Rich, chocolatey, frosty, dreamy, homemade frozen hot chocolate…
It seems every time I mention my love for New York City, someone will ask, “Have you been to Serendipity? Have you had their frozen hot chocolate? It’s life-changing!”
What’s a healthy-eating vegan, who’s never been to Serendipity, to do?
Make my own frozen hot chocolate, of course!
For a healthy topping, be sure to try this with my Healthy Reddi-Wip Cream on top!
Frozen Hot Chocolate
(Makes 1 really big serving)
- 1 cup milk of choice – use at least 1/3 cup as lite or full-fat canned coconut milk if you want a truly-rich treat
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- scant 1/16th tsp salt – important
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup, sugar, etc. OR pinch pure stevia
- Optional for an even richer flavor, add a little melted chocolate (Serendipity’s recipe calls for this)
Combine ingredients and whisk together on the stove. Or microwave 30 seconds, stir, then microwave another 30 seconds. Let cool, then pour into an ice-cube tray. If you don’t have one, pour into three or four small containers. (Or pour it all into one container, but be sure to thaw before doing the next step so your blender can handle the one big block of frozen-ness.) Freeze. Once frozen, pop the mixture into a blender and blend! I used my Vitamix. Do not add ice, which would dilute the flavor. Ideas for Variations: Add almond or mint extract, blend in some banana, spike with rum, or even add peanut butter!
Frozen Hot Chocolate Nutrition Facts:
(For the entire thing)
- Calories: 80
- fat grams: 4.5
- Protein grams: 3
- Sugar grams: 0 (if using stevia)
I first made this using only almond milk. I liked it… but my taste-tester friends—some of whom have tasted the real thing from Serendipity—said it was more like frozen ice milk than hot chocolate. I agreed; the recipe was missing that rich, hot-chocolate flavor. Nothin’ a little fat couldn’t fix! So if you can spare the calories in your diet, try using at least 1/3 cup of full-fat coconut milk. It will still be much healthier than the Serendipity version (220 calories to their 850. I’m not sure what their serving size is… but my recipe makes a pretty big serving! And it has no cholesterol and can be sugar-free.)
Yummy! Frozen hot chocolate is the way to go!!
I actually did something like this last summer. I made up a packet of Swiss Miss 25 calorie hot cocoa mix and poured it into an ice cube tray, let it freeze, then blended it! So delicious.
L-O-V-E! ive never been to Serendipity but iv heard all about it! so clever you are! and HECK yeah make it with the full fat coconut.. thats pretty darn healthy if you ask me!
im trying to think of something that you havent actually CCKatie-ified yet.. which is DIFFICULT!
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ALAS! could you do a single serve pie? (not a fruit filling- chocolaty filling!!)
Ooo what a cute idea!
I want to do a face plant in that! YUM! I love making over naughty treats…my brain is constantly moving in that direction. This looks perfect!
Hahaha your face would freeze! 😉
WOW- this looks delicious. I must add it to my list of things to try 🙂
I loveeeeee chocolate!
This looks amazing! This is kind of a dumb question, but does the coconut milk make it taste really coconutty? I’m not a coconut fan 🙂
Not a dumb question at all!! It doesn’t make it taste coconutty at all, especially if you only use 1/3 cup. (I think the cocoa masks the taste, too.) But you could also use creamer (such as Silk brand).
uh YUMMM. something that needs a healthy makeover is cinnamon buns! they are SOO delicious, but so full of sugar and fat! Work your magic, Katie! 🙂
I’d smooch you forever if you did a french silk pie ala Baker’s Square/Perkin’s. 😉 If that’s more a punishment than a prize, I’ll let my cute rats smooch you instead. They also do a lovely manicure!
I keep trying vegan french silk recipes I can’t seem to get the fluffy mousse-y but dense and crazy rich texture down! Tofu just doesn’t work quite right. It’s GOOD but not… yanno… EPIC. 😉
Haha I dunno if I’d want rat kisses either… but then again, I don’t even like when Henry kisses me! He tries all the time. I swear, that dog’s tongue is never in his mouth!
Awwwww. Rat kisses are nice!
They aren’t drooly like dogs…
VIDEO PROOF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AMuB-xLETU
(Yes, those are my boys. Yes, I sound like a dork.)
Ooooooooooooh how about healthified truffles!
Pecan Pie!!! 😀
I’ve heard about that Serendipity frozen hot cocoa too! Great idea veganizing it.