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Hot Chocolate with Christmas Spices

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Hot Chocolate with Christmas Spices
Prep time5 min
Cook time10 min
Total time15 min
Serves2 Servings
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This spiced hot chocolate is the kind you could sip by the fire on a cool winter night, and it would warm you to the bones. Perfect for the Holidays, kids and adults will simply love it!

Nina L. Palmer
by Nina L. Palmer
Nina L. Palmer

Nina Palmer is a recipe developer and editor for Eatwell101 since 2013. She is passionate about food and culture and specializes in sweet recipes, desserts, baking, as well as developing editorial content.

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Updated Aug 21, 2026
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Yield: 2 mugs

Ingredients list for the hot chocolate with Christmas spice

  • 1 3/4 cup (400ml) milk (or almond milk)
  • 2.5 oz (70 g) dark chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 cardamom seed
  • Mini marshmallows
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Directions

1. Heat milk gently in a saucepan and add the spices. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce the heat. Allow the spices to infuse for 10 minutes.

2. Filter the milk and discard the spices. Return to the saucepan with the chocolate and cocoa powder. Bring to a gentle boil, whisking constantly. Divide between two mugs and enjoy with sugar and marshmallows!

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