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Hot chocolate, which can also be called drinking chocolate and cocoa, is, as the name suggests, a hot beverage made from chocolate. It is made from shaved chocolate, melted chocolate or cocoa powder, which are added to heated milk or water, and a sweetener is frequently added too. The drink can then be topped with marshmallows or whipped cream. Or both. Dustings of cocoa on the top are not unheard of either.
The earliest known hot chocolate drinks were used by the Mayans, although they frequently added chillies to their chocolate, something that is definitely not common in the drinks many modern cultures are familiar with. Hot chocolate was brought back to Europe, and initially the bitter drink was the one used. The sweeter, modern version was invented and slowly became more common and it became popular and spread.
The best hot chocolate drinks are considered to be those made with actual chocolate, rather than cocoa.
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