• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About Me
    • Contact
    • Services
      • Contact
  • Recipes
    • Recipes Visual Index
    • How to Make Ice Cream without an Ice Cream Maker
    • Kitchen Cheat Sheet
    • Kitchen & Pantry Essentials
  • Order Cookie School!

A Cookie Named Desire

menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Order Cookie School!
  • Recipes
  • Services
×
Home - Drinks

Published: Dec 26, 2014 · Modified: Dec 8, 2022 by Amanda Powell · This post may contain affiliate links.

Salted Matcha White Hot Chocolate

Jump to Recipe

A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter! 

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.

A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter!

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!!

A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter!

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. 😉

Recipe Card

A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter!

Salted Matcha White Hot Chocolate

Amanda Powell
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 7 minutes mins
Servings 2 servings
Prevent your screen from going dark

Ingredients
  

  • 7 oz white chocolate
  • 1 ½ cups milk any kind will work
  • 1 ½ teaspoons fleur de sel )mine was infused with vanilla)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons matcha powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons peppermint extract optional
Get Recipe Ingredients

Instructions
 

  • Place the white chocolate and milk in a saucepan and heat on medium-low and stir constantly until the chocolate is completely melted into the milk.
  • Stir in the remaining ingredients and mix well. Serve hot.

Notes

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).
Tried this recipe?Tag me on Instagram! @acookienameddesire #acookienameddesire

A ridiculously decadent salted matcha white hot chocolate to warm you up this winter!

More Drink Recipes

  • malted coffee coolatta in cup
    DIY Coffee Coolata (Frozen Coffee Malt)
  • finished coffee showing off layers
    Pistachio Cream Cold Brew
  • looking at collection of glasses of smoothie
    Coffee Smoothie
  • looking down at maple old fashioned with cherry and orange garnish
    Maple Old Fashioned

About Amanda Powell

Baker, photographer, and sometimes world traveler behind A Cookie Named Desire. Obsessed with helping people live life sweetly with delicious food to share with the special people in your life and creating lasting memories.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Surette says

    September 01, 2023 at 11:14 am

    Merely needed to tell you Now i am delighted that i happened in your page!

    Reply
  2. Nicole says

    December 05, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 05, 2015 at 9:32 pm

      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

      Reply
      • Nicole says

        December 05, 2015 at 9:36 pm

        Thank you so much! Can't wait to try this!

  3. Christine says

    December 30, 2014 at 3:10 am

    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!

    Reply
  4. Christina @ Bake with Christina says

    December 28, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    Ooo this sounds SO delicious! I love using matcha in just about everything and a hot chocolate with matcha has to be amazing!! Pinned! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Amanda says

    December 27, 2014 at 6:53 pm

    This sounds amazing, lovin' the matcha!

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 28, 2014 at 1:40 pm

      Thanks!!

      Reply
  6. Zainab says

    December 27, 2014 at 8:12 am

    Oh this is such a great idea!! I never would have thought to combine matcha in hot chocolate!! Love this!!

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 28, 2014 at 1:41 pm

      It was really good! Matcha and white chocolate is great together

      Reply
  7. Ala says

    December 27, 2014 at 2:19 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 28, 2014 at 1:42 pm

      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!

      Reply
  8. Beeta @ bee & co. says

    December 27, 2014 at 12:15 am

    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! 🙂

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      December 28, 2014 at 1:43 pm

      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!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hey, I'm Amanda!

I am the baker and photographer behind A Cookie Named Desire. I'm a cookbook author, food science nerd, world traveler (sometimes) with a major weakness for cookies and cheese.

Read More

Reader Favorites

  • S'mores Stuffed Cookies
    S'mores Cookies Recipe
  • homemade cookies scattered out on baking sheet
    Milano Cookies Recipe
  • cookies piled together on rack
    Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • avocado chocolate peanut butter smoothie in a glass
    Avocado Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
  • Making salt water taffy at home is actually easier than you think
    How to Make Salt Water Taffy
  • finished jelly donut shots on a tray
    Jelly Donut Shot

Summer Favorites

  • lemon bar cookies next to bowl of lemon curd on parchment paper
    Lemon Bar Cookies
  • This passion fruit mojito is the perfect tropical summer drink for parties and weekend BBQs.
    Passion Fruit Mojito
  • Cherry Pie Iced Tea
  • close up of crumble in pan
    Strawberry Crumble

Footer

^ back to top

About

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Accessibility

Newsletter

  • Sign Up! for emails and updates

Contact

  • Contact
  • Services
  • About Me

Copyright © 2024 A Cookie Named Desire

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Rate This Recipe

Your vote:




A rating is required
A name is required
An email is required