This Chocolate Covered Cherry Hot Chocolate is super easy to make with maraschino cherry juice and Swiss Miss® Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix. It will be your new favorite way to drink hot chocolate! Serve it with some maraschino cherries dipped in chocolate sauce, and you’ve got the perfect warm drinks for those chilly days!
I am proud to be partnering with Swiss Miss and Mirum to bring you this recipe. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
If someone were to ask me what my favorite candy is…
I would have to say chocolate covered cherries.
I absolutely LOVE them and have ever since I was little.
Is there one candy that you would pick above any other?
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I don’t know what it is about biting into them.
I just absolutely love the taste of the chocolate and cherry together; more so than chocolate and peanut butter I think.
Hot chocolate has always been a way to warm up during the cold winter months. When I was little, it was so much fun mixing the cocoa powder with hot water after we’d go ice skating or sledding. I continued this tradition with our kids.
What I love now about hot chocolate is that there’s SO much you can do with it.
Hot cocoa bombs or hot chocolate bombs have been extremely popular the past few years. You can call me old fashioned, but I prefer a couple of large mugs filled with the stuff I’ve heated over the stove.
Yes, it’s delicious right out of the package mixed with water or milk (my preferred way now for a richer cocoa ), but you can also change it up a bit and add different flavors to it.
You’ll find that you smile with every sip of Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix.
There are no artificial sweeteners, preservatives, flavors or colors, AND it’s 99.9% caffeine free.
It’s sure to satisfy any chocolate craving you might have because it’s made with real cocoa and real nonfat milk.
MMmmm…can’t you just smell it now?
You can purchase the Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix Envelopes, 30-count at your local Walmart like I did. They’re easy to find!
What do I need to make Cherry Hot Chocolate?
- 16 ounces whole milk
- 2 1.38-ounce packets Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
- 8 teaspoons of the maraschino cherry juice
- Chocolate Covered Cherries for garnish, if desired. These are SO easy to make. You only need three ingredients and they’re a beautiful garnish for a delicious and fun drink. All you have to do is heat some chocolate chips with a bit of coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl, and then dip the cherries in and voila!
How to Make this Chocolate Covered Cherry Hot Cocoa –
Making this easy drink is a breeze and doesn’t take much time at all.
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. You want it hot, but not boiling. Stir often so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Pour the packets of Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate Mix into two mugs.
- Add the cherry juice. If you plan on making this recipe again and again as I’m sure you will once you fall in love with it, too, you can purchase maraschino cherry juice instead of draining it from a jar full of cherries. You can find it here on Amazon.
- Gently pour the hot milk into the mugs and stir.
It really does taste like you’re drinking a chocolate covered cherry, and it’s delicious!!
Garnish the filled cups with some of my stabilized whipped cream or Reddi Wip, some chocolate shavings, and the chocolate covered cherries. You can even add 6-8 mini marshmallows, too!
Hot Chocolate Recipes
Want more hot chocolate? Check out these fantastic Swiss Miss recipes.
You’ll see smiles light up the faces of friends and family when you make them.
One of my most popular recipes has become this No Bake Cherry Hot Chocolate Cheesecake. It’s perfect any time of year, but especially delicious when the warmer months
I am a cookie monster, so I’ll take cookies over pie, cake, or ice cream.
These Hot Chocolate Cookies from Christi at Love From the Oven look delicious. I love the idea of adding the little marshmallows. They’ll have a tendency to melt when added to the dough, so it’s best to add the marshmallows soon after the cookies come out of the oven.
Looking to dip your cookies? Make this Hot Chocolate Cheesecake Dip from Chocolate, Chocolate and More. This will be fun to serve as an appetizer or even as a dessert!
We go nuts for those crispy rice treats, do you? This Hot Chocolate Krispie Treats recipe from Crazy for Crust is such a fun dessert. I can just picture serving my Chocolate Covered Cherry Hot Chocolate with a few of these!
Chocolate Recipes
If you like a cup of hot cocoa, then odds are that you’re going to like chocolate.
Why not enjoy some chocolate coconut cookies, chocolate spritz cookies, double chocolate oatmeal cookies, or double chocolate toffee cookies?
This chocolate cheesecake dip is a great snack or perfect for an after-school option.
Like no bake desserts? Then you need to make these chocolate mint dream bars. It’s a layered dessert that will have everyone swooning at the very first bite.
