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Our Homemade Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate Recipe makes the creamiest hot cocoa. It only takes 5 ingredients, and you just dump it into the Crock Pot and let it slowly melt into delicious hot chocolate!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make slow cooker hot chocolate, you will need the following ingredients:
- Milk: the higher percentage you use, the more creamier your hot chocolate will be.
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Milk Chocolate Chip’s (we prefer Ghirardelli)
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Vanilla Extract
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
- In the bottom of your slow cooker, combine milk, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract (I used a large wooden spoon).
- Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low heat for about 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes or so (I actually used a whisk to stir it to help make it smooth).
- It’s ready to drink when the chocolate chips are completely melted and the hot chocolate is smooth.
- Once it’s finished cooking, switch the heat on the slow cooker to “keep warm” and this hot chocolate is good for a few hours. I kept mine on warm for almost 5 hours during the day and people kept coming back to get more! You will just want to be sure to give it a good stir/whisk every 45 minutes or so.
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Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
This creamy and warm slow cooker hot chocolate is a family-favorite – just dump in the ingredients and let the slow cooker do it’s magic.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- 6 cup 1% milk, (any kind of milk will work)
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Equipment
Instructions
- In the bottom of your slow cooker, combine milk, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract (I used a large wooden spoon).
- Place lid on slow cooker and cook on low heat for about 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes or so (I actually used a whisk to stir it to help make it smooth).
- It’s ready to drink when the chocolate chips are completely melted and the hot chocolate is smooth.
- Once it’s finished cooking, switch the heat on the slow cooker to “keep warm” and this hot chocolate is good for a few hours. I kept mine on warm for almost 5 hours during the day and people kept coming back to get more! You will just want to be sure to give it a good stir/whisk every 45 minutes or so.
Notes
Feel free to use semi-sweet chocolate chips for a richer hot chocolate. Any kind of milk will work. Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.
Nutrition
Calories: 428 kcal · Carbohydrates: 45 g · Protein: 9 g · Fat: 25 g · Saturated Fat: 15 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 5 g · Cholesterol: 76 mg · Sodium: 135 mg · Potassium: 387 mg · Sugar: 42 g · Vitamin A: 908 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 313 mg · Iron: 1 mg
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My family loves this hot chocolate! They asked for it again the next weekend. I am curious though. Can you save this in fridge and reheat?
It should save in the fridge, but will take longer to reheat after being refrigerated.
Can you double this recipe in one crockpot? It doesn’t say how much a single batch makes.
With your six cups of milk and 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream, you are to 1/2 gallon. You still need to add in all the chocolate chips and condensed milk. So you could easily double this if you have a big slow cooker.
Super easy and delicious. Very creamy, marshmallows aren’t even needed.
Our family’s favorite recipe
Can I make this the day before and put it in the fridge and reheat the next day?
You sure can!
How many servings does this make?
This will make between 8-10 servings (depending on how big of a mug you use!)