Starbucks Hot Chocolate Copycat Recipe – Quick & Easy to Make at Home for a Fraction of the Cost!
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Now I know most of you are coffee drinkers but if you are not a coffee drinker (like me) & love Starbucks Hot Chocolate, or your kiddos love their hot chocolate, then you’ll want to check out this recipe. We have a simple & easy to make recipe to replicate the Starbucks Hot Chocolate drink at home to save money when you are craving a hot chocolate, but want to keep those expenses down & make it at home instead. This is really such a frugal drink you can make at home for less than a dollar instead of spending for Starbucks prices!
We love to have homemade hot chocolate after a visit to the pumpkin patch in the fall! Great way to warm up!
Plus, find out how to make a Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board here, to serve it up extra special!
Starbucks Hot Chocolate Copycat Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1½ cup milk (any kind will do)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Add water, cocoa and sugar into a microwave safe bowl and heat for approximately 40 seconds or until warm. Mix well to create the chocolate syrup.

Serve with whipped cream and chocolate chips or syrup on top! {The best part, am I right?!}
Starbucks Hot Chocolat Copycat Printable Recipe:
Here’s a printable version of the hot chocolate recipe, so you can print off to use in your recipe binder or cookbook!
Starbucks Hot Chocolate Copycat Recipe – Simple to Make at Home to Save Your Budget!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1½ cup milk (any kind will do)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Add water, cocoa and sugar into a microwave safe bowl and heat for approximately 40 seconds or until warm. Mix well to create the chocolate syrup.
- Add milk and vanilla and stir well.
- Heat in the microwave for about 60 seconds or until hot.
- Serve with whipped cream and chocolate chips or syrup on top
- Enjoy!
Here are more of our favorite cool weather drink recipes::
- 15 Coffee Recipes – Lattes, Frappes, Coffee Flavored desserts & more
- Homemade Espresso Drinks – Lattes & more
- DIY Iced Coffee & Homemade Syrups – this is for iced coffee, but we do have some great tips on homemade syrups that could work for other drinks, so I wanted to share this too






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