How to make traditional Mexican Hot Chocolate
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Make this traditional Mexican hot chocolate using a few ingredients and following a few simple steps.
Ingredients + gadgets
- Mexican chocolate. This type of chocolate is available in most grocery stores. It comes in hard tablets that dissolve when boiled in milk. The tablets already contain sugar, so you don’t need to add more.
- Milk. Use 4 cups of Milk for every chocolate tablet.
- Molinillo or hand blender. A molinillo is a wooden frother if you don’t have one available use a hand blender instead. Using the molinillo or hand blender will give you a better tasting beverage, try not to skip this step.
- Cinnamon (optional)
Mexican hot chocolate
The recipe included in this post is for a small batch, however, in my family, we make this drink around the holidays, so make adjustments as needed.
Mexican hot chocolate
Make delicious Mexican hot chocolate using a few ingredients and simple steps.
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Milk
- 1 tablet Mexican hot chocolate.
- Cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Place milk and chocolate tablet in a large pot and bring to a boil.
- Mix with a wooden spoon until the chocolate tablet dissolves.
- Once, the chocolate tablet dissolves, insert the molinillo or hand blender to create a froth. Don't skip this part, the molinillo or hand mixer remove all the graininess and make the drink super smooth.
- Add cinnamon. (optional)
- Pour and enjoy!
Notes
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The clay pot and clay mug you see here add a lot of flavor and authenticity to this drink.
Every time my family or I go to Mexico, we come back with some pottery to add to the collection. They are surprisingly strong to travel with, so I keep buying more. If you would like to get your hand on some of these I would recommend visiting a Mexican market; you might get lucky and find a good selection there.
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