Grinch Hot Chocolate

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Our Grinch Hot Chocolate is one of my most favorite Grinch recipes we have on the blog. We make this every time we watch the Grinch! Green hot chocolate can come in handy for a few different occasions, but we love making it for the holiday season!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas is at the top of the list for our favorite movies for Christmas, and this hot chocolate recipe just takes our family movie night to the next level! It is a smooth hot chocolate recipe, and the white hot chocolate gives us a change up from our usual hot cocoa. This tasty hot chocolate makes 5-6 smaller servings, or 4 larger servings.

Why we love this recipe-

• It is easy to whip up right on the stove top.
• It is such a fun and festive recipe themed around our favorite Christmas movie!
• We used simple ingredients to make this delicious white hot chocolate recipe, dyed green!
• Having Grinch hot cocoa and snacks is our favorite way to enjoy the movie!

Grinch Hot Chocolate Ingredients:

• 4 cups of milk (2% is what we used)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 12 oz. bag of white chocolate chips
• 1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• Neon green gel food coloring
• Whipped cream for topping (or mini marshmallows, if you prefer)
• A jumbo red heart sprinkle for topping (for the Grinch’s heart!)

How to Make Green Hot Cocoa

Step 1: To a medium saucepan, add milk, heavy cream, sugar, and white chocolate chips.

Step 2: Heat over medium-low heat, until milk is steamy and chocolate chips are melted.

Step 3: Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla and salt to the melted chocolate mixture.

Step 4: Add a few drops of green food coloring, stirring, until the perfect shade of green color is reached.

Step 5: Pour into your mugs and top with whipped cream and a heart sprinkle!

For best results, enjoy immediately, given time to cool slightly to a safe drinking temperature.

This is a hot beverage so be sure to supervise any littles that are enjoying it!

Tips:

• If you can’t find heart sprinkles, red candy hearts will work as well!
• If you prefer a thinner hot chocolate, swap the heavy cream for half and half. You could also drop the half and half completely and just use 5 cups of whole milk!
• Give your cocoa a minty addition by serving with candy canes or crushed peppermints to melt into your mug!

Pro Tip:

You could make this recipe in a slow cooker, as well, and that would be a great way to double the recipe and whip up a whole bunch for a crowd. Simply combine the milk, cream, sugar, chocolate, vanilla, and salt in your slow cooker and cook on low until the mixture is steamy and chocolate is all melted.

This adorable Grinch hot chocolate recipe is so much fun and is sure to get the whole family into the Christmas spirit.

If you like this recipe, be sure and check out our other Grinch treats you need to make this Christmas season-

Grinch Pretzel Bites – crunchy pretzels, Hershey hugs, sweet white chocolate, and jumbo heart sprinkles make this cute snack!

Grinch Bark – we used vanilla candy melted to make this fun Grinch themed treat!

Grinch Oreo Balls– a fun and festive holiday twist on Oreo truffles.

Grinch Cake Mix Cookies – it doesn’t get any easier than these cake mix cookies that we dyed green and topped with a heart sprinkle!