Creamy Crock Pot Hot Cocoa Recipe (2024)

Crock Pot Creamy Hot Cocoa is an easy slow cooker homemade hot chocolate that makes a thick and rich mug of chocolate heaven!

Rich and creamy homemade hot cocoa is the perfect cold weather drink to have warming on the counter for when the family comes inside from the cold.

A big mug of Hot Cocoa topped with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles really hits the spot on a cold winter day. This is a sweet treat perfect for Christmas morning on a Hot Cocoa Bar.

Scroll down to see how I turned my coffee bar into a hot chocolate bar on Christmas morning.

Rich & Creamy Crock Pot Hot Cocoa

So in celebration of the first really good cold front of the season, I am sharing this easy hot cocoa recipe with you.

This recipe is perfect for when you need to keep your hot cocoa warm for a crowd. It is wonderful for a hot cocoa bar like I made last Christmas. Or the kids will love to come in after a day of sledding and snowball fights to a hot mug.

You will need

You can find the ingredient amounts and detailed direction below in the recipe card.

• milk: I used whole milk
• heavy whipping cream makes hot cocoa creamy
• sweetened condensed milk helps thicken hot cocoa, you can substitute more milk or cream
• vanilla extract
• unsweetened cocoa powder, the best brand you can afford
• chocolate chips, I used milk chocolate but semi sweet or even white would work

Let's make Hot Cocoa

Add the milk, whipping cream, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract to a 4 quart slow cooker. Stir to combine and to help dissolve the sweetened condensed milk.

Add the cocoa powder to the crock pot and use a whisk to mix the dry powder into the liquids until it has dissolved. Add the chocolate chips to the slow cooker.

Cover and heat on low stirring occasionally to help melt the chocolate chips. Continue heating on low until the chocolate has melted completely, about 20 minutes.

Increase the temperature to high and continue to heat the cocoa until ready to serve. Turn the crock pot on the warming setting while serving.

Top each mug with whipped cream or marshmallows and add a candy cane to the mug for garnish.

Recipe FAQs

How to set up a Hot Cocoa Bar

My grandkids had a blast last year when I surprised them with this hot cocoa bar on Christmas morning.

I had to keep refilling the crock pot because everyone loved the hot cocoa so much.

I turned my DIY Coffee Bar into a DIY Hot Cocoa Bar as a surprise on Christmas morning.

I've created a Cocoa Bar Amazon List just for you. You can find products just like mine to create your own DIY Cocoa Bar.

One of the biggest hits of the Hot Cocoa Bar were the chocolate dipped spoons I made. I melted chocolate and white chocolate chips and dipped the spoons in to coat.

I then decorated the spoons with holiday colored sprinkles while the chocolate was still melted.

I made Frozen themed chocolate dipped spoons because my granddaughters love Frozen. You can't really tell from this photo how pretty they turned out. If you look at the photo above you can see it much better.

Hot Cocoa Bar Supplies

• Ingredients to make hot cocoa
• 4 or 6 quart Slow Cooker
• Santa Mugs
• Ladle
• Mini Marshmallows
• Candy Canes
• Holiday Sprinkles
• Chocolate Dipped Spoons
• Rainbow Cakebites or Petite Fours
• Hot Cocoa Themed Wall Decor
• Holiday Tablecloth
• Paper Napkins

I am going to get my warm pajamas on and enjoy a mug of this rich and creamy Crock Pot Hot Cocoa recipe topped with whipped cream of course and curl up in front of the tv and binge watch something good on Netflix this weekend.

Cold Weather Crock Pot Beverages

• Crock Pot Hot Apple Cider: Perfect served anytime during the winter.
• Crock Pot Pumpkin Spice RumChatta is a delicious adult beverage.
• Crock Pot Pumpkin Spice Latte could be spiked with a little Rumchatta or fireball for a little kick.

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