Peppermint White Hot Chocolate Recipe

This white hot chocolate recipe with a peppermint twist is an easy, make-at-home version of the gourmet beverage, European sipping chocolate.

Have you ever had European-style sipping chocolate? It’s like drinking melted chocolate. So good.

This weekend, the weather turned cool and we started pulling our Christmas decorations out of the attic. And I got it in my head that I wanted some sipping chocolate, but made with white chocolate and an infusion of peppermint.

I came up with this peppermint white hot chocolate recipe that is angling to become my signature drink this holiday season.

Trimming the tree? Pour me a mug.

Snowball fight? Sure, if I can warm up with some heavenly white hot chocolate afterwards.

And the peppermint twist? It’s the work of International Delight® Peppermint Mocha creamer, one of the delicious seasonal flavors available for the holidays.

If you’re used to making hot chocolate from powder, you owe it to yourself to try this easy from-scratch recipe.

I bet you won’t go back to the old way once you taste the difference.

Peppermint Twist White Hot Chocolate

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

15 mins

Thick, creamy, homemade white hot chocolate with a peppermint twist.

Serves: 4 servings of hot chocolate

Ingredients

1 cup milk
1 cup International Delight® Peppermint Mocha coffee creamer
6 ounces white chocolate chips
Whipped cream
crushed peppermint candies, for garnish
light corn syrup

Instructions

Combine milk and creamer in a heavy sauce pan and heat over a medium-low burner.
When the milk mixture is warm, add the white chocolate chips .
Stir constantly, until the chocolate is melted, about 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Pour a small amount of corn syrup in a bowl.
Dip the rim of a coffee mug in the corn syrup and then dip in peppermint candy pieces to coat the rim.
Pour hot chocolate in mugs and garnish with whipped cream and more peppermint candy pieces.

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 6 ounces

I’m just a little bit smitten with this creamy, pepperminty, warm-your-bones beverage.

As gourmet as it sounds, this white hot chocolate is really easy to make. You’ll just need a little patience at the stove as you wait for the chocolate to melt.

Like Santa, it’s worth the wait.

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This conversation is sponsored by International Delight. The opinions and text are all mine.