Warm Mint White Hot Chocolate is super creamy and sweet with a burst of cool, refreshing mint flavor. It's a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients that comes together quickly for a drink that's as rich and comforting as it is pretty.
Mint White Hot Chocolate
Mint White Chocolate is a perfect way to warm up on a cold day with a super rich, creamy, and sweet white hot chocolate and a burst of cool, refreshing mint. Each warm, minty sip is pure decadence.
It's super easy to make with just 5 ingredients and a few minutes. It's also pretty to serve, and easy to make a big batch and keep it warm in the slow cooker for parties or holidays.
Serve topped with marshmallows, whipped cream, or both!
What's the Best Kind of Chocolate to Use for Mint White Hot Chocolate?
When making a recipe with very few ingredients, I find it's best to use higher quality ingredients for best results. In the case of mint white hot chocolate, this means that the white chocolate should be a good quality white chocolate bar.
However, in a hot chocolate emergency, you can easily substitute with white chocolate chips, and the recipe will still work well.
Do I Have to Use Half-and-Half?
No, you don't have to. You can use any kind of milk or even dairy-free milk substitute. But I recommend half-and-half because it's so much richer and creamier.
You can also use 3 cups milk and 1 cup heavy cream, which would be the same ratio as 2c milk and 2c half-and-half, and therefore the same consistency.
If you want your hot chocolate to taste like mint, use mint extract. If you're looking for the peppermint flavor, use peppermint extract. The flavors are different. They both will work. It just depends on which flavor you prefer (or what holiday you're celebrating. Peppermint is more festive for Christmas, while mint might be better for St Patrick's Day). You can even use spearmint, if you prefer.
Can You Make Mint White Hot Chocolate in the Slow Cooker?
Yes! Combine all of the ingredients to a slow cooker. Cover and cook on the low setting for about 2 to 3 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Serve immediately topped with whipped cream, or change your slow cooker to the warm setting to keep it hot until ready to serve.
More Mint Recipes You'll Love
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies - Soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies with melty, decadent chocolate chips.
Mint White Chocolate Fudge - a creamy and sweet white chocolate fudge with a burst of cool mint.
Mint Chocolate Pretzel Bites - super easy to make with just three ingredients. They make a fun festive snack for parties and holidays.
Mint Chocolate Meringues - light, fluffy mint-flavored meringues topped with chocolate chips made with just a few simple ingredients!
Mint Chocolate Bark - one of the easiest no bake treats ever that's perfect for chocolate and mint lovers and is beautiful as a gift or on a holiday dessert tray.
Mint White Hot Chocolate Video
Homemade Mint White Hot Chocolate
Warm Mint White Hot Chocolate is super creamy and sweet with a burst of cool, refreshing mint flavor. It's a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients that comes together quickly for a drink that's as rich and comforting as it is pretty.
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UPDATE INFO: This post was originally published in February 2015. It was updated with new pictures, tips, and video, and republished in November 2023.
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The primary difference between white hot chocolate and a traditional hot chocolate beverage is the type of chocolate used to make the drink. Regular hot chocolate has a classic chocolate flavor, while white hot chocolate has a sweeter and creamier taste without the traditional cocoa taste.
Simply heat milk with vanilla extract, add white chocolate, and whisk until it's smooth and creamy. You can use any kind of dairy or non-dairy milk, but it's important to use quality white chocolate in a recipe this simple—this is not the time to use baking chips.
Perhaps the most potent of all mint, peppermint is actually a natural hybrid of both spearmint and watermint. Peppermint's fierceness compliments dark chocolate. Together, they produce a robust, well-rounded hit of deep flavour.
Chocolate mint has a strong minty taste, plus a presence or bouquet of chocolate, and texture is crunchy and succulent. This variety of farm-fresh mint has oval leaves, dark to medium green—but, in the summer, leaves feature more of a red color. Ideal for drinks, desserts, breads and more.
Chocolate takes on a rich, rounded, and sometimes earthy flavor, while mint provides a sharp and refreshing taste that enlivens the senses. Basically, these two foods sit on the opposite spectrums of each other in terms of texture and taste. Well, you know the notion that opposites attract.
Although hot chocolate doesn't necessarily need an even more creamy, decadent taste, using milk certainly enriches the experience. We suspect that milk adds a creamier taste than water alone, and when combined with the notes of chocolate, the smooth undertones of the milk simply add a delicious backdrop.
Luckily, jazzing up your hot chocolate couldn't be easier. Just add a little warm brandy or some tequila, and you've got the perfect holiday drink—just take the spiked hot chocolate recipes below as inspiration!
What does the Starbucks Iced Merry Mint White Mocha taste like? If you like peppermint mochas you will love this drink. We find that mochas can sometimes be overwhelming with the richness of the chocolate flavour, but this one was a little more subtle thanks to the white chocolate.
What's included. Hot chocolate taken to a new level—flavors of caramelized white chocolate combined with steamed milk and finished with whipped cream, festive holiday sugar sparkles and crispy white pearls.
White hot chocolate is made with white chocolate, which contains cocoa butter, milk solids, sugar, and flavorings. Regular hot chocolate is made with dark or milk chocolate, which contains cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. White hot chocolate has a creamier and sweeter flavor compared to regular hot chocolate.
Our signature espresso meets white chocolate sauce and steamed milk, then is finished off with sweetened whipped cream in this white chocolate delight.
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