A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter!
First, before we get into anything, I want to say that I hope your holidays were wonderful and everything is good with you. We had a lovely day with family and it all went by way too fast. We had brunch at our place and I made buttery cheddar biscuits, banana bread waffles and my hazelnut crepes (no one wanted the crepes because they said it was too fancy for them, so I happily overstuffed them with my berry wine jam and Nutella! My mom took care of the bacon and eggs and my daughter was in charge of taste testing obviously.
This drink came from my kitchen fail I mentioned earlier this week about my ruined white chocolate for my soft cut-out cookies. I saved the chocolate because there was no way I was going to let 7 oz of white chocolate go to waste (I kept adding more chocolate to the mix hoping it would save it.... that's not how it works, obviously). I had no clue what to do with it when I read up on ways to save seized chocolate that said you can dilute it with hot water or milk if you didn't need it for a ganache or anything like that.
Naturally, I thought I should make it into a white hot chocolate, so I melted it with milk.... but then it was too sweet, so I subdued the sweetness with some Fleur de Sel. Yum. Salted white hot chocolate is the best.... then I decided to add peppermint because... holidays. Perfecto! While I was enjoying my masterpiece, I noticed the container of matcha on top of the microwave and I thought "Why not? Sometimes you've got to take those risks." And it was definitely the best risk EVER because this salted matcha white hot chocolate is amazing!!
I feel the peppermint is take it or leave it, depending on what your preferences are. It's a nice addition, but might be a flavor overload for some and certainly isn't essential to the recipe. I left it in the recipe simply because that's how I made it... and it also justifies the candy cane I put in all the pictures. 😉 Tip: Sometimes the matcha can be hard to mix in, so you can use a blender to mix in the matcha powder to the milk before making your drink or use an immersion blender after you've already begun making your drink (which is what I ended up doing).
Salted Matcha White Hot Chocolate
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Beeta @ bee & co. says
What a creative idea, Amanda! I too would have a hard time tossing a bag of white chocolate away 🙁
Also, I would totally be there eating the crepes with you! 🙂
Amanda says
Yeah i always have such a hard time throwing anything away, even if its something that cant be salvaged. I was really glad that thebot chocolate ended up being a success!
Ala says
Ermigaw for this combination! I never would have considered making white hot chocolate, ever--probably the fear of cloying sweetness. But I absolutely love how you've tempered it, Amanda--making this ASAP.
Amanda says
Yeah, this was a total "on the fly" recipe. I just grabbed what was in arms reach and it all kind of fell in place!
Zainab says
Oh this is such a great idea!! I never would have thought to combine matcha in hot chocolate!! Love this!!
Amanda says
It was really good! Matcha and white chocolate is great together
Amanda says
This sounds amazing, lovin' the matcha!
Amanda says
Thanks!!
Christina @ Bake with Christina says
Ooo this sounds SO delicious! I love using matcha in just about everything and a hot chocolate with matcha has to be amazing!! Pinned! 🙂
Christine says
That is scary. (In a good way.) As in...I made a Matcha White Hot Chocolate at almost exactly the same time! I'll attest to Matcha White Hot Chocolate goodness:p Online cheers!
Nicole says
So I'm not sophisticated AT ALL & have no idea what fleur-de-sel or matcha are or where I can buy them? I do, however, love white chocolate anything & would like to try this if I can find the ingredients! Thanks in advance.
Amanda says
Hey Nicole! Fleur de sel is actually a type of salt. It is light, flaky, dissolves quickly in your mouth and has a nice salty flavor to it. You can also substitute it with Maldon which is another type of salt. Matcha is finely ground green tea. It's earthy and lightly floral. I actually bought both of the exact ingredients I used online (Amazon for matcha and beanilla.com for the fleur de sel), but you can find both in stores. Places that sell specialty ingredients like HomeGoods may even carry both. You can also check out health stores and Asian stores for the matcha. I can't think of a substitute for the matcha, but you can replace the fleur de sel with Maldon salt or even kosher salt, but I am not sure what the exact replacement amount would be, so I would recommend adding a pinch at a time and tasting as you go!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s?k=matcha
https://www.beanilla.com/vanilla/vanilla-salt
Nicole says
Thank you so much! Can't wait to try this!