Slow Cooker Creamy Pumpkin Hot Chocolate
Servings: 12
This Slow Cooker Creamy Pumpkin Hot Chocolate is a great way to warm up! It's rich, decadent and totally comforting!
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Ingredients
- 6 cups milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons - 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 ounces chopped chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- marshmallows or whipped cream for topping (if desired)
Instructions
- Add the milk, cream, pumpkin puree, cocoa powder, sugar, and cinnamon to a slow cooker and whisk well to combine. Add in chopped chocolate, cover and cook on LOW for 2- 2 1/2 hours. Whisk in vanilla. Serve with marshmallows and whipped cream if desired.
Notes
- This needs to be cooked on low only and not much over 2 hours. Cooking on high or for more than 2 1/2 hours can curdle the dairy. After it has cooked on low for 2 hours I strongly suggest only keeping it on warm and for no more than 3-4 hours.
- Feel free to use milk chocolate, semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate. Just find a good quality chocolate if you can.
- Also, use either cinnamon or pumpkin spice in this recipe (not both). I wanted to include both ways just in case someone didn't want to use pumpkin spice in their hot chocolate.
- You can make this an adult drink by stirring in 1/2 - 1 oz of Kahlua or 1/4 - 1/2 oz of bourbon in your cup of hot chocolate.
- I do like to stir this halfway through cooking, it's not necessary, but I like too.
