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A Preschooler’s Very Specific Recipe for Making Hot Chocolate

It’s going to take time to get the temperature just right

Julie Vick
Jane Austen’s Wastebasket

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Directions to put marshmallow into hot chocolate
This entire plate of marshmallows needs to go in the drink. (Image created in Canva)

When winter arrives, I think of warm drinks, snuggling up with my blankie, and fighting my parents tooth and nail when they try to put gloves on me.

If I wake and discover it has snowed overnight, I’ll spend 20 minutes piling into my snow gear, so I can go outside for two minutes and then head back in to make this special recipe.

When I ask my mom to help me make hot chocolate, her first response is usually “I think what you actually want is chocolate milk,” and my response is, “No! I definitely want hot chocolate.” Sometimes she still tries to talk me out of it but other times she gets a resigned look on her face and pulls the hot chocolate mix out of the cabinet.

NOTE: You need to get the timing right in order to successfully make this. I’ve learned not to ask for it at bedtime when I have a lot of other requests, and my parents are about as agreeable as my sister is when I offer to help open her birthday presents.

This recipe is admittedly tricky to get right. It’s all about temperature, consistency, and correct toppings. One false step means you will have to start the whole process over again, but that’s something your parents are probably

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