Decadent Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate - Sally's Baking Recipe

Taking an intermission from romping in the snow, or watching Elf with your family just wouldn’t be the same without a piping mug of hot chocolate (and no, the stuff in the blue packet doesn’t count). This homemade version is extra creamy and decadent since it features melted chocolate. Not to mention it’s so much easier in the slow cooker!

Ingredients for you real quick: milk and cream. Use whole milk and heavy cream for the creamiest texture. 1% or 2% milk would be excellent as well, as long as you’ve got that heavy cream in there. That’s where most of the decadence comes from!

Also: cocoa powder and pure chocolate. Just a little cocoa. I used natural unsweetened but you can use dutch-process here. There’s no baking involved, so it can be an easy switch. Make sure you don’t use chocolate chips. . They don’t melt down very easily and will separate from the liquid. But pure chocolate melts down beautifully. And tastes better as a drink, too!

Sugar for sweetness and vanilla for a little extra flavor. That’s it!

Just throw it into the slow cooker, whisk every now and then, and it’s done. Takes 5 minutes of prep and either 6 hours on low or 4 hours on high. Make this decadent slow cooker hot chocolate for a treat while decorating sugar cookies! And have it warming in the slow cooker for all your cookie exchange parties, gift exchange parties, work holiday parties, and cookie baking marathon days.

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