Chocolate Cherry Desserts
Better yet, I’ve got chocolate cookies WITH cherries in them, too!
Try these super popular Chocolate Cherry Crinkles or Chocolate Cherry Cookies. Each bite will remind you of eating cherries dipped in chocolate. I even have these Chocolate Covered Cherry Thumbprints. They’re a sugar cookie with a maraschino cherry in the middle with some melted chocolate on top.
There’s seriously no shortage of recipes with this delicious flavor combination.
I’ve got chocolate cherry pancakes, a cherry and dark chocolate galette, a cherry chocolate dump cake. This cherry cheesecake bread pudding with chocolate drizzled on top would be perfect for either dessert or breakfast.
But one of my favorite recipes with these two flavors is my Black Forest Dream Bars. This no bake dessert is an easy dessert lasagna that will knock your socks off. You’ll love the taste of the cherries with some chocolate in every bite.
Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa with the sweet taste of a chocolate covered cherry. It’s a seasonal flavor that is sure to warm you up from the inside out.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 16 ounces whole milk
- 2 1.38-ounce packets Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
- 8 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
- my Stabilized Whipped Cream or Reddi Wip for garnish, if desired
- chocolate covered cherries
Instructions
Chocolate Covered Cherries
- In a small microwavable bowl, heat semi-sweet chocolate chips for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth.
- Gently dip cherries into chocolate and slowly move to coat.
- Place onto a small plate lined with parchment and place into freezer to set for a minimum of 10 minutes.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Hot Chocolate
- Pour milk into a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until it starts to steam. DO NOT bring it to a boil.
- Pour the packets of Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa into each mug.
- Pour 4 teaspoons of the maraschino cherry juice into each cup.
- Slowly pour the milk into the cups and stir until well combined.
- Garnish with Reddi Wip whipped cream or my stabilized whipped cream, if desired and the chocolate covered cherries. I stuck the chocolate covered cherries on a wooden skewer.
Nutrition
This post was originally published 1/9/19. It has been updated in format and with pictures on 10/10/22.
Comments & Reviews
The cherry juice is genius, I hadn’t thought of flavoring hot chocolate myself! Yummy.
Thanks, Holly! I’m a sucker for chocolate and cherries!
Ms. Lynne I am 63, and still remember as a little girl, at Christmas Mama would bring home Brach’s Chocolate Covered Cherries at CHristmas. I know I am weird and they are available all year round now, but I only biy them at Christmas, now thye come in a brown box but I think the white box really was a subconscience way to say snow, winter CHRISTMAS.
My daughter came home yesterday and she had bought these packages of Melting Santas for garnishing hot cocoa. So I am thinking that this cocoa, with the top a big cloud of whipped cream, one of your chocolate covered cherries on top, with maybe 3 Santas around the whipped cream in some mad mad King of the Mountain but the winners are us!! I live with my single mother daughter with her 3 college students 20, 22, 24 and Santa still comes, we still read the night before Christmas and then have hot cocoa and leave cocoa, a small shot, and some cookies or candy (homemade) and this year, maybe some cookies and Mom’s Pineapple Candy.
By the way, I travelled the world in the Navy and I stayed at a beautiful German Grandmother’s B&B (back then truly a room in their house lol who is gone now, who gave me her recipe for Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake) and it is ‘licious! SHould you like a recipe.
Cathy, what a wonderful memory, and I LOVE that you only buy them at Christmas! Actually, chocolate covered cherries mean more to me this time of year as well because of my grandparents. That hot cocoa sounded delicious – I hope you enjoyed it!
And I love that you’ve continued such wonderful traditions with your granddaughters over the years. That truly warms my heart, Cathy. What wonderful memories you’ve created for everyone.
That Black Forest Cake sounds absolutely incredible and I would LOVE the recipe! My email is 365daysofbakingandmore@gmail.com, if you’d like to share it! Thank you, and I wish you, your daughter and granddaughters a healthy, safe, and VERY Merry Christmas!!
Hi! I would love your Black Forest Cake recipe if possible! Thank you for serving our Country!Have a great day!
Pam
Hi Lynne
I too would love the recipe for Black Forest Cake that Cathy Smith on 12/10/20 wrote about. I sincerely hope she forwards it to you and you can share it with others. Love your site visit it daily and have made incredible recipes because of you. Thank you dear one for making my family and friends think I am a wonderful cook I do give you credit and let them know where they can find the recipes. Again dear one thank you. Stay safe
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Marge