Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate

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Ingredients:

For Hot Chocolate Mix:

  • 1/2 cup Madhava Natural Sweeteners Organic Coconut Sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1.5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1/8 cup caramel pieces (chopped) store-bought or following my recipe below

For Homemade Caramels:

  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup Madhava Natural Sweeteners Organic Coconut Sugar
  • 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Overview
Directions

For the Caramel:

  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment or wax paper and set it aside.
  2. Place butter in a large microwave safe bowl and melt.
  3. Add in the rest of the ingredients except for the vanilla.
  4. Return to microwave and cook mixture on HIGH power for 6 minutes until it reaches 240 degrees with a candy thermometer. If it isn’t done after 6 minutes return to the microwave and cook for increments of 30 seconds until it does reach 240 degrees.
  5. Remove bowl from microwave.
  6. Add in vanilla extract and mix well.
  7. Pour mixture into prepared baking sheet.
  8. Place in refrigerator until set, about 20 – 30 minutes.
  9. Break up the caramel into as many pieces are you want in your mix ( I chose about ⅛ cup of caramel pieces.)

For Hot Cocoa Mix:

  1. Combine all hot chocolate ingredients in a food processor and blend until powdery.
  2. To prepare: use 3 TBSP of the hot chocolate mix to 1 cup of boiling milk or water.

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