When I think of hot cocoa, I think of when my grandmother would open a pack of Swiss Miss and put it in hot water—milk if she was feeling generous. Hot chocolate is a little more decadent, with actual chocolate melted in.
Hot cocoa mixes unsweetened cocoa powder (plus sugar) into hot milk or a non-dairy substitute. You can adjust the drink to taste, adding as much sweetener as you desire.
A cup of hot cocoa tends to be sweeter and lighter in texture than hot chocolate, and it comes together fairly quickly whether or not you make it from scratch.
Hot chocolate, on the other hand, calls for melting some type of chocolate—usually bars, often bittersweet or semisweet, though milk chocolate or white chocolate can also be used.
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