Halloween Hot Chocolate

Celebrate spooky season with this hauntingly delicious Halloween Hot Chocolate! It's velvety smooth, perfectly spiced, and super chocolatey!

Course Drinks

Keyword almond milk, chocolate, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, maple syrup, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla

Servings (see notes)

Calories 298kcal

Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and pumpkin pie spice to a large saucepot. Do not start the stove yet. Pour in about 1/4 of a cup of the almond milk, and whisk everything together until all of the cocoa powder is incorporated (this is easier to do with a small amount of almond milk at first rather than adding it all at once).
Then, add in the rest of the almond milk and the chopped semisweet chocolate.
Put the pot on the stove at medium-low heat. Whisk constantly until all of the chocolate solids are completely melted. If needed, reduce the heat to low to prevent the hot chocolate from bubbling.
When done, take the hot chocolate off the heat. When it's cool enough, do a taste test and determine if you want to add more maple syrup for sweetness, or cocoa / pumpkin pie spice for flavor.
If making the boozy version, add in the vanilla vodka here, and whisk it into the hot chocolate.
Serve the hot chocolate in coffee cups or mugs. Add on whipped cream on top to your liking, then top with Halloween sprinkles.
Enjoy!

This recipe makes four small cups of hot chocolate, or two very large cups.
I prefer almond milk in hot chocolate recipes, but you can use regular milk of course.
Be sure to use cocoa powder, not cacao powder!
For the chocolate, you can either use semisweet baking chips, or a bar of dark chocolate that is at least 70% cacao.
I don't like my hot chocolate super sweet, so feel to whisk in more maple syrup if you have a sweet tooth! :)

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