Recipe
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate + Cream Cheese Whipped Cream
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate is silky smooth and luscious, made with the most decadent cream cheese whipped cream. Super customizable tasty!
Prep: 5 minCook: 10 minTotal: 15 min
Servings: 2 1x
Ingredients
Red Velvet Hot Chocolate:
- 2 cups whole milk (or your favorite kind of milk)
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (Cacao v. Cocoa Powder: What’s the Difference?)
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 drops of red food coloring
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- optional: 1 teaspoon cocoa powder and festive sprinkles for decorating the tops
Cream Cheese Whip Cream:
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place the milk, cocoa powder, agave nectar, vanilla, red food coloring, and salt in a sauce pot over medium-high heat.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes, whisking frequently.
- Once warmed and combined, pour into two individual mugs.
- Meanwhile, place the heavy whipping cream and cream cheese into a standing mixer and whip on high for 3 minutes until the cream starts to stiffen.
- Add the agave nectar and vanilla to the mixing bowl.
- Whip for another two minutes until the whip cream has stiff peaks.
- To achieve a swirl effect on top of the hot cocoa, transfer the whip cream to a plastic baggie and cut off one corner. Move it in a circular motion to swirl it around the top of the mug. Alternatively, you can dollop the whip cream into each mug on top of the hot chocolate.
- Decorate! This is optional, but to make it even prettier: Place 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder in a metal sifter and shift it over the hot chocolate. Add some festive sprinkles if desired.
Nutrition Info:
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 460
- Sugar: 37.4g
- Sodium: 485mg
- Fat: 29.6g
- Saturated Fat: 18.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1.6g
- Protein: 11.6g
- Cholesterol: 97mg
