Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe

Made famous by New Your City’s very popular Serendipity 3, this take on a Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe will excite any chocolate lovers taste buds!

Have you been to Serendipity 3 in NYC? It’s been a favorite of so many over its 64 years. The one treat from their vast menu that everyone from Marilyn Monroe, to Cary Grant to Kim Kardasian and Justin Bieber craves is its Frrrozen Hot Chocolate. So in honor of its 25 millionth being sold, I decided to share my take on a Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe.

What better way to make this Frozen Hot Chocolate recipe at home than with a truly delicious and good-for-you milk! Today I teamed up with Maple Hill 100% grass-fed organic milk and dairy. Maple Hill‘s 100% Grass-fed organic milk and dairy products are better for you, better for cows, better for farmers and better for our land.

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• Maple Hill is America’s original 100% grass-fed dairy
• It started with Tim & Laura Joseph, 63 dairy cows on 250 acres in upstate New York.
• The first product they made with their milk was yogurt, a recipe perfected on their stovetop.
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• Now Maple Hill now procures milk from 150 farms in upstate NY. All family-owned and operated, with 30-60 cows on each farm.
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• Coming soon!  Maple Hill 100% grass-fed organic milk and dairy is launching a brand new traditional style blended yogurt (this month) and Chocolate Milk will be launching soon as well! Yum!!

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• Eating an exclusive diet of grass, cows are healthier, they do not experience the digestive problems as cows that eat grain may.
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Making this Frozen Hot Chocolate recipe isn’t hard, and doesn’t require much time on your part. You start by making a chocolate base, then chilling it for as long or as short as you like. It all depends on how thick you want your drink to be.

It’s all about enjoying the flavors of a hot chocolate, icy cold. And let me tell you it’s soooooo good! When a friend first mentioned her (and her family’s) love for Serendipity 3’s Frozen Hot Chocolate to me years ago, I just shrugged it off. That is until I took my kids there and it blew my mind! She was right! And “I” am not even a chocolate lover, I lean towards caramel, cooked fruits and creme brulee.

The original is huge! The drink comes with a straw and a spoon. It’s speckled with ice crystals and it’s just delicious. Very different from a chocolate milkshake. I once saw a write up about it in a NY magazine that said:

“Serendipity 3 has one chilly bowl of magnificence that would render the place a must-visit even if it was served atop a Dumpster. Frozen Hot Chocolate — please don’t try to make sense of it, just sip it, slowly — is what Cristal might taste like if it came in a flavor called fudge brownie. You have to do it at least once in your life “

Jackie Kennedy once asked for the recipe and was denied. Many a celeb is smitten with this icy-delicious beverage! 

If you are curious about a Frozen Hot Chocolate and don’t want to travel to NYC, wait in a long line, then get packed into a tiny, tiny place (really, the place is small) or part with quite a bit of cash by the time the visit ends….all you need are a handful of ingredients and a blender!

Make it!  I tricked this one out with a marshmallow fluff rim loaded with chocolate jimmies, because…why not??

Let me know if you make this! Tag me on social media with your creation at @SouffleBombay

Thanks to Maple Hill 100% grass-fed organic milk and dairy for sponsoring today’s post! Visit them on Facebook & Instagram for news, specials, recipes and more! 

Enjoy!

Print Recipe

5 from 5 votes

Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time5 mins

Total Time15 mins

Servings: 2

Author: Colleen Kennedy inspired by Serendipity 3

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups of whole milk divided
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate or chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 pinches salt
• 2 TBS cocoa I use Hershey's Special Dark
• 3 cups crushed ice
• Marshmallow Fluff for riming glasses optional
• Chocolate jimmies for riming glasses optional
• Whipped Cream
• Chocolate shavings

Instructions

• In a saute pan or small pot, combine 1 1/4 cup of milk, chocolate, salt and cocoa. Whisk over med-low heat until smooth (do not simmer).
• Remove chocolate mixture from heat, pour into a small bowl or glass measuring cup, place in freezer and chill for at least 3 minutes, and up until overnight.
• When ready to assemble the Frozen Hot Chocolate, rim your glasses in the marshmallow fluff and dip into the chocolate jimmies or shavings (if you choose). I do this by spreading some fluff on a plate and rolling the rim of the glasses onto it, then pouring jimmies onto a small plate and doing the same. It's just fun!
• Place ice in your blender, add an additional cup of milk, add chocolate mixture and blend until ice is mostly crushed (you only want small splinters of ice).
• Pour into your prepared glasses, add a dollop of whipped cream and enjoy!!

Notes

You can make your chocolate mixture and cool it in your freezer for 30 minutes, however, I personally enjoy allowing the mixture to freeze. Then scraping it onto the blender. This gives the Frozen Hot Chocolate a thicker consistency. If you do allow it to freeze, submerge your glass measuring cup or bowl in some warmish water to allow the mixture to release. I use a butter knife or spoon to "pop" it out and into the blender.

Trick this delicious drink out any way you desire.

Best made with whole milk.

Nutrition

Serving: 16g