Hot Chocolate is a winter menu classic and deserves a space on your menu!❄️
A hot chocolate is more than a drink; it’s a seasonal experience that warms your hands, lifts your mood, and turns ordinary moments into indulgent escapes. The Out of Home Hot Chocolate market is currently worth £1.2bn* highlighting the demand for hot chocolate on menus. Make your menu stand out this winter with some winter inspired flavoured hot chocolates – whilst hot chocolates are a classic winter menu item, that doesn’t mean it need to be boring!
Add some winter magic to your menu with these winter inspired hot chocolates. Try these elevated creative twists this winter; Winter Spice Dark Hot Chocolate, Peppermint White Hot Chocolate, White Chocolate Wonderland Blondie Hot Chocolate or Dark Orange Hot Chocolate. Aromatic spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg evoke a festive warmth, and flavours such as peppermint and gingerbread are festive favourites which will drive winter excitement.
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Winter Spice Dark Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
Hot Milk, Milfresh Dark Drinking Chocolate, Milk, Whipped Cream, Nutmeg, Cinnamon
- Mix together 18g of Milfresh Dark Drinking Chocolate Powder and 200ml of hot milk
- Once mixed, stir in 1/2 tsp if cinnamon powder and a pinch of nutmeg
- Top with whipped cream and a light dusting of cinnamon
Peppermint White Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
Hot Milk, Milfresh Blonde Hot Chocolate, Milk, Peppermint syrup, Whipped Cream and candy canes
- Mix together 22g of Milfresh Blonde Hot Chocolate and 200ml hot milk
- Once mixed, stir in 1 tsp of peppermint syrup
- Top with whipped cream, and a candy cane for a festive finish
*Images made with AI
*Kantar Worldpanel OOH| 52 w/e 23rd February 2025
