Champurrado: Mexican Hot Chocolate Beverage

(4 stars based on 22 reviews)

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Try this sweet and nutritious Mexican beverage: Champurrado! With its combination of chocolate and cinnamon, it is a delicious way to warm you up on a cold day.

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Ingredients:

12 cups water, divided
3 cinnamon sticks
1 1/2 cups masa harina (Mexican corn masa mix)
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar or 2 large (6 ounces each) piloncillo cones (Mexican brown sugar)
1 to 4 oz. NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bar, broken into pieces
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

COMBINE 8 cups water and cinnamon in large saucepan. Bring to a boil.

PLACE remaining water and flour in blender; cover. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture through fine mesh sieve into cinnamon-water mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring constantly with wire whisk, for 6 to 7 minutes or until mixture is thickened.

STIR in sugar, chocolate and vanilla extract. Cook, stirring frequently, for 4 to 5 minutes or until chocolate is melted and flavors are blended. Remove cinnamon sticks. Pour into mugs.

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This drink is very good.

MARIA PILAR MORALES from LOS ANGELES, CA

This drink is very good and warms the inside of your tummy. This is the way my grandmother use to make it for me when I was a child. But she would use cocoa instead of the chocolate. When I would go visit her in Sinaloa, Mexico she would make this for me anytime during the year.
Champurrado

patricia vialpando from santa fe springs, CA

It was great. I see some people may live in parts of the country where masa mix may not be easily available, try switching to rice flour...it's just as good. I also added grated orange rind and it gave it a little bit of a kick!
¡Quedó riquísimo!

sonia morales from Panama City , FL

¡Quedó riquísimo! Hace unas dos horas lo leí y me puse hacerlo y recién me lo estoy tomando. ¡No mas me falta un a buena receta de tamales!
<3 CHAMPURRADO <3

melissa elizarraras from downey, CA

This was great!!! I have never made this before so i was glad to know it was super easy!!! it was a little sweet so i used a little less sugar but still as a 1st timer it was great!
hot chocolate

leah randall from PANAMA CITY, FL

This is very good a great comfort when the weather drops below 70
mmmmmmm mmmmmmm good

DONNA WATSON from GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH

This was really good. Comforting. Enticing. I found chocolate biscotti at the warehouse store, and wanted something special to go with it. This was perfect. I added cinnamon sticks as stirrers and topped it with whipped cream. Needless to say, there was NONE left!!!!
Mexican Hot Chocolate

Atisha Robinson from WEST PALM BEACH, FL

I enjoyed this recipe and now my creative flow has began. I am wondering if it would be spectacular if I used evaporated milk, Carnation of course, instead of water or if it also had a butter flavoring. Thanks for the inspiration.
REALLY GOOD

Ms. Blaschuk from FARMINGDALE, NY

OK I admit it, I like hot chocolate beverages all year round. This recipe was one I HAD to try. The brown sugar and cinnamon were a really unique flavor addition. But, I was most intrigued about having to use the sieve! The corn flour did thicken it up, but it was so good. . . like nothing I had ever tried before. Next time, instead of adding whipped cream on top, I will try a small scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Patricia Charles from LANSING, MI

Excellent. Well worth looking for the chocolate to make this drink. One of the best hot drinks around, and the cinn. just add that little kick. So glad we tried it. Hope more people will try this drink. Very good.
If you love chocolate,

joel tedder from FORT DODGE, IA

then this is a great cup of hot chocolate. I try just about every recipe that I have come across in here, and they are OOOOOOO So Good.
aroma

Rosemary Harris from WEIRTON, WV

this is a very tasty drink. the aroma was out of this world. the ingredients was hard to find.
warm and yummy

Carine Nadel from LAGUNA HILLS, CA

This was so nice and warm and yummy for a cold windy day. We all loved the cinnamon taste w/ the chocolate
champurrado;mexican hot chocolate beverage

MARYANN ONEILL from COATESVILLE, PA

I was the first one in my family to try it because it was the best every.
Champurrado: Mexican Hot Chocolate

RANDI STRITTMATHER from VERMILION, OH

Delicious - My son is making this for his Spanish class foods day.
hotttt Cocoa

laura stover from columbus, OH

Yummy, I am going to make this a favortie for my winter beverage
Heaven in a cup.

Diamond Took from Wellington, NZ

Perfect on a cold winters afternon, in front of the fire.
Sippin the Cold away

Raina L from Alhambra, CA

I loved this especially on these cold nights.
Mexican Hot Chocolate

Laura Davis from danvers, MA

Just had the first cold day of winter and this really hit the spot. Everyone loved it. The kids asked to make more for later.
Mexican Hot Chocolate

JULIE SCHMITZ from ledyard, CT

UNIQUE!
Mexican Hot chocolate Beverage

Marge Chastain from Munster, IN

Tried this last night. It was perfect for a cool evening with cookies.
Ole'

Christina Butzen from Fond du Lac, WI

It took a little longer than the recipe called for but boy was it worth it! A rich chocolate drink and flavor without the sometimes overpower sweetness of instant hot chocolate. I served it with fresh whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Ole'
Review for Mexican Hot Chocolate Beverage--champurrado

lema garcia from Mcfarland, CA, usa

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1/10 of recipe

Servings Per Recipe: 10 servings (8 oz. each)

Calories: 210
Calories from Fat: 15
Total Fat: 1.5g (2% of DV)
Saturated Fat: .5g (3% of DV)
Cholesterol: 0mg (0% of DV)
Sodium: 20mg (1% of DV)
Carbohydrates: 49g (16% of DV)
Dietary Fiber: 2g (8% of DV)
Sugars: 34g
Protein: 2g
Vitamin A: 0% of DV
Vitamin C: 0% of DV
Calcium: 8% of DV
Iron: 4% of DV

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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