Warm Mint White Hot Chocolate is super creamy and sweet with a burst of cool, refreshing mint flavor. It's a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients that comes together quickly for a drink that's as rich and comforting as it is pretty.
Mint White Hot Chocolate
Mint White Chocolate is a perfect way to warm up on a cold day with a super rich, creamy, and sweet white hot chocolate and a burst of cool, refreshing mint. Each warm, minty sip is pure decadence.
It's super easy to make with just 5 ingredients and a few minutes. It's also pretty to serve, and easy to make a big batch and keep it warm in the slow cooker for parties or holidays.
Serve topped with marshmallows, whipped cream, or both!
What's the Best Kind of Chocolate to Use for Mint White Hot Chocolate?
When making a recipe with very few ingredients, I find it's best to use higher quality ingredients for best results. In the case of mint white hot chocolate, this means that the white chocolate should be a good quality white chocolate bar.
However, in a hot chocolate emergency, you can easily substitute with white chocolate chips, and the recipe will still work well.
Do I Have to Use Half-and-Half?
No, you don't have to. You can use any kind of milk or even dairy-free milk substitute. But I recommend half-and-half because it's so much richer and creamier.
You can also use 3 cups milk and 1 cup heavy cream, which would be the same ratio as 2c milk and 2c half-and-half, and therefore the same consistency.
If you want your hot chocolate to taste like mint, use mint extract. If you're looking for the peppermint flavor, use peppermint extract. The flavors are different. They both will work. It just depends on which flavor you prefer (or what holiday you're celebrating. Peppermint is more festive for Christmas, while mint might be better for St Patrick's Day). You can even use spearmint, if you prefer.
Can You Make Mint White Hot Chocolate in the Slow Cooker?
Yes! Combine all of the ingredients to a slow cooker. Cover and cook on the low setting for about 2 to 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Serve immediately topped with whipped cream, or change your slow cooker to the warm setting to keep it hot until ready to serve.
More Mint Recipes You'll Love
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies - Soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies with melty, decadent chocolate chips.
Mint White Chocolate Fudge - a creamy and sweet white chocolate fudge with a burst of cool mint.
Mint Chocolate Pretzel Bites - super easy to make with just three ingredients. They make a fun festive snack for parties and holidays.
Mint Chocolate Meringues - light, fluffy mint-flavored meringues topped with chocolate chips made with just a few simple ingredients!
Mint Chocolate Bark - one of the easiest no bake treats ever that's perfect for chocolate and mint lovers and is beautiful as a gift or on a holiday dessert tray.
Mint White Hot Chocolate Video
Homemade Mint White Hot Chocolate
Warm Mint White Hot Chocolate is super creamy and sweet with a burst of cool, refreshing mint flavor. It's a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients that comes together quickly for a drink that's as rich and comforting as it is pretty.
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Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Mint White Hot Chocolate
Cook Time: 15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 15 minutesminutes
Servings: 6servings
Calories: 451kcal
Author: Michelle
Ingredients
2cupsmilk
2cupshalf & half
12ounceswhite chocolatechopped
½teaspoonpeppermint extract or mint extract
¼teaspoonvanilla extract
Optional: A few drops of food coloring
Marshmallows for topping
Instructions
In a large pot, add milk and half-and-half, and heat over medium heat until steam-y but not boiling.
Stir in the white chocolate. Continue stirring until chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is creamy.
Stir in food coloring and extracts. Stir until smooth. Serve warm.
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UPDATE INFO: This post was originally published in February 2015. It was updated with new pictures, tips, and video, and republished in November 2023.
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Rice Flour or Arrowroot Powder: These can act as thickening agents, similar to cornflour. Again, mix with a little cold liquid to create a paste and then stir into the hot chocolate.
The primary difference between white hot chocolate and a traditional hot chocolate beverage is the type of chocolate used to make the drink. Regular hot chocolate has a classic chocolate flavor, while white hot chocolate has a sweeter and creamier taste without the traditional cocoa taste.
What is white hot chocolate made of? It varies recipe to recipe, but for this version, Ree heats milk with half-and-half on the stovetop, then stirs in white chocolate chips until melted.Vanilla and salt are added at the end to add richness. Other recipes may call for chopped white chocolate.
Peppermint has a strong and sometimes spicy flavour – hence the 'pepper' part of the name. Perhaps the most potent of all mint, peppermint is actually a natural hybrid of both spearmint and watermint. Peppermint's fierceness compliments dark chocolate.Together, they produce a robust, well-rounded hit of deep flavour.
Chocolate mint has a strong minty taste, plus a presence or bouquet of chocolate, and texture is crunchy and succulent. This variety of farm-fresh mint has oval leaves, dark to medium green—but, in the summer, leaves feature more of a red color. Ideal for drinks, desserts, breads and more.
Chocolate takes on a rich, rounded, and sometimes earthy flavor, while mint provides a sharp and refreshing taste that enlivens the senses. Basically, these two foods sit on the opposite spectrums of each other in terms of texture and taste. Well, you know the notion that opposites attract.
Although hot chocolate doesn't necessarily need an even more creamy, decadent taste, using milk certainly enriches the experience. We suspect that milk adds a creamier taste than water alone, and when combined with the notes of chocolate, the smooth undertones of the milk simply add a delicious backdrop.
The lightness and creaminess created by melting marshmallows or whipped cream into hot cocoa to balance the thickness and richness of the chocolate perfectly. Not to mention, everyone loves using hot chocolate as an excuse to eat marshmallows straight out of the bag or whipped cream right from the can.
If the hot chocolate doesn't thicken, add a slurry of cornstarch and milk (dissolve ¼ teaspoon of cornstarch in a tablespoon of cold milk) to the hot chocolate and continue stirring over medium high heat until slightly thickened.
Heavy cream: not only elevates this hot chocolate recipe to decadently gourmet but also helps stabilize the milk. If you only use milk in your hot chocolate recipe, you have to be painstakingly take care not to boil the milk because it can easily curdle but heavy cream helps prevent this grievance.
What's included. Hot chocolate taken to a new level—flavors of caramelized white chocolate combined with steamed milk and finished with whipped cream, festive holiday sugar sparkles and crispy white pearls.
White hot chocolate is made with white chocolate, which contains cocoa butter, milk solids, sugar, and flavorings. Regular hot chocolate is made with dark or milk chocolate, which contains cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. White hot chocolate has a creamier and sweeter flavor compared to regular hot chocolate.
According to Starbucks, a Tall (12 oz) White Chocolate Mocha made with espresso contains 75 mg of caffeine. A Grande (16 oz) White Chocolate Mocha made with espresso contains 150 mg of caffeine, and a Venti (20 oz) White Chocolate Mocha made with espresso contains 225 mg of caffeine.
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