Pink Hot Chocolate is the cutest hot chocolate ever with homemade whipped cream you can make in a mason jar!
Photos have been updated. Don’t worry. You’re in the right place. 😉
Well, Valentine’s Day is just a few days away. Where do you come down on our national hearts and flowers day? Love it? Hate it? Sort of tolerate it?
I’m totally split. On one hand, it’s a holiday that places undue stress and expectations on people in and out of relationships. On the other hand, it’s a day on which people give me flowers and candy, and it gives me an excuse to make things like Overnight Cinnamon Rolls for Two and maybe my Mini Chocolate Sheet Cake , soooo…
How ever you feel about the day, I have a super quick and easy Valentine’s Day recipe for you that’s too cute to resist: Pink Hot Chocolate with Mason Jar Whipped cream.
How delighted would partners, kids, roommates, Airbnb guests, whomever you are sharing your Valentine’s Day with, be to come into the kitchen and find a cup of this stuff waiting for them?
Making the Pink Hot Chocolate is so fast and easy and the whipped cream uses good old fashioned elbow grease, no mixer necessary. If you have a mason jar, a couple minutes, and a dream, you can make this.
Two notes on the recipe: make sure to use white chocolate you like the taste of by itself. It should go without saying, but this is what your hot chocolate will taste like. I used low-quality chips that I like fine in cookies but would never eat by the handful in one of my first test cups, and the resulting hot chocolate was so gross I nearly scrapped the entire recipe. For the next cup, I used higher quality chocolate and it was amazing. Good chocolate makes all the difference!
And on the whipped cream, depending on your altitude, type of cream, stamina of your shaking arm, the consistency of your finished product may vary from pipeable to spoonable. Either way, it’s delicious! And if you want guaranteed stiff, pipeable whipped cream, you can always whip it the old fashioned way–with an electric mixer. 😉
More Hot Chocolate Recipes
- Easy Hot Chocolate (Classic)
- White Hot Chocolate
- Rich and Thick Hot Chocolate
- Chai White Hot Chocolate
- Frozen Hot Chocolate
- Snickerdoodle Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
Whipped Cream
- ▢ Pint-sized mason jar with lid
- ▢ 1/4 cup cold heavy cream
- ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ▢ Dash of vanilla optional
Pink Hot Chocolate
- ▢ 2 cups milk
- ▢ 4 oz good-quality white chocolate chopped
- ▢ 2-4 drops red food coloring
- ▢ Sprinkles optional
Instructions
Whipped Cream
- Put your mason jar in the freezer for 15 minutes, so it is very cold.
- Pour in cream, sugar, and vanilla.
- Screw on lid and wrap the jar in a towel if it is too cold to hold. Shake vigorously until you no longer hear liquid sloshing inside, about 5-7 minutes. Check the consistency of your whipped cream before setting in the refrigerator while you make your hot chocolate.
Hot Chocolate
- In a small saucepan, heat milk. Add chocolate and stir until completely dissolved and milk reaches desired temperature. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
Assemble
- Pour into cups, spoon on whipped cream, and top with sprinkles.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional Information Whipped Cream Adapted From: Food Wishes
Old Photography, Circa 2016
This healthy ham and potato soup is pure comfort food in a bowl. Easy, fast, and low-calorie, it’s one of my favorite busy weeknight meals.
The photos in this post have been updated. Don’t worry. You’re in the right place. 😉
Have you seen that Campbell’s soup commercial with the sick guy lying on his couch trying to get his partner to make him soup?
He tells her that his mom always used to make some for him when he wasn’t feeling well, and for a moment, it looks like she’s going to do it, but instead she just throws a phone at him, tells him to call him mom, and leaves him to wallow.
I laugh SO hard, every single time I see that commercial, and I have no idea why, because I’m totally that person who makes soup for sick people. Feeling sick? Here, let me bring you some soup. And if I’m bringing soup, I’m probably bringing this one.
Like my Peasant Chicken Soup , this surprisingly healthy Ham and Potato Soup is another of the early recipes I learned in college. It saw me and my friends through many an illness and late-night study session.
