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Hot Chocolate

Not much distinction is made here between chocolate or cocoa powder; the goal is probably to balance the bitter and sweet in a suitable fat-strewn liquid. Taste for sweet varies; modern industrial American food can be rather too sugar-heavy.

For cocoa powder aim for the extra super dark variety: whatever has the most potassium and iron, and the least sugar. A younger audience might want something sweeter and less complicated.

If the sludge has too many particles in it (e.g. from spices) try running it through a tea strainer or cloth.

What Did Not Work

Water as a base has no texture, though maybe you are in a hurry and just want instant sugar water?
2% milk is too thin and anyways milk does not really agree with me.
Dried shaved coconut makes a rather too strong a base flavor while remaining too thin in texture.
Too many additions can leave an unmixed sludge at the bottom of the cup. At the very least this wastes ingredients.

Untested: the traditional chocolate con queso, as suitable cheese varieties have not been around.

Roasted Almond Milk Hot Chocolate

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1 cup roasted almond milk
1 t cocoa powder
not much honey, around 1/8t or 1/4t

After many other iterations, other ingredients mostly muddle the flavor, and only a little honey is needed for bit of sweet against the other two.

Hazelnut Milk

1c roasted hazelnut milk (242g)
10g chocolate from a jar under the kitchen counter (probably sweetened)
~1/8t ginger (0.5g)
~1/8t cinnamon (0.5g)

Cinnamon probably helps if there is too much sugar involved.

Adult Swim

208g roasted almond milk (shake it if it's been in the fridge for a while)
20g baker's chocolate, minced (cocoa power would be easier to work with, but there was some expired baker's chocolate in need of using up)
brush of salt, ginger powder, cinnamon powder, cayanne pepper
1 T cognac

A bit bitter and a bit of a punch, this one had.

Other Additions to Try

Add some lemon powder for a bit of acidity.
Vannilla extract.
Maybe peppermint or such?
Other recipes seem to want whole milk plus some heavy whipping cream, but that is rarely seen in this house.