FrenchVanilla Hot Chocolatemade with homemade sweet creamis an easy and delicious drink for winter and Valentine's Day. Made with rich and creamy homemade Vanilla Sweet Cream, Cacao powder, bittersweet chocolate, vanilla, and topped with whip cream and Valentine’s Day sprinkles. This is one comforting drink you will come to again and again!
Course cocktails, Desserts, Healthy Desserts, breakfast, Drinks, Valentine's Day Recipes
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6people
Calories 324kcal
Ingredients
4cups Heavy Whipping Cream or Milk Of Choice
1cupSemisweet or milk chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar
¼cupGuittard's Chocolate Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
3tablespoonVanilla Extract
4tbsp Honey (add more for additonal sweetness)
1teaspoonArrowroot Powder
Homemade Whipped Cream
1pintOrgnaic Heavy Whipping Cream
2tablespoonHoney or coconut sugar
1tablespoonVanilla Extract
Topping's For French Vanilla Hot Chocolate
Marshmallows
Homemade Whipped Cream
Valentine's Sprinkles or Valentine's M&M's
3tablespoonChocolate Shavings
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the heavy cream, chocolate, and cocoa powder. Add the vanilla extract and honey and continue to whisk together.
Simmer on low heat on the stovetop and contiue to whisk for 5-minutes until the hot chocolate starts to thicken. Keep stirring to help thicken the hot chocolate.
Add in 1-teaspoon of cornstarch and stir until it's dissolved to make the hot chocolate nice and thick.
Stir and remove from heat.
Top with homemade whipped cream, Valentine's sprinkles, and chocolate shavings.
For chocolate shavings, simply grate chocolate on a chese grater
Notes
French Vanilla Hot ChocolateMade With Homemade Sweet Cream is best enjoyed right away.