A smooth and creamy homemade hot cocoa made from white chocolate chips, with just the right touch of mint. Add some food coloring, and top it off with whipped cream and crushed Andes mints for a festive holiday mint hot chocolate!
Your Christmas party won’t be complete without this fun and festive drink recipe. Don’t forget to add some christmas cookies and toffee to go with the mint hot cocoa!
Mint + White Chocolate = Yum!
Hi guys – it’s Lily!!
I have a new dessert/drink recipe to share with you today. It’s called Mint White Hot Cocoa. If you like mint and white chocolate and hot cocoa – you’ll LOVE this!! It’s so good and will keep you warm on a cold, winter day. 🙂
It’s super creamy and filled with melted white chocolate chips, with just a hint of mint extract. We added some green food coloring to make it look more festive, and topped it off with whipped cream and crushed andes mints! It was SO delicious!!
Simple to throw together!
This is a perfect drink for holiday parties because it’s so quick and easy to make.
MAKE. All you have to do is heat the milk and half and half over the stovetop over medium heat. Make sure you watch it closely—you want it to be hot, but not boiling. Then mix in the white chocolate chips and stir until they are melted. Stir in the mint extract and food coloring, and voila!
SERVE. You can ladle the mint hot chocolate into individual cups, top it with whipped cream, and crushed andes mints (or whatever chocolate you like!). We also like to add some colorful straws to make it even more fun and festive.
If you would rather substitute white chocolate mix for the the chocolate chips, you can use ¾ cup of white hot chocolate mix. Simply add it to the hot liquid and follow the recipe as usual!
Make it in the crock pot
Add all the ingredients to a crock pot, and stir. Set on LOW heat for 2 hours. When you’re ready to serve, turn off the crock pot and ladle mint hot chocolate into individual servings.
You know what’s great about this mint hot chocolate recipe? You can bring this to people when you are Christmas Caroling and they’ll love you. It will keep them warm and their throats ready to sing. 😉 It’s also great for Christmas parties!!
I hope you can come back again soon for more yummy treats from me.
more holiday drinks:
- Double Chocolate Hot Cocoa
- Peppermint Punch
- Frozen Hot Chocolate
- Mexican Hot Cocoa
- Caramel Apple Cider
Mint Hot Chocolate Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups half and half
- 1/2 bag white chocolate chips
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 2-3 drops food coloring green
- Crushed Andes mints and Whipped Cream for garnish
Instructions
- In a large pot, add milk, half & half and heat over medium heat until hot but not boiling.
- Add white chocolate chips and stir until completely melted.
- Add extract and food coloring. Stir well.
- Top with Whipped Cream and Andes. Serve warm.
Happy Baptisim Lily. It’s a wonderful thing to do in one’s life. Your hot chocolate looks so good. I wish you and your family a Very Happy Thanksgiving.
Hi Lily, I feel it works better if you use baking cocoa instead of the cocoa mix. It comes out perfect with 1/4 cup of dark cocoa powder in place of hot cocoa mix. It came out really well!
Thanks a lot for sharing this awesome recipe.
Any idea if this could be made in a slow-cooker/what temperature/time it should be on if it was?
Oh no! I swear you’re trying to torture me as this looks fantastic and just what you need after a hard days work.
LOL!! It sure is!! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you give this recipe a try 🙂
I haven’t seen many recipes with mint lately, so this one stands out to me! I love the use of mint in hot cocoa, its really strong and yummy. Great idea!
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe Lily ???????????? It is great to be 8 and get baptized. You and your mom’s recipes make my day and guess what Lily is my middle name cool right. What is your middle name Lily? And I bet you have a pretty middle name too. ????????????
Your blog is so cute. Like it just makes me happy.
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Thanks so much!!
Wow! I made enough for a single serving (since I needed something REALLY sweet after a rough day at work) and heated the milk/half and half in the microwave before mixing everything else in. Sooo good. Thanks for the recipe. :3
You are so welcome! That is perfect 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing!
Not only is this delicious but it is beautiful too. Love this combo!
Why not use andes mints and chips instead of mint extract
You definitely could 🙂