Salted Honey Hot Chocolate

This Salted Honey Hot Chocolate is a luxurious and intriguing comfort drink. The hot chocolate is made from dark chocolate and sweetened with honey for a sublime cocoa taste. Topped with whipped cream laced with sea salt and honey for an extra flavour dimension. It’s very mellow and verging on addictive.

Try it with a slice of cinnamon chocolate cake topped with salted honey buttercream.

I never tire of hot chocolate. It’s a lifelong habit I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of. All that sweet, warm, milky, indulgent contentment that one mugful can offer up. What’s to knock about that?

I also never tire of trying out new flavours to feed my hot chocolate habit. (Have you spotted my guide on how to make the best hot chocolate at home?)

And guess what? Yes, I’ve been messing around with a new recipe this month and I’m excited to be welcoming back my star flavour of 2017 – salted honey – remember my salted honey ice cream? Yup, Salted Honey Hot Chocolate is now a thing in my house.

This drink is quick & simple to make and relies only on typical ingredients that are likely to be hanging around in your cupboards and fridge already. So, it’s perfect for those ad-hoc moments when you realise that only hot chocolate will suffice… Like those days when you’ve got home late and you’re chilled to the bone. Or that startling moment when you (not me) realise that it’s been 3 days since you last consumed chocolate.

Whatever the occasion, a round of deeply delicious Salted Honey Hot Chocolate can be whipped up in a flash. It’s even better if served with a chocolate-based treat such as triple chocolate brownie or chocolate-dipped pistachio biscuits.

The actual hot chocolate is very straightforward – it’s a blend of your favoured dark chocolate (for me 65% cocoa) blended with hot milk, honey and a tiny pinch of salt. I recommend giving this mix a good blitz in a blender to create a luscious, light & bubbly foam for your hot chocolate.

This base hot chocolate drink is divine on its own but when topped with whipped cream that has been spiked with sea salt and honey, it reaches an entirely different level. That salty-sweet hit of cream seems to add extra depth to the drink and makes this Salted Honey Hot Chocolate irresistibly mellow.

Leftovers can be stored (separately) in the fridge until required. Just give the chocolate a shake and reheat before spooning that heavenly cream on top.

If hot chocolate is not your thing then try out my oatmilk honey latte. I daresay you could even get away with spooning a little of the salted honey cream on the top of it.

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