Homemade Hot Cocoa With Marshmallows Recipe

There's nothing quite like coming in from the chilly weather outside to a steaming hot mug of hot cocoa topped with marshmallows. While you could make it from an instant powdered mix, it's just as easy to make it from scratch with cocoa powder, sugar, milk, and vanilla. The terms "Hot cocoa" And "Hot chocolate" Are often used interchangeably, but there are technical differences. Hot cocoa is differentiated from hot chocolate because it's made with cocoa powder. Hot chocolate, on the other hand, is made with melted chocolate, and because it is typically made with sweetened milk or dark chocolate, sugar is not usually added. If you want cocoa with more intense chocolate flavor, whisk some melted bittersweet chocolate into the hot cocoa or add an extra tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder to the sugar mixture.