It’s perfect for what ails you because it’s pure comfort food. Ham and potatoes in a bowl? That’s like a hug from the inside.
And the nice thing about this soup is that it’s deceptively easy. Sure it looks gorgeous and complicated, but once you cut the veggies and put them on to boil, all you really have to do is make the roux, stir in the milk, and watch the broth go from clear to creamy and delicious.
Throwing this together for a sick friend or a busy weeknight dinner takes all of a half hour, and when you’re done, the result is the best damn healthy ham and potato soup you’ve ever tried.
Saturday Morning Snapshot
Let’s do this thing…
State of the Blog
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! I hope you are spending it exactly how and exactly with whomever you want to.
We were in full-on Valentine’s Day mode here on the blog this week. Up first was my favorite ham and potato soup, perfect for a cozy night in with the one you love. On Wednesday, I posted a super simple, super easy pink hot chocolate recipe. That recipe really took off on StumbleUpon, so if you found the blog via SU, howdy! We ended the week with my small batch cinnamon rolls and guys, I am so glad to have finally posted this recipe. I did so many test batches of these amazing things that my freezer is filled with them!
Next week I finally get to publish a recipe I’ve had floating around my brain for years, we’re starting a new, recurring set of posts called “Waste Not,” and we’ll continue our February soup and stew series with recipe number three.
Recipes/posts released this week were:
Easy and Comforting Ham and Potato Soup – Pure comfort food in a bowl. Easy, fast, and low-calorie, this is one of my favorite busy weeknight meals. Pink Hot Chocolate With Mason Jar Whipped Cream – The cutest hot chocolate ever, with homemade whipped cream! Easy Overnight Cinnamon Rolls for Two – A rich and indulgent breakfast with outrageously amazing cream cheese frosting. Make the rolls the night before, throw them in the oven in the morning, and enjoy your breakfast in bed. No fuss, stress, or mixer needed!
Pop-culture Corner
Anyone seen any good movies lately? I’m usually an avid moviegoer, but I haven’t made it to the theaters yet in 2016. I might try to catch The Revenant before the Oscars, but I don’t know. That’s a long movie and I don’t love Iñárritu.
The Hamilton cast will be performing the show’s opening number at the Grammys this Monday!!! In other news, I will be watching the Grammys this year.
What’d you think of the Captain America: Civil War trailer that dropped during the Super Bowl? I wasn’t super into most of the adds this year, but I was pretty in the bag for this one.
Bryan Fuller is helming the new Star Trek series for CBS. I repeat, Star Trek is returning to television under the care of my very favorite show runner. Today is a happy day.
And speaking of Fuller shows, you can and should make this origami Hannibal heart for the murder husband in your life this Valentine’s day.
Meal Planning
Saturday: Pizza Margherita Sunday: Chicken Curry Monday: Easy Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bell Peppers Tuesday: Light and Healthy BLT Salad Wednesday: Panini Thursday: Chicken in Cream Sauce Friday: Tortellini Soup
Pink Hot Chocolate with Mason Jar Whipped Cream
Ingredients
Whipped Cream
- Pint-sized mason jar with lid
- 1/4 cup cold heavy cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
- Dash of vanilla optional
Pink Hot Chocolate
- 2 cups milk
- 4 oz good-quality white chocolate chopped
- 2-4 drops red food coloring
- Sprinkles optional
Instructions
Whipped Cream
- Put your mason jar in the freezer for 15 minutes, so it is very cold.
- Pour in cream, sugar, and vanilla.
- Screw on lid and wrap the jar in a towel if it is too cold to hold. Shake vigorously until you no longer hear liquid sloshing inside, about 5-7 minutes. Check the consistency of your whipped cream before setting in the refrigerator while you make your hot chocolate.
Hot Chocolate
- In a small saucepan, heat milk. Add chocolate and stir until completely dissolved and milk reaches desired temperature. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
Assemble
- Pour into cups, spoon on whipped cream, and top with sprinkles.
- Enjoy!
