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European Style Recipe

European-Style Hot Chocolate

A thick, velvety hot chocolate made by melting real Brick Oven Roasters drinking chocolate into milk. Rich, glossy, and café-style — no powder business.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 3 oz Brick Oven Roasters 75% Dark Drinking Hot Chocolate Bar, chopped
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar or cane sugar, optional
  • 1 tsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp cold milk, optional for extra thickness
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • Whipped cream, for serving

Method

  1. Warm the milk in a small pot over medium-low heat until steaming, not boiling.
  2. Add the chopped drinking chocolate and whisk until fully melted and glossy.
  3. Whisk in sugar only if you want it sweeter. Add the pinch of sea salt.
  4. For a thicker European café texture, stir in the cornstarch slurry and simmer gently for 1 to 2 minutes while whisking.
  5. Pour into small cups and top with whipped cream. Serve hot.

Old-world café tip

Serve it in a small ceramic cup, thick and glossy, with whipped cream. European hot chocolate is supposed to feel like dessert in a cup, not watery cocoa sadness.