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White Chocolate Mocha Recipe: Coffee-Shop Style at Home

White Chocolate Mocha

A homemade white chocolate mocha with a quick white chocolate sauce, espresso and steamed milk.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 1 mug
Course: Drinks
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

White chocolate sauce (makes about 1 cup)
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate (6 ounces)
  • 2/3 cup half-and-half
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch fine salt
For one white chocolate mocha
  • 2 shots espresso (2 ounces) or 1/3 cup very strong coffee
  • 2 tablespoons white chocolate sauce
  • 1 cup milk of your choice (8 ounces)
  • Optional: whipped cream and white chocolate shavings

Method
 

Make the white chocolate sauce
  1. Warm the half-and-half in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until it steams. Do not let it boil.
  2. Turn the heat to low and add the white chocolate.
  3. Whisk gently for 2 to 3 minutes until the chocolate melts and the sauce is smooth and glossy.
  4. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the vanilla and salt.
  5. Cool for 10 minutes, then pour into a clean jar. It thickens as it chills.
Make the mocha
  1. Add 2 tablespoons of white chocolate sauce to a 12 ounce mug.
  2. Pull 2 shots of espresso directly over the sauce and stir until it dissolves completely.
  3. Steam 1 cup of milk until the pitcher is almost too hot to hold, around 140 to 150 degrees F.
  4. Pour the milk into the mug, holding back the foam with a spoon, then spoon a little foam on top.
  5. Finish with whipped cream and a few white chocolate shavings.