Champurrado (Mexican Hot Chocolate)

Champurrado is a thick, hot chocolate drink made with Mexican chocolate, pinole, piloncillo, and cinnamon to create a warm and delicious cozy drink.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 524 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 whole clove
• 1 pod star anise
• 2 tablets Mexican chocolate (such as Chocolate Ibarra®)
• 1 pinch crushed piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar cone), or more to taste
• 1.5 cups water
• 4.25 cups milk
• 0.75 cup pinole (coarse ground maize flour)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place water, cinnamon stick, clove, and star anise in a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow spices to steep until water is fragrant, about 10 minutes; strain.

Step 2

Heat milk, chocolate, and pinole in a separate saucepan over medium heat, whisking until chocolate is dissolved and liquid is thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; add piloncillo and let rest until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes more. Pour cinnamon water into chocolate mixture and stir to combine.