Recipes

Coffee-Spiked Hot Chocolate

December 21, 2016

Perfect for a hot cocoa pick-me-up. Instant coffee makes this an easy dry mix, but if you're making it for yourself at home, use half a cup of freshly brewed coffee with half a cup of milk instead.

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Coffee-Spiked Hot Chocolate

Yield: serves 1

Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tbsp. sugar
¹⁄₂ tsp. instant coffee, or more to taste
Pinch of salt
1 tbsp. sweetened condensed milk
1 cup whole milk

Instructions

In a mug, add the cocoa powder, sugar, coffee, salt, and the condensed milk.
In a small pot, add the milk and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
Remove and transfer the milk to the mug; stir until the ingredients are incorporated, about 1 minute.