--- title: 7 Ingenious Hacks to Make Hot Chocolate Even Better description: Yes, it's possible. Check out these clever tricks canonical: https://time.com/3629100/hot-chocolate-hacks/ author: Real Simple article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-15T14:34:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:44.880Z og:title: 7 Ingenious Hacks to Make Hot Chocolate Even Better og:description: Yes, it's possible. Check out these clever tricks og:url: https://time.com/3629100/hot-chocolate-hacks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 7 Ingenious Hacks to Make Hot Chocolate Even Better twitter:description: Yes, it's possible. 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