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Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate

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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!

A fun twist on traditional hot chocolate, pink velvet hot chocolate makes the perfect treat for Valentine's Day or any chilly winter night.
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:

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate Ingredients

  • 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.

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate In Process

Whisk in the vanilla and cream cheese until melted. Then, whisk in the white chocolate until melted and smooth.

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate In Process

Add the strawberry syrup or puree last, and adjust the color as desired with the food coloring.

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate

Finally, ladle the hot chocolate into your serving glasses and add a garnish of whipped cream and pink sanding sugar.

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate

That is it! Enjoy your beautiful pink velvet hot chocolate!

Serves 2

Pink Velvet Hot Chocolate

2 minPrep Time

5 minCook Time

7 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 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

  1. In a medium saucepan, warm up the milk over medium heat for 2 minutes as you assemble the ingredients.
  2. Whisk in the vanilla and cream cheese until melted.
  3. Whisk in the white chocolate until melted and smooth.
  4. Add the strawberry syrup or puree last, and adjust the color as desired with the food dye.
  5. Ladle into your serving glasses and add a garnish of whipped cream and pink sugar.
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    • I tried it and the. Team cheese would not melt smoothly. It was lumpy and made my kiddo suspicious even though it tasted good. I'd skip the cream cheese next time.
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  4. It looks good and I love the color of it. I have never thought about putting Strawberry syrup in Hot Chocolate before or cream cheese.
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  5. This looks amazing. I am going to do with blueberries as I am allergic to strawberries, but it sounds so wonderful. Just can't go wrong with cream cheese and chocolate!
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  8. I was wondering how you were going to pull off a pink velvet hot chocolate! I'm not a white chocolate fan but I thought this was so creative!
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  12. My middle daughter simply hates white chocolate. However, my oldest LOVES it. I think this would be perfect to make for her. What a different way to make hot chocolate.
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  13. I'm going to try this next weekend, its absolutely gorgeous! My house is full of chocolate lovers.
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  15. my niece is 5 and she loves hot chocolate and pink and what a great way to bring the two together. Thank you for the recipe.
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  28. What a fun idea and recipe! My granddaughter would love it. This is a great twist on a classic and would be good now but also for Valentine's Day.
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  29. Never has hot chocolate looked so appealing. Or adorable. I MUST try this. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe!
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  30. ooooh I've never heard of pink velvet! It sure sounds and looks delish .... great for a girls movie night!
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  34. At least you haven't mentioned Easter yet like one blog did a day or two ago. This pink velvet hot chocolate looks so good and I know I would enjoy it. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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  37. I love the color of this new twist on a hot chocolate.It looks sublime and I am anxious too try this! TY :D
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  43. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe! Looks so tasty. I will be making this on Valentine's and many other occasions as well.
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  44. Oh my gosh I LOVE this recipe! I am so making this for my kids for Valentine's Day. Thanks!
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  56. This is so cute! I love everything pink. This might actually be cute to include at our wedding
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  57. This sounds so good and it is so pretty to look at. I can't wait to try this. Thank you for sharing
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