8 Hot Chocolate Recipes to Fight Winter Blues

By Nina L. Palmer

Updated Nov 4, 2025

by Nina L. Palmer

Updated Nov 4, 2025

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Do you like Hot Chocolate? Personally, I have fond memories of winter moments when I was a kid and almost all of them are attached to this comforting chocolate drink. When it snows and the temperature drops below thirty degrees, a Hot Chocolate is simply the perfect drink! So to fight the winter blues, check out this list of delicious homemade hot chocolate recipes we have compiled for you from some of our favorite food blogs.

Top row:
1. Smores Hot Cocoa – Chocolate Moosey
2. Gingerbread Hot Cocoa – Bakingdom
3. Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate – Fat Fre Vegan
4. Hot Chocolate (Mexican Chocolate Caliente) – Fit Fun Delish
5. Red Velvet Hot Cocoa – Heather’s French Press

Bottom row:
6. Marshmallows & Hot Chocolate – Eat Well 101
7. Peppermint Bark Hot Chocolate – Field Notes
8. Orange Hot Chocolate – My Recipe Confessions

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