hot chocolate

noun

: hot milk that is chocolate-flavored
a cup of hot chocolate

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Joles says the coffee is organic, and the business imports chocolate from Europe for its hot chocolate. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Award-winning coffee from Daily Grind in Unionville, hot chocolate, tea, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, breakfast sandwiches, popcorn, candy, flew out that window. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 Cinny Biscuits At The Bake Shop and Cafe in Cleveland, Shawnda Moye offers the Cinny, a warm cinnamon roll-meets-biscuit that somehow becomes more divine when paired with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 16 Sep. 2026 The new flavor sounds like the perfect way to bridge the seasons, combining creamy, cool ice cream with the taste of piping hot coffee and warm hot chocolate. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot chocolate

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“Hot chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20chocolate. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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