When is National Hot Chocolate Day?
Tuesday January 31stEvery year on January 31st, National Hot Chocolate Day warms up people around the country by celebrating the classic cold-weather drink.
Hot chocolate is a hot beverage made with ground chocolate, boiled milk, or water, and sugar. We often use the terms hot chocolate and hot cocoa interchangeably in America. However, the two beverages are not similar.
Cocoa vs. hot chocolate vs. hot chocolate: cocoa vs. hot chocolate
Cocoa powder, boiled milk or water, or sugar are all common ingredients used to make hot cocoa. We're able to do this thanks to a process that was developed by father and son chemists. For the thicker, more flavorful drink, we make hot chocolate made from ground chocolate containing cocoa butter. It is also known as drinking chocolate.. Hot chocolate has also been around longer than hot cocoa. Casparus van Houten Sr. invented a way to distinguish the cocoa solids from the butter in the early 1800s. Coenraad Johannes, Coenraad Johannes' son, made those fats more soluble in water. Cocoa powder was made possible by their processes.
However, everyone drank hot chocolate before then. This thicker, creamier drink has often been used for stomach ailments in the 19th century. In fact, it existed in ceremonial history long before the beverage's fame in Victorian times..
