# Homemade Beignets with French Hot Chocolate

These homemade beignets are golden and crisp on the outside, slightly chewy at the edges, soft and pillowy in the center, and covered in powdered sugar, served with thick, rich, velvety, and deeply chocolatey French hot chocolate topped with marshmallow fluff, homemade whipped cream, and chocolate shavings.

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- yeast
- warm milk
- butter
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- flour
- Ghirardelli Intense Dark 72% Cacao Dark Chocolate
- milk
- cocoa powder
- sugar
- marshmallow fluff
- homemade whipped cream
- chocolate shavings
- powdered sugar
- oil

## Instructions

1. Pipe marshmallow fluff onto the rim of a cup.
2. Torch the marshmallow fluff until toasted.
3. Pour hot chocolate into the cup.
4. Add a scoop of whipped cream to the hot chocolate.
5. Dip a beignet into the hot chocolate.
6. Combine yeast and warm milk in a measuring cup and let it activate.
7. Pour the yeast mixture into a stand mixer bowl.
8. Add butter to the bowl.
9. Add eggs to the bowl.
10. Add vanilla extract to the bowl.
11. Add flour to the bowl.
12. Mix the ingredients in the stand mixer until a dough forms.
13. Transfer the dough to a bowl.
14. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a cloth and let the dough rise.
15. Punch down the risen dough.
16. Roll out the dough on a floured surface.
17. Cut the dough into squares using a pizza cutter.
18. Unwrap a bar of dark chocolate.
19. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces.
20. Pour milk into a pot.
21. Add cocoa powder to the milk.
22. Add sugar to the pot.
23. Whisk the ingredients in the pot.
24. Add chopped dark chocolate to the pot.
25. Add chocolate shavings to the pot.
26. Whisk the hot chocolate mixture until smooth.
27. Pour the hot chocolate into a pitcher.
28. Fry the beignet dough in hot oil.
29. Flip the beignets to cook evenly.
30. Remove fried beignets from the oil and drain excess oil.

## Equipment

- piping bag
- blow torch
- ice cream scoop
- mixing bowl
- stand mixer
- rolling pin
- pizza cutter
- cutting board
- pot
- whisk
- pitcher
- fryer
- tongs
- slotted spoon

## Tips

- Serve the beignets warm with a generous snowfall of powdered sugar and dip them into the hot chocolate for the perfect pairing.
- The hot chocolate can be topped with marshmallow fluff, homemade whipped cream, and chocolate shavings.
- Beignets should be soft, warm, and pillowy in the middle, perfectly golden, and slightly chewy on the outside.
- The French hot chocolate should be thick, rich, velvety, and decadent.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1NTPUuHCWo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4cd57cc8-50ca-42d9-88e7-fa42c61e1faf
- Extracted: 2026-01-17

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