Hot chocolate with cinnamon: traditional recipe and vegan recipe
Although chocolate can be enjoyed at any time of the year, it is true that hot chocolate (Also popularly known as chocolate cup) is ideal to enjoy during the months of autumn and winter, when for example we are warm home reading our favorite book or listening to music and we want to mitigate the cold we feel at those times. Especially if we do it with dark chocolate. Or even when we prepare it at home, we put it in a thermos and enjoy it in the field in the company of our family or friends.
Be that as it may, the truth is that hot chocolate is a delicious and unique preparation, which gives us the chance to enjoy all the aroma and flavor of the best chocolate but in a cup and in a liquid version. Moreover, it is a very versatile drink given that it combines perfectly with a wide variety of ingredients, especially with aromatic ingredients that increase the flavor of chocolate.
This is what happens, for example, with cinnamon, a powerful aromatic species that provides a deliciously different aroma to beverages and desserts to which we add it, whether in the form of twigs or powders, and which stands out for its incredible relaxing, antioxidant and digestive properties.
And what happens if we combine the best chocolate with cinnamon in a drink? Well, we get a wonderful hot drink ideal to enjoy in those moments when we want to enjoy all the flavor and aroma of these two delicious ingredients. Do you dare to prepare it at home? It is very easy, fast and simple. In addition, we discover a recipe to learn how to make an exquisite hot chocolate with vegan cinnamon.
How to make a hot chocolate with cinnamon
The recipe that we propose next, with the ingredients in the quantities that we indicated, will allow you to make a hot chocolate with cinnamon for approximately 4 servings.
Ingredients you need:
- 120 gr. of dark chocolate (70%)
- 1 liter of milk
- 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- 50 gr. of white sugar
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Preparation of hot chocolate with cinnamon:
First you must pour the milk in a saucepan, add the two cinnamon sticks and light the fire to heat it. Apart, in another saucepan, dissolve the cocoa powder in 100 ml. of hot milk, stirring constantly. Now add the sugar to this last dipper.
In the large saucepan pour the pieces of chocolate and stir well until it has completely melted. Add the mixture of cocoa powder, milk and sugar and continue stirring.
To finish, remove the cinnamon and pour the drink into 4 cups. Ready!.
And how to prepare a hot chocolate with vegan cinnamon?
It is also possible to enjoy a wonderful cup of cinnamon hot chocolate, but from a recipe suitable for both vegetarians and vegans. How? Very simple: it consists in replacing the milk with one of your favorite vegetable drinks, for example almond, rice or oat milk. But let's go step by step:
Ingredients needed:
- 115 gr. of dark chocolate (70%)
- 1 liter of vegetable drink (your favorite)
- 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- 50 gr. of white sugar
- 2 cinnamon sticks
Preparation of hot chocolate with vegan cinnamon:
As you can imagine, the steps to follow are absolutely the same as those indicated in the previous basic recipe, but replacing the milk of animal origin with the vegetable drink. That is, pour the vegetable drink into a saucepan, add the cinnamon sticks and heat.
In another saucepan add 100 ml. of vegetable drink and dissolve the cocoa stirring well and constantly. Then add the sugar.
Now in the large saucepan chop the chocolate and stir until it has completely melted. Add the mixture of cocoa powder mixed with the vegetable drink and sugar and stir again.
Finally remove the cinnamon sticks and pour the drink into 4 cups. To enjoy.
