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Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate: a sourced camp stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hot_chocolate_p1150797.jpg; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Hot Chocolate

Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •1 cup (240 ml / 8.1 oz ) milk or water
  • •1 teaspoon cocoa powder
  • •1 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

  1. 1Heat the milk.
  2. 2While heating the milk/water put the other ingredients in a mug and mix them very well. It's best if you try to grind it a bit using a spoon.
  3. 3Fill half the mug with hot milk and stir very well.
  4. 4Add the remaining milk to the mixture.

Camp tips

  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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