Decadent Earl Grey Hot Chocolate - Oh, How Civilized (2024)

Rich, thick hot chocolate is made even more delicious with the addition of Earl Grey, giving it a lovely citrus twist. It’s surprisingly easy to make from scratch.

Earl Grey Hot Chocolate

Earl Grey hot chocolate is a decadent drink made of Earl Grey tea, dark chocolate, milk, heavy cream, sugar, and salt. Earl Grey is a black tea flavored with bergamot, a citrus fruit that gives the tea that signature pop of flavor.

The combination of Earl Grey tea and chocolate is so delicious. The citrus flavors complement the deep notes of chocolate.

Once you’ve Earl Grey hot chocolate, you won’t be able to go back to watery, powdered hot chocolates. This is the real deal.

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Recipe Highlights

• This Earl Grey hot chocolate is thick and rich, making it perfect for cooler days.
• It’s a very easy 6-ingredient recipe. All you need to do is heat and stir the ingredients.
• A homemade cream topping takes the drink to another level of goodness.

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Ingredient Notes

• Earl Grey tea sachets: You don’t need high-quality loose tea for this recipe.
• Dark chocolate bar: Finely chop the chocolate bar so it can easily melt in the milk.
• Milk: Use any milk you’d like. For the creamiest texture, use whole milk.
• Heavy cream: Adds richness to the drink.
• Sugar: To balance the bitterness of dark chocolate, use a bit of sugar.
• Salt: This is my secret ingredient. This salt is AMAZING.

My Earl Grey Pick:

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Make Earl Grey Hot Chocolate

In a saucepan, heat milk and heavy cream on low heat until small bubbles form along the sides of the pan. Take off heat.

Steep Earl Grey in hot milk. Discard tea sachets. Return to low heat and stir in chocolate, sugar, and salt until chocolate has completely melted.

Tea Sommelier’s Tip: For this recipe, I recommend using tea sachets since it’s easier to use than loose tea since there’s no need for a separate strainer and cleanup is a breeze.

2. Make whipped cream topping

Combine heavy cream and sugar in a tall cup. Whisk using a handheld milk frother until the cream thickens. It should take seconds. Don’t whisk until stiff peaks form.

3. Assemble drink

Divide hot chocolate into two cups and top each with cream topping. Garnish with grated chocolate.

Once you have your first sip, you’ll never go back to drinking plain old hot chocolate ever again.

Expert Tips

• Don’t boil the heavy cream and milk. Just bring it to a simmer to avoid burning the milk.
• The cream topping is best when it’s only slightly whipped and the heavy cream has thickened a bit. Whip until you get soft peaks.
• If you don’t have a handheld milk frother, you can whip the heavy cream using an immersion blender.

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