Celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day With These Tasty Recipes

It’s January 31 and that means it is National Hot Chocolate Day! Hot chocolate is a delicious warm, rich, chocolatey drink. You can top your hot chocolate with so many things too! Everyone, young and old, will love celebrating National Hot Chocolate Day! And these delicious recipes will help you not only make delicious hot drinks during this cold month, but celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day!

National Hot Chocolate Day

Hot chocolate is great no matter what and is a nostalgic drink for many. However, hot chocolate or chocolate beverages date back to 500 BC when the Mayans drank a chocolate drink with water, crushed cocoa seeds, and chili peppers. Swiss Miss created it’s first powdered hot cocoa mix in 1961 and that’s the drink most of us recognize I think. Regardless of how you consume your hot cocoa, let’s celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day with these yummy recipes!

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Related: Make homemade salted marshmallows for your hot chocolate!

Delicious Hot Chocolate Recipes To Celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day

1. Classic Hot Cocoa Recipe

This is a classic hot cocoa recipe and it’s perfect for everyone! You use milk, sugar, cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate. It’s rich, creamy, hot, and yummy!

2. Dark Hot Chocolate Recipe Recipe

Dark chocolate is slightly sweet, but bitter. And this dark hot chocolate is so tasty, tangy, semi-sweet, and perfect for anyone who doesn’t like super sweet cocoa.

3. White Hot Chocolate Recipe Recipe

I’ve never had white hot chocolate until recently. And it’s tasty, with hints of vanilla, but very sweet! It’s so simple, you make it like regular hot cocoa, but you use white chocolate and don’t add sugar.

4. Crockpot Hot Chocolate Recipe Recipe

Make hot chocolate for everyone to celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day! You can make a delicious rich, sweet, and hot chocolate in a crockpot using this crock pot hot chocolate recipe.

5. Chili Hot Chocolate Recipe

This spicy hot chocolate uses chili peppers and is called Aztecs hot chocolate. It doesn’t just have chili peppers, but also bittersweet chocolate, cloves, cinnamon, vanilla, and cornmeal. This spicy hot chocolate is unique, historical, and tasty.

6. Ghirardelli Hot Chocolate Recipe

Ghirardelli hot chocolate is delicious. They make delicious candy, but they make delicious hot coco too. And you top this hot chocolate with a chocolate square! Yum!

7. Hot Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Hot chocolate cupcakes are so good. If you’ve never tried it you’re missing out! Chocolatey sweetness with marshmallows. This is a fun twist on hot chocolate and perfect for National Hot Chocolate Day.

8. Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board Recipe

A hot chocolate charcuterie board is perfect for National Hot Chocolate Day! You have hot chocolate available and a board of delicious toppings. Everyone can make their hot chocolate to their liking.

9. Strawberry Hot Chocolate Recipe

This strawberry hot chocolate is sweet, fruity, and a pretty pink drink. Strawberry hot chocolate is fun, tasty, and great if you want something different for National Hot Chocolate Day.

10. Hot Chocolate Lasagna Recipe

I’ve make Hot Chocolate Lasagna, and it’s rich and decadent. If you can’t handle really sweet desserts, this isn’t for you. Be warned! But it’s so good and a crowd pleaser.

11. Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies Recipe

What a fun way to celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day! These hot chocolate marshmallow cookies are chocolatey, chewy, and have marshmallows. Can’t have hot chocolate without marshmallows!

12. Hot Chocolate Pie Recipe

This hot chocolate pie is so good. It’s sweet, custardy, and topped with fluffy roasted marshmallows. Who knew you could eat your hot chocolate?

13. Hot Chocolate Dip Recipe

This hot chocolate dip is sweet, fluffy, and perfect for dipping cookies, fruit, and even graham crackers. You can add sprinkles, marshmallows, spices, or really anything on top of your hot chocolate dip.

14. Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

Don’t buy hot chocolate mix! You can make your own hot chocolate mix with 8 ingredients. Keep it on hand or jar it and give it as a gift.

15. Hot Chocolate Cake Recipe

Oh my gosh, this hot chocolate cake is so pretty and looks so tasty. Chocolate cake, fluffy chocolatey filling, and hot cocoa flavoring. It’s so good.

16. Hot Chocolate Fudge Recipe

I love fudge. And I love hot chocolate. I’m excited to have hot chocolate fudge! It’s sweet, delicious, and covered in marshmallows. This is a fun twist on the hot drink.

17. Hot Chocolate Float Recipe

Y’all… I’m so disappointed in myself for never once considering this. Hot chocolate with a scoop of ice cream sounds like heaven. Hot chocolate floats are definitely happening in my house.

18. Hot Chocolate Pancakes Recipe

This hot chocolate pancake recipe is essentially dessert for breakfast, but I’m not mad about it. Hot chocolate pancakes are covered in marshmallows, drizzled in chocolate, and topped with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

19. Hot Chocolate Popcorn Recipe

Sweet and salty is a great combo and I won’t be convinced otherwise. This hot chocolate popcorn is perfect for a movie night or if you just have a sweet tooth. It’s popcorn covered in chocolate with sprinkles and marshmallows. Yum!

20. Hot Chocolate Coffee Recipe

Hot chocolate coffee is my go to drink. I’m not a huge fan of coffee, but sometimes I need a pick me up. Add milk, hot cocoa, and marshmallows, and you have a great morning comforting beverage.

Best Hot Cocoa Toppings

We love fixing up our cups of hot cocoa and here are some of our favorite toppings:

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How are you celebrating National Hot Chocolate Day?