A sweet and creamy cup of pink velvet hot chocolate makes the perfect treat for a chilly winter night. This tasty pink hot chocolate would also be just perfect to serve on Valentine’s Day!
Happy New Year’s! I hope that everyone had a fun and safe New Years Eve! Hubby and I stayed in and kept it low key. It was actually the first New Year’s Eve that I can recall that I feel asleep before the ball dropped! I know, I am getting pretty lame. What can I say? I was tired!
Anyways, now that we are out of the Christmas season, we are moving on to get ready for the next major holiday – Valentine’s Day!
Boy do I have the perfect Valentine’s Day treat for you today! A fun twist on traditional hot chocolate, this pretty pink velvet hot chocolate is so delicious and indulging, you are going to want to drink a cup of it every night.
Here is what you will need to make Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate:
- 2 Cups milk
- 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Ounces white chocolate chips
- 4 Ounces cream cheese, room temperature, cut into 16 pieces
- 1-2 Tablespoons strawberry syrup (or 2 tablespoons strawberry puree)
- Pink food coloring, optional
- Whipped cream, for garnish
- Pink sanding sugar, for garnish
Let’s get cookin’!
To start, warm up the milk in a medium saucepan over medium heat for 2 minutes.
Whisk in the vanilla and cream cheese until melted. Then, whisk in the white chocolate until melted and smooth.
Add the strawberry syrup or puree last, and adjust the color as desired with the food coloring.
Finally, ladle the hot chocolate into your serving glasses and add a garnish of whipped cream and pink sanding sugar.
That is it! Enjoy your beautiful pink velvet hot chocolate and have a very happy 2017!
Save RecipeIngredients
- 2 Cups milk
- 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Ounces white chocolate chips
- 4 Ounces cream cheese, room temperature, cut into 16 pieces
- 1-2 Tablespoons strawberry syrup (or 2 tablespoons strawberry puree)
- Pink food coloring , optional
- Whipped cream, for garnish
- Pink sanding sugar , for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, warm up the milk over medium heat for 2 minutes as you assemble the ingredients.
- Whisk in the vanilla and cream cheese until melted.
- Whisk in the white chocolate until melted and smooth.
- Add the strawberry syrup or puree last, and adjust the color as desired with the food dye.
- Ladle into your serving glasses and add a garnish of whipped cream and pink sugar.
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