Vodka Hot Chocolate

Ready to indulge in a decadent, warm winter treat? Stir up this vodka hot chocolate which combines a smoothness of chocolate with a little bite of vodka. It’s perfect for cozy nights by the fire.

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• 🍫 What is a Vodka Hot Chocolate?
• ⭐ When to Make This Drink
• 📖 Variations:
• 🥄 Equipment
• 📋 Ingredients
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions
• Recipe

🍫 What is a Vodka Hot Chocolate?

A vodka hot chocolate is an easy combination of one shot of vodka added to a mug of warm and delicious hot chocolate. You know and how big this cocktail is warm, creamy and decadent with a little bite of alcohol as it goes down.

This delicious cocktail is so easy to make. You only need two ingredients and just about 5 minutes to stir it up. It may take a little longer if you choose to make your hot chocolate from scratch.

Hot chocolate mixes well with a wide variety of liquors and liqueurs. You can also easily make a rumplemintz hot chocolate, vodka and hot chocolate or rum hot chocolate.

Here are a few reasons why you’re sure to love this cocktail:

• Easy to customize. You can easily change the flavor up in this drink simply by adding different flavors of vodka to it.
• Quick to make. Especially if you’re using instant hot chocolate, you can stir this one up in just under 5 minutes.
• Warm and delicious. It’s perfect for chili nights or the winter holiday season as it’ll warm you from the inside with its decadent chocolate goodness.

⭐ When to Make This Drink

Looking for events to serve this one not that? Try a few of these out:

• Christmas parties
• winter celebrations
• New Year’s Eve
• Valentine’s Day

📖 Variations:

If you’re looking for ingredients substitutions or other flavor variations for this drink, here are a few things to try:

• Use flavored vodka. Change up the flavor in a string by using a flavored vodka. Some favorite you might try are chocolate vodka, caramel vodka or whipped cream vodka.
• Use a flavored hot chocolate. If you want to make this one even more decadent, use a flavored hot chocolate like this orange chocolate or even a butterfinger hot chocolate.
• Make it dairy-free. With this one up with oat milk hot chocolate or other dairy-free milk.
• Add extra garnishes. Add some mini marshmallows, a little chocolate syrup or even a maraschino cherry on top.

🥄 Equipment

• Coffee Mug
• jigger
• bar spoon

📋 Ingredients

• 6 oz Hot Chocolate – You can use instant or make your own for this. We like to use dark chocolate for a little extra richness. However, we also like to use instant so that it goes faster.
• 2 oz Vodka – The vodka isn’t the strongest flavor in this drink, but it’s still nice to use at least a mid-shelf vodka. We like to use Stoli. However, you can use whatever brand you prefer.
• (optional garnish) Whipped Cream

👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions

Step one

Gather up everything you need including mug, hot chocolate, jigger, vodka, bar spoon and whipped cream.

Step two

Go ahead and make your hot chocolate. If you’re using instant hot chocolate, just toss it in the microwave. If you’re making your own it might take a little longer.

Step three

He’s a jigger to measure 2 oz of vodka. Then, dump it into the bottom of the mug.

Step four

Use the jigger to measure 6 oz of hot chocolate. Then, dump it into the mug.

If you want to skip measuring, you can. Simply pour the hot chocolate directly into the mug until it’s full.

Step Five

If you want, give the drink a stir. Then, top it with a large dollop of whipped cream.

Recipe