Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate (2 Ways)

Name: Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate (2 Ways)
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup white chocolate chips ((or chopped)); 2 1/2 cups milk ((I used 2%)); 1/4 cup pumpkin puree; 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice; 1 ounce Kahlua ((or sub half as much Bourbon)); Whipped cream and caramel ((optional // for topping))

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Drizzling homemade caramel sauce onto a Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate

The first time I walked into a Starbucks I ordered a hot chocolate. I was confused. I hated coffee. Then I spilled it on myself. True story.

Pouring a glass of our delicious Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate

Glasses of our Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate recipe topped with whipped cream

Since then hot chocolate and I have made amends. The stain came out. I once again remembered the luscious hot chocolate of my youth, even if it did consist of Ovaltine and freeze-dried marshmallows. It warms me when I’m bitterly cold in the wintertime. You could say we’re hot for each other again. Also a true story.

Top down shot of a whipped cream spiral topped with cinnamon on top of a Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate

Sure, classic hot chocolate is good and well. But this hot chocolate is WHITE hot (get it?) and filled with pumpkin puree and plenty of pumpkin pie spice. And booze! Did I mention the booze?! It has booze.

Glasses of Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate topped with whipped cream

Glasses filled with our Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate recipe and whipped cream

The best part about this drink besides the fact that it’s perfect for cold-weather gatherings, grown up enough for even the manliest of manly men, and quintessentially fall, is that it warrants being topped with whipped cream and caramel sauce. Ooohhh yeahh.

Glasses of Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate with one topped with caramel sauce

If you love the buttery sweet flavor of white chocolate, the spicy heartiness of pumpkin, and the luscious decadence that is whipped cream and caramel (and booze – two kinds, pick your poison), then this is thee fall drink for you.

Happy fall, friends. Happy fall, indeed.

Drizzling caramel sauce onto the whipped cream layer of our Boozy Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate recipe

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 2 (hot chocolates)

Course Beverage

Cuisine Gluten-Free, Vegetarian

Freezer Friendly No

Does it keep? Best when fresh

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

1/2 cup white chocolate chips (or chopped)
2 1/2 cups milk (I used 2%)
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 ounce Kahlua (or sub half as much Bourbon)
Whipped cream and caramel (optional // for topping)

Instructions

In a saucepan over low-medium heat, melt the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the milk (amount as original recipe is written // adjust if altering batch size), whisking often (about 3 minutes).
Once melted, add the rest of the milk, the pumpkin and the pumpkin pie spice and stir vigorously to incorporate.
Pour a small amount of the hot chocolate into serving glasses (two as original recipe is written), add Kahlua OR bourbon (bourbon is much stronger in taste). Top off with hot chocolate, stir and then top with whipped cream, caramel sauce and more pumpkin pie spice (optional).