White hot chocolate, really? My oldest is a die-hard white chocolate fan and challenged me to take a classic drink and give it the white chocolate treatment. I’ll admit upfront that I’m personally not a white chocolate person and probably never will be, but if you love it, this is a genuinely great recipe, and it’s ultra-easy to pull together.
Funny enough, white chocolate wasn’t even legally allowed to be called “chocolate” in the US until 2004, since it skips the cocoa solids entirely and relies on cocoa butter, sugar, and milk instead. Now that I’ve admitted how much I don’t care for white chocolate on its own, I have to admit this drink is actually really good. WHAT! Yeah, surprisingly it doesn’t taste overwhelmingly like white chocolate and ends up being smooth and totally drinkable. Try it and let me know what you think.
(Experiment 161)Hot white chocolate
Ingredients
- 2 cups of milk
- 90 g white chocolate ideally couverture chocolate
- dash vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a pot and heat over medium-low heat, you do not want to boil the milk here. Stir until all the chocolate is melted and is combined.
- Top with marshmallow or whipped cream