Death By Hot Chocolate
Dangerously rich, impossibly creamy, and loaded with chocolate from the very first sip to the last, this is hot chocolate with absolutely no apologies
This is not your average sachet-and-hot-water situation. Death by Hot Chocolate is exactly what it sounds like: a full-throttle, unapologetically indulgent, life affirming mug of pure chocolate obsession, built in layers for maximum depth and richness. We're talking real melted dark chocolate, velvety hot milk, pure vanilla, and enough toppings to make it a dessert in its own right.
It's the kind of drink you make on a cold, grey afternoon when nothing else will do, when only something truly excessive and deeply chocolatey will cut through the gloom. Thick, warming, and completely over the top in the best possible way, this recipe earns its dramatic name with every sip.
Serving suggestions:
In an oversized mug piled high with freshly whipped cream and a dusting of dark cocoa
As a dessert drink after a dinner party, served with a small square of good chocolate on the side
Topped with toasted marshmallow and a drizzle of salted caramel for a campfire-style treat
Spiked with Baileys, Kahlúa, or dark rum for a grown-up Easter indulgence
Alongside warm brownies or chocolate lava cake for a full chocolate overload experience
Served in a glass mug to show off the layers, garnished with chocolate shavings and a cinnamon stick
As a cosy movie-night drink with a scoop of vanilla ice cream melting slowly on top
Need
- 200 Grams chocolate dark, in pieces BUY
- 200 Grams cream BUY
- 250 Grams whole milk BUY
- 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste BUY
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To Serve
- Perfect Whipped Cream Recipe
- Melted Chocolate tempered and cut into shards Recipe
Do
- 1
Place all ingredients in the Thermomix bowl. Melt 3 min/70°C/speed 2. Scrape sides of bowl and continue 1 min/70°C/speed 2.
- 2
Pour into pretty cups. Top with whipped cream and decorate with shards of chocolate.
- 3
Consume at your own risk, haha!
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of nine, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
