next add the chocolate and remove from flame. Let this sit for 5-7 minutes, undisturbed
- In the meanwhile, lightly toast the cardamoms and cinnamon, in a pan, over medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Remove and grind to a fine powder
- Back to the saucepan, whisk the melted chocolate in with the milk until it is fully incorporated in it. Then add the nutmeg powder and a teaspoon of the cinnamon and cardamom powder, give it a good mix
- Pour this in coffee mugs and serve your deliciously chai spiced hot chocolate, warm with your favourite cookies. Cheers!
Notes
- The cardamom and cinnamon powder is more than what you'd need for this recipe. Store the remaining in an air tight jar to use again
- I have used 75% dark chocolate for my recipe here. You could use any chocolate as per taste
- Adjust the amount of the sweetener in the recipe, as per taste
- ml - millilitres
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablespoon
- 1 cup = 25- millilitres
