# @cooking_with_rocco on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRzatA1DumB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37564517-cooking-with-rocco-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-03T13:44:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rocco Gizzo | 🍝 Italian Cuisine (@cooking_with_rocco) — https://gondola.cc/cooking_with_rocco

## Caption

🎄The Best Hot Chocolate for the best time of the year! This hot chocolate is rich, it’s silky, it’s smooth, and it’s purely luxurious! Make this next time you plop on your couch to watch your favorite Christmas movies. 

🍫 Hot Chocolate (Makes 2) 
3.5oz chocolate of choice, chopped (I like a dark salted chocolate)
2 cups whole milk 
2 tbsp good cocoa powder 
2-3 tbsp sugar 
1 tsp corn starch 

🥛 Homemade Whipped Cream 
1 cup heavy cream, cold 
2 tbsp mascarpone cheese
2 tbsp powdered sugar 
1 tsp vanilla paste 
Pinch of salt. 

Place your mixing bowl and whisk in the fridge for 15 minutes before making the whipped cream. 

When you’re ready, whip the mascarpone in the bowl until smooth (about 30 seconds). Then add the heavy cream, powder sugar, vanilla paste, and salt. 

Whip on medium until soft peaks form. Then bring to slow, and slowly whip until medium-stiff peaks form. Set aside in the fridge in an airtight container until ready to serve. 

Make a slurry with 1/4 cup milk and the corn starch, then set aside. 

Over medium-low heat, add the rest of the milk along with the sugar and cocoa powder to a saucepan.  Whisk until the sugar is dissolved. 

Bring the milk to a gentle simmer, and add the slurry.  Simmer for 2-3 minutes. 

Add the chocolate and turn off the heat.  Whisk until the chocolate is melted and the milk thickens - you want it to coat the back of a spoon. 

Pour into a mug, top with homemade whipped cream, and dust with shaved dark chocolate. 

#homemadehotcocoa #homemadehotchocolate #hotchocolate #christmasrecipes

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hotchocolate, homemadehotchocolate, homemadehotcocoa, christmasrecipes

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