You might think our Hot Cocoa Dip Recipe is just for wintertime, but after one taste, you’ll be enjoying this creamy, chocolaty dip all year long.
This sweet confection is sometimes referred to as a S’mores Dip. But, no matter what you call it, your friends and family will be calling it delicious!
Our Hot Cocoa Dip is the perfect sweet treat for those cool nights by the fire pit, but it also makes a deliciously light dessert offering for game nights, movie nights, or family gatherings.
There is no bad time of the year to make our chocolatey dip. After all, who doesn’t like chocolate?
If you’d like to make a quick s’more, spread the dip on a graham cracker, add a marshmallow, and top it with another graham cracker. Squeeze it together and you’ve got all the flavor of S’mores without the fuss.
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Ingredients for Hot Cocoa Dip
Gather the ingredients to prepare our Hot Cocoa Dip recipe. Culinary professionals call this the “Mise en Place,” which means “everything in its Place.”
Setting up your ingredients not only helps speed up the cooking process but also ensures you have all the necessary ingredients on hand to make the recipe.
Can I Make Adjustments to the Recipe?
We used heavy cream to make our hot chocolate dip, but if you’d rather not deal with making your whipped cream, you can use Cool Whip instead. It will definitely make the process easier, but you’ll also get all the preservatives and ingredients you can’t pronounce along with it.
If you’d like to reduce the sweetness, you can replace the hot chocolate powder with ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder. It will have a less sweet, deeper chocolate flavor.
Have fun with the flavor by adding cinnamon or a touch of nutmeg. To make it Mexican hot chocolate dip, add a little cayenne or ancho chili powder along with the cinnamon.
To make a mint chocolate dip, add peppermint extract to the mixture. In fact, you can use your favorite flavor of hot chocolate mix, such as classic milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and salted caramel.
How to Make Hot Cocoa Dip
Follow along with my simple step-by-step instructions to learn how to make Hot Cocoa Dip in your home kitchen.
Add the cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and whipping cream to a large bowl.
Using a hand mixer or hand blender, whip the ingredients together until combined and smooth in texture.
Add the hot cocoa mix and vanilla extract to the mixture.
Whip together until fluffy.
Cover with cling wrap or aluminum foil and place the hot cocoa dip in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to allow time for the flavors to combine.
Scoop the hot chocolate dip into a serving bowl and top with mini marshmallows and/or festive color sprinkles.
Chef Tip
If you’re adding any spices to the hot chocolate dip, add them when you add the cocoa powder and vanilla extract. For best results, after the dip is done, cover it with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to combine.
Easy to make, our hot cocoa dip is fluffy, sweet, and chocolaty, all the things that will make this party dip a family favorite all year long!
How to Store
Store leftover dip in an airtight container in your refrigerator for 3-4 days. It can be stored frozen for up to two months.
Recipe FAQs
That can happen if you don’t blend the mixture long enough for it to be smooth and creamy. If it’s a little thick and grainy, add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream until the desired consistency is reached.
This chocolaty dip goes great with graham crackers, vanilla wafers, animal crackers, shortbread, or any of your favorite cookies. It also goes well with pound cake cubes, biscotti, churros, and fresh fruit.
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Instructions
Add the cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and whipping cream to a large bowl.
Using a hand mixer or hand blender, whip the ingredients together until combined and smooth in texture.
Add the hot cocoa mix and vanilla extract to the mixture and whip together until fluffy.
Place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to allow time for the flavors to combine.
Scoop the hot chocolate dip into a serving bowl and top with mini marshmallows and/or festive color sprinkles.
Serve with your favorite dippers such as graham crackers, pretzels, vanilla wafers, animal crackers, or your fresh fruit.
Notes
Can I Make Adjustments to the Recipe?
We used heavy cream, but if you’d rather not deal with making your whipped cream, you can use Cool Whip instead. It will definitely make the process easier, but you’ll also get all the preservatives and ingredients you can’t pronounce along with it.
If you’d like to reduce the sweetness, you can replace the hot chocolate powder with ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder. It will have a less sweet, deeper chocolate flavor.
Have fun with the flavor by adding cinnamon or a touch of nutmeg. To make it Mexican hot chocolate dip, add a little cayenne or ancho chili powder along with the cinnamon.
To make a mint chocolate dip, add peppermint extract to the mixture. In fact, you can use your favorite flavor of hot chocolate mix, such as classic milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and salted caramel.
Why is my hot cocoa dip grainy?
That can happen if you don’t blend the mixture long enough for it to be smooth and creamy. If it’s a little thick and grainy, add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream until the desired consistency is reached.
What can I serve with the dip?
This chocolaty dip goes great with graham crackers, vanilla wafers, animal crackers, shortbread, or any of your favorite cookies. It also goes well with pound cake cubes, biscotti, churros, and fresh fruit.
Nutrition
Calories: 275kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 223mgPotassium: 52mgFiber: 1gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 601IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 0.3mg
