Polar Express Hot Chocolate
Polar Express Hot Chocolate is a creamy, sweet hot chocolate perfect for Christmas! Serve immediately or keep warm in a crock pot.
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POLAR EXPRESS HOT CHOCOLATE
It’s that time of year. Your tree is up, you’ve hopefully started your Christmas shopping, and your Elf on the Shelf is making snow angels in powdered sugar while your kids are sleeping (at least that’s what mine is doing tonight).
This is also the time of year where you subconsciously reevaluate your friendships. You go over your Christmas card list and decide who is in…and who is out. Maybe you haven’t actually talked in years but your bond is still strong. Or are there some people that you think to yourself, “How long are we going to keep doing this?” Do I really need to still send my friend’s cousin’s aunt that I met ten years ago a card?
With everyone tightening their financial belt, it’s time to decide if this relationship is worth a stamp or is it time to cut the tie?
Then there are new friendships made throughout the year to add to the list. And you all know that you keep a handful of extra ones for mid December for when you get a card from someone and realize you’ve totally spaced them. Ahhh!
But it’s also that time of year to make some magic. My kids got so excited when I told them we were making Polar Express Hot Chocolate. Creamy and completely decadent, just the way Polar Express Hot Chocolate should be. Curl up with this and watch some Christmas classics.
You could even double down and drink this with some Hot Chocolate Cookies.
My friend Barb sent me these cute mugs a couple of years ago. She’s definitely on my good list.
Frothy and decadent.
OTHER CHRISTMAS RECIPES:
- Christmas Tree “Cheese” Ball
- Soft Eggnog Cookies
- Peppermint Eggnog Punch
- Eggnog Gingerbread Trifle
- Cranberry and Feta Pinwheels
- North Pole Cupcakes
- Eggnog Eclair Cake
- Santa Claus Cookies
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Polar Express Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 6 cups milk
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips, (use a quality chocolate like Ghirardelli)
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large pot combine all of the ingredients over low heat. Keep mixture over low heat for 30-40 minutes whisking occasionally until chocolate is fully melted and incorporated with the other ingredients. You can add milk here to adjust to your chocolate preference. Give it a good whisking before serving to get it nice and frothy. If you have an immersion blender, that works great here.
- Serve immediately or pour into a crockpot and keep warm until ready to serve.
- Top with whipped cream, crushed candy canes, or sprinkles.
Notes
I am very picky about my taste in chocolate. I only like the taste of milk chocolate. I have tried recipes calling for semisweet or dark but its always too bitter I cant take the taste. yuck. Is the bittersweet going to be the same way? Or can I just use milk chocolate?
THere’s enough sugar added that you definitely don’t taste the bittersweet. It tastes like milk chocolate!
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We do an activities advent box every year, the most anticipated thing we do is Polar Express and hot hot hot chocolate night! This is the fourth year we will be having this hot chocolate recipe. Thanks for the memory 😉
Yay! I love hearing that!
Hey its got to be awesome to be on the first page of google when people search for Polar express Hot chocolate this time of year. Can’t wait to try it.
Wow. Cool!
Cooking right now!(:
When I store In Refrigerator how long should I put a cup in the microwave for when I wanna reheat it?
Totally depends on your microwave and its power. Mine would take about a minute.
how much hot chocolate does this make?
It makes about 8 cups of hot chocolate.
That looks delicious!
Hi Christy, I’ve made this twice since you posted the recipe. Yum! Thanks for your hard work!
Thanks Erin! I appreciate the feedback…
I’m in the process of making this now! Super excited to try it! =] One question though. How can I store the rest of it. Can I put it in the fridge and reheat?
I stored the rest of mine in the fridge and reheated!
Love your cup!!! Where did you get them? By the way I just found your site this morning and have been pinning your recipes like crazy:))) Can’t wait to try them.
@Patty,
Thanks! My friend gave me the cups a couple of years ago from Williams and Sonoma.
OMG!!! IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!
I WILL MAKE THIS YUMMMMMMM…….
This was so tasty and super rich. I didn’t use the heavy cream and subbed almond milk for regular milk. Still tasty and rich. My kids and husband said it was the best hot chocolate they’d ever had. Thanks for the recipe!
So glad you liked it!
I want a hot chocolate right now. What ? I’m making a diet … bouououououououhhh !! 🙁
Your pictures are beautiful! And I love those mugs! The recipe look outstanding, can’t wait to give it a try!
WOW this looks amazing. I have never heard of hot chocolate that is so rich and indulgent…might just have to try it 🙂
Oh how I love that book and movie! And yes this hot chocolate looks really rich and creamy… just like hot chocolate should be!
Sooo glad I made your list:) this looks amazing!!! Im Making!!! Your posts crack me up, inspire me, and leave me wanting more! Please tell me you are making all these witty, raw yet tactful, and true to life posts into a book????
This looks perfectly decadent!