Best Hot Chocolate

It’s the season for hot chocolate as the season is starting to get chilly and really, do you actually need an excuse to have a mug of hot chocolate?

Here is what you will need

2 teaspoons cocoa powder (bitter or unsweetened would work best)

2 teaspoons sugar

2 cups of milk

A handful of chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar cut into chunks whichever is more accessible for you

2 to 3 marshmallows

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time : 5 minutes

Instructions

Put your milk on a pot over the stove on medium heat
Drop in your chocolate chips in there and give it a good stir and keep stirring until the chocolate is completely dissolved. It won’t take long.
Take your mug
Pour in your cocoa powder in there
Add your sugar to the cocoa powder
Pour your milk to the mug
Stir until everything is a beautiful mess
Put your marshmallows on top and take a sip.

Enjoy it over a good book or cuddled up watching a movie.

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