Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate

In a small bowl, mix well 2 tablespoons of cocoa with 2-3 tablespoons of sweetener/sugar, salt and cinnamon (if you want).

Add 300ml of cold water little at a time, mix carefully with a whisk until all the ingredients dissolve well and the mixture is not lumpy.

You can also use a spoon to stir, but you may have a lot of lumps - so it's good to have a whisk at home :)

Ladle this cocoa mixture into a small saucepan.

Add in the sweet cream and mix well.

Place the pan over heat and bring to a boil. Stir periodically and take care, this mixture gets foamy and can easily spill over when boiling.

As soon as it starts to boil, remove from the heat, add 50g of dark chocolate and let sit for 5 minutes without stirring.

By now, the chocolate will have softened and you can start stirring to incorporate. Whisk until chocolate has dissolved completely.

At this stage, I recommend trying it so that you can adjust its taste and texture:

- if you want it less dense, meaning more liquid, add a little hot water or boiled milk;

- if, on the contrary, you want it thicker, add 10-15g of dark chocolate and incorporate it;

- adjust the sweetness - various brands of dark chocolate are more or less sweet, so change according to your taste;

- season with flavors - I'm minimalist, I add vanilla and occasionally a little cinnamon - the rest must be chocolate flavor!

You can serve right away, now it has the perfect temperature - neither too hot nor too cold.

It's also good if you reheat it later (maybe add some more milk/water), you can even keep in the fridge until the next day.

Enjoy!