Healthy hot Chocolate.
Chocolate is the answer to every problem.
No seriously, it is.
—-Boyfriend broke up with you? Chocolate!
—-No time to make dinner? Chocolate!
—-Spilled red wine all over your tablecloth? Baking soda!
Baking soda??? Okay, maybe chocolate is the answer to almost every problem. (Please don’t try putting chocolate on your red wine stains. Not a good idea!)
Homemade hot chocolate above is topped with coconut whipped cream and Healthy Chocolate Raspberry Sauce.
But when it’s been raining all day, and you and your roommate are stuck inside (as we were yesterday), chocolate is definitely the answer.
Healthy Hot Chocolate
(Serves 1)
Adapted from: Frozen Hot Chocolate
- 2/3 cup milk of choice
- 1/3 cup full-fat canned coconut milk or Cashew Cream (for notes on lower-cal options, see nutritional info link below)
- 2 tbsp cocoa or cacao powder
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener, such as 1 stevia packet or 1 tablespoon sugar or agave
Combine all ingredients and stir. Either cook on the stovetop, or: microwave 30 seconds, stir, microwave 30 more seconds, stir, microwave 30 more seconds or until hot and completely mixed.
View Healthy Hot Chocolate Calories and Nutrition Facts
Link of the Day: Hot Chocolate Cookies
Mmm… hot cocoa!! What does the salt in the recipe do? We’ve never tried adding it to hot cocoa before. I’ll have to give it a try!
We don’t have cable or satellite at home, but I check in on some of the new shows via DVD or whilst visiting my family. I agree, there aren’t many good shows on lately. We are big Star Trek fans, and have been borrowing DVDs from the library. We occasionally watch CSI (the original one) or Extreme Home Makeover on rainy days at the lake. We made it to season three of Lost before it got too weird to follow. Mostly, we prefer movies!
I’m all chocolate-d out right now! (Crazy, I know?!) But seriously, I had hot cocoa and just ate an extremely rich bitter chocolate lava cake (at least my attempt at making one..)…too. much. chocolate.
I know, you are probably ashamed of me right now 🙁
I guess I’m the major weird person here 🙂
I watch Doctor Who, The Red Green Show, South Park, Law and Order (and SVU). I don’t much care for “reality” television for the most part. I don’t like drama shows, and I hate romantic comedies (with a few rare exceptions). I’m more the girl who hangs with the guys. I guess it comes from being more comfortable around guys. Guys are more straightforward than girls – most girls I know have said nice things to my face and gossiped about me behind my back. I don’t like that garbage.
Awesome recipe! I made your Fro-Co yesterday and it was SO good. I used light vanilla soy milk because I’m a post WLS patient (lap band) and I need to keep my calories and carbs down. Not that I won’t use full fat coconut milk on occasion, I just didn’t have any handy yesterday! Delicious! 🙂
I also made some homemade “mounds” bars for my husband the other day. He said to tell you thanks for the recipe for Hot Chocolate Butter (cause that’s what I put the marshmallow coconut filling between!
I still need to try that fro co!
It’s really good 🙂
Your comment makes me so, so happy! And tell your husband “you’re welcome” for me! 🙂 🙂
Oh, thank goodness, I thought I was the only geek on the site. Doctor Who and Torchwood, both starring actors who are lovely representations of masculinities that don’t adhere to gender-norm BS. Also, there are plenty of kick-ass three-dimensional female characters. And time travel!
Doctor Who is the BEST! And Castle and Greys Anatomy.
“I’ve never seen a single episode of Real Housewives or Keeping up with the Kardashians.” <– I've seen them all 🙂
And watched 1 episode of Friends in my entire life. Never have seen Gossip Girl, Lost, or any shows lots of people talk about.
I'd like to watch tv with this hot chocolate. Delish!
Because of the glass I think, when I first saw this, I thought it was a cold/blended drink. Like the “Frozen Hot Chocolate” from Serendipity 3 in New York. Hmmmmmmmmmm
Mmm I could definitely go for one of those, even in the dead of winter!
I love the show Bones! 😀
Hear hear!
And I just used the last of my coconut milk! Will have to make this when I get more c:
That is exactly how I make hot chocolate! Nothing beats almond milk and cocoa powder!
Am all about HGTV and my guilty pleasure, American Idol, whIch I watch with my eight-year-old son. We’ve a bit of a track record when it comes to picking finalists 🙂
Question Katie about coconut milk please. Have you by chance found a company that uses BPA=free cans?
Thanks as always the yummy recipe – those chocolate cookies are definitely on my radar!
A google search told me that Native Foods cans are BPA-free :).
Color me embarrassed Katie. I can Google too but thanks for covering it.
Also found that Aroy-D and Trader Joe’s Light coconut Milk come in bpa free cans.
Thanks again!!
I didn’t watch much until all of these new shows came on this season. And I’m getting super excited to try out Smash (since it’s Glee-like) and I’m liking Alcatraz from the creators of Lost. Then there’s Touch that just started too. And I was already watching Revenge, Ringer, Glee, Modern Family, Teen Mom 2, Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, Mike and Molly, and a few reality shows. I watch WAY too much TV! 🙂