Do you love holiday drinks? How about mashing up two classics together to create one? This Eggnog Hot Chocolate is flavorful, easy and oh so tasty.
I love holiday drinks! Eggnog and Hot Chocolate are two of my favorite drinks ever and when you combine the two you get something absolutely magical.
I love making homemade Hot Chocolate and I also love Homemade Eggnog they are easy recipes and you can really get crazy with the two.
Especially when you combine them together like I did with this Eggnog Hot Chocolate Recipe! Simple ingredients maker one seriously delicious drink.
Some of my favorite winter recipes include Homemade Eggnog, Slow Cooker Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and Italian Hot Chocolate!
These drinks are all so easy to make and each are absolutely delicious. Trust me you’ll want to make them all, I do every year because let’s face it, I’m obsessed.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- Minimal easy to find ingredients help this drink whip up quick.
- All ingredients are simmered in one pan making super easy clean up.
- You can easily double the recipe to serve more people.
HOW TO MAKE EGGNOG HOT CHOCOLATE, STEP BY STEP:
- Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and whisk together until combined.
- Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar has dissolved and just barely a light simmer.
- Remove from heat and divide between two mugs and top with whipped cream.
How much easier can this recipe get? You can use bought eggnog or homemade like the one I linked above. You can even add a little alcohol to jazz this up if you’d like.
Then you would have a spiked Eggnog Hot Chocolate! How delicious does that sound? We do that from time to time and switch up some of the alcohol that we use.
We have used rum, peppermint schnapps, baileys, etc. Really you can add anything that you’d think would complement this recipe if you want to spike it!
You can even substitute some of the vanilla extract with rum extract if you want the flavor without the alcohol.
HOW TO STORE:
This recipe only makes enough for about two 8 oz drinks but if you have some leftover of you plan on making a larger batch to save for later it has to be refrigerated.
Since it contains milk products it needs to be refrigerated to maintain it’s shelf life and not spoil.
You can pour into a lidded pitcher and place in the refrigerator and it should last for up to 5-7 days. Once could the chocolate is most likely to separate to the top.
This is fine, when you go to reheat it just place back I a sauce pan and slowly heat up over lower head stirring to recombine the two ingredients and you won’t have any issues.
This recipe cannot be frozen unfortunately, luckily enough Eggnog Hot Chocolate is super easy to whip up so you are able to quickly make another batch.
I really want to tell you that if you don’t try this Eggnog Hot Chocolate Recipe this season, you will surely be missing out. The two flavors combined are absolutely amazing.
Think about a milky, chocolatey, creamy drink that you can’t stop sipping one, that is exactly what this recipe is. Absolutely amazing!
It’s a no fuss, easy recipe that everyone that we have ever served it to enjoyed. They looked at us funny at first since it’s not something you normally hear of.
But once they tried it they changed their tune, so this is one recipe that we make up when we have get togethers or when we are craving a delicious drink, we always have eggnog on hand in the winter.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- For a thicker hot chocolate, half & half or heavy cream may be used instead of milk.
- This recipe makes two 8+ ounce portions or three 5+ ounce portions.
- The drink is quite rich, but so creamy and delicious. Anyone who loves eggnog will love this and even if you don’t, it might surprise you!
- We like to top it with whipped cream and add some nutmeg to add to the flavor, that is completely optional.
- You can use homemade eggnog or store bought, that is up to you (I have a Homemade Eggnog linked above).
- You can easily double this recipe to serve larger crowds.
- Any un drunk portions need to be refrigerated.
If you want one of the best drinks ever then you have to whip up a batch of this Homemade Eggnog Hot Chocolate, I can guarantee you you will not be let down.
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Eggnog Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1 cup eggnog
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 Tbs granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Whipped cream for topping
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and whisk together until combined.
- Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar has dissolved and barely comes to a light simmer.
- Remove from heat and divide between two mugs or glasses and top with whipped cream.
Notes
- Nutritional facts are not calculated with whipped cream.
- For a thicker hot chocolate, half & half or heavy cream may be used instead of milk.
- This recipe makes two 8+ ounce portions or three 5+ ounce portions.
- The drink is quite rich, but so creamy and delicious. Anyone who loves eggnog will love this and even if you don’t, it might surprise you!
- We like to top it with whipped cream and add some nutmeg to add to the flavor, that is completely optional.
- You can use homemade eggnog or store bought, that is up to you (I have a Homemade Eggnog linked above).
- You can easily double this recipe to serve larger crowds.
- Any un drunk portions need to be refrigerated.
Nutrition
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