Quick and Easy Homemade White Hot Chocolate Recipe

Quick and Easy Homemade White Hot Chocolate Recipe Post Preview: This simple white chocolate hot chocolate recipe is quick to throw together and sure to please your family on a cold evening. It’s also perfect for parties! 

I’ve mentioned before how we love hot chocolate. There’s just something so comforting and cozy about it, especially during the winter. Since my family also loves white chocolate, this white hot chocolate seemed like the perfect fit.

Whether you are planning a family night in or hosting a party with a hot chocolate bar or buffet, I think you’ll find this white hot chocolate recipe is a great addition to your festivities. I bet you even already have all or most of the ingredients at home. Score!

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Quick and Easy Homemade White Hot Chocolate Recipe

Note: There is a printable version of this recipe farther down in the post.

White Chocolate Hot Chocolate Ingredients

• 3/4 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup of water
• 1 to 1 & 1/2 cups of white chocolate chips, depending on the taste and level of sweetness you would like
• 1/2 gallon of milk
• Whipped cream
• Crushed peppermint for garnish, optional (or you could use candy cane spoons)

Note about the white chocolate choice: This is an integral flavor in your white chocolate hot chocolate, so don’t buy the cheapest white chocolate you can find. You could even skip out on using white chocolate chips and use something like chopped up White Chocolate Lindor Truffles. Holy yum!

White Hot Chocolate Recipe Directions

1. Add the sugar, salt, vanilla, and water into a large saucepan or dutch oven pan on the stovetop.

2. Turn on the stovetop burner to medium heat. Stir the contents of your pan frequently, until a syrup forms.

3. Add in your white chocolate chips and continue to stir until they have melted.

4. Pour milk into the pan. Stir until the top of your drink becomes frothy.

5. Pour your white hot chocolate into individual mugs and top with whipped cream.

6. For a festive garnish, you may add crushed peppermints on top of the whipped cream, if desired.

7. Enjoy!

Homemade White Hot Chocolate Printable Recipe

Quick and Easy Homemade White Hot Chocolate Recipe

Angie Kauffman

This simple white chocolate hot chocolate recipe is quick to throw together and sure to please your family on a cold evening. It’s also perfect for parties! 

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Course beverage

Ingredients

  

• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 - 1½ cups white chocolate chips depending on the taste and level of sweetness you would like
• 1/2 gallon milk
• Whipped cream
• Crushed peppermint for garnish optional

Instructions

 

• Add the sugar, salt, vanilla, and water into a large saucepan or dutch oven pan on the stovetop.
• Turn on the stovetop burner to medium heat. Stir the contents of your pan frequently, until a syrup forms.
• Add in your white chocolate chips and continue to stir until they have melted.
• Pour milk into the pan. Stir until the top of your drink becomes frothy.
• Pour your white hot chocolate into individual mugs and top with whipped cream.
• For a festive garnish, you may add crushed peppermints on top of the whipped cream, if desired.
• Enjoy!

Notes

Note about the white chocolate choice: This is an integral flavor in your white chocolate hot chocolate, so don't buy the cheapest white chocolate you can find. You could even skip out on using white chocolate chips and use something like chopped up White Chocolate Lindor Truffles. Holy yum!

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