Starbucks White Hot Chocolate

A glass mug filled with white hot chocolate.

5 from 2 votes

Starbucks White Hot Chocolate

This white hot chocolate is the perfect drink for when you want something rich and decadent. It tastes just like Starbucks, but it's much cheaper to make at home.

if you want to really get into the holiday spirit, add a splash of peppermint or rum extract to your mug.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: peppermint white hot chocolate, spiked white hot chocolate, starbucks white hot chocolate, white hot chocolate

Servings: servings

Author: Dahn Boquist

Ingredients

4 cups milk
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
⅛ teaspoon salt
4 ounces white chocolate bar chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Garnishes

whipped cream
chocolate shavings
mini marshmallows

Instructions

Add the milk, sweetened condensed milk, and salt to a large saucepan. Heat over medium-heat until steaming, but don’t let it boil.
Remove from heat and stir in the white chocolate and vanilla extract. Stir until the chocolate melts. If you need to return the pan to the heat, keep it on low (white chocolate burns).
Pour into mugs and top with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, and sprinkles or chocolate shavings.
Taste the white hot chocolate. If you want it to be sweeter, you can stir in more sweetened condensed milk.

Slow Cooker Instructions

Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker. Heat on low for up to six hours. Stir the mixture several times during the first hour.

Notes

For the best flavor, purchase high quality, white chocolate that has cocoa butter on the ingredient label. This recipe will work with vanilla almond bark or white chocolate chips (without cocoa butter) but it will have a better flavor and texture if you use real white chocolate.
If you want a richer, more decadent drink, replace 1 cup of the milk with heavy cream.
Make sure the milk mixture is not too hot when you add the white chocolate. If white chocolate gets too hot it will burn and clump up or seize, creating a grainy drink.

Variations:

Peppermint white hot chocolate: Add 1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract to the milk mixture. Garnish with mint, crushed peppermint candy or candy canes.
Spiked white hot chocolate: Add a splash of Bailey’s Irish cream, rum, bourbon, kailua, or peppermint schnapps. Or choose your favorite liquor. Shoot for about one ounce of liquor per cup of white hot chocolate.

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