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
can’t wait to make this! favorite shows: Downton Abbey hands-down favorite show. i’m so glad season 2 is online. and Ringer, The Voice, and The Amazing Race (when it’s on)… also, Once Upon a Time.
If this already was asked, sorry, but I have not enough time to read all comments – gotta go to the gym to work off the Mayan Hot Chocolate my daughter bought yesterday to share with me – OMG – it had Cayenne Pepper and Pasilla Chiles – Cinnamon too. Anywho, where do I find the recipe for Vegan Whip Cream – searched but no find. 🙂 Thanks – love the recipes and most especially the small servings that make indulging possible here and there. xo
https://lett-trim.today/2011/08/16/vegan-cool-whip/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
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I love Gossip Girl too! I’ll watch basically anything on CW and I also love Castle and Once Upon a Time, to name a few… The only problem is that I’m living in a dorm where I have to watch all of my shows online which just eats away my bandwidth! I love the hot chocolate idea! I might just go make some now… 🙂
This hot chocolate should come with a warning! I decided to be really naughty and make myself 2(!) servings. I feel ill now, but it was worth it! So delicious and rich! This was like heaven in a mug!
Aw lol that’s always how I feel when I eat too much coconut butter… the stomachache is worth it! Of course chocolate’s the same ;).
You know it’s “whipped cream,” right… and not WHIP cream. As in, it is cream that has been whipped. What is WHIP cream?
Sorry, Angie, but if you want to get technical… I use Soyatoo and it says “whip” right on the can ;).
Katie, I am just starting to try your recipes with my meat-and-potatoes family and am NOT telling them what they are eating 🙂 So far the choc chip cookie dough got an “it’s good” rating, but I still have some several days later. I did use chunky pb though, and that may have messed with the texture. The fudgy brownies was perfect – not scarfed up in one day, but gone in two, taking care of everyone’s need for a chocolate dessert. Soy is a problem for me but the soft tofu didn’t seem to cause me any pain, so I’ll do that one again for sure.
I’d like to try this recipe using coconut milk, but for the most part we don’t like the flavor of coconut. Do you get a coconut flavor with the coconut milk? I know that cooking with coconut oil rarely leaves a coconut taste.
Thank you for sharing your successes, and congratulations on all of your recent accomplishments!
I don’t taste it… but I like coconut so maybe I am biased!
I made the hot chocolate this morning and it was perfect! I used almond milk and the lite coconut milk and it was super rich and creamy! A staple for sure!
Castle …. You have GOT to watch the show Castle. I borrowed the 1st season of DVD’s from my neighbor and had to go buy the next 2 immediately. Now I am trying to watch only one at a time to make them last longer. But the truth is, it is tough. I get so excited to see the next one that sometimes the self control just isn’t there and I watch 2 or 3. But anyhow, you have GOT to see it! And, start from the beginning … SO GOOD!
Putting it on my list. After all, if a Friends-addict says it’s good, it must be good!
Oh and one more thing … I also GINORMOUS <3 Friends! Whenever I go to a social gathering where we have to wear those "Hello My Name Is" tags … I always write Regina Falange or Princess Consuela Banana Hammock … Just to see who notices. LOL! 🙂
Hi. This hot chocolate looks delicious, but I saw on this recipe and other that somethings had a
T next to it; I don’t know much about cooking so I was wondering what the T means. 😀
tablespoon. Sorry for the confusion!
Thanks a bunch! Can’t wait to try it!
Oh my goodness, Kate. I just found your blog tonight and I think I’ve repinned most of the recipes! If I weren’t “watching a movie” I’d probably have to go make something! I also shared it on my personal timeline and on my bus. page – I’m just so excited to have found the chocolate recipes I’ve been searching for. Hm, I can’t believe none of yours came up when I was searching for a GF, vegan chocolate cake/pie the other day…
I haven’t noticed anyone mention Gilmore Girls – my absolute favorite show. Also love West Wing, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, So You Think You Can Dance (a reality show where the participants are actually kind!), and when I need info – Rachel Maddow!
Aw thank you, Joni! That really means a lot to me.
Haha one of my favorite recipes on here is for a gluten-free chocolate pie ;).
Last night I had a go at making your hot chocolate and I have put pictures of the results up on my webpage – I hope you approve!
http://craftygeogopher.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cck-hot-chocolate.html
It was fun to make!
Couldn’t leave a comment on your blog because I don’t have a google account or open id. But I love the mugs… and the photos 🙂
This recipe looks amazing! One of my favorite things ever is peppermint hot chocolate. Would that just be adding a bit of peppermint extract?
That sounds like a really good idea! I might have to try it too :).
i know right!i made them last night.they are so cholatey
I just made my own non-vegan version of this in the microwave, so good!!!
1 c skim milk, 2 Tb cocoa powder, 1/2 Tb sugar, tiny tiny tiny pinch of salt!!
Ah, this looks sooo good right now… forget that summer’s barely over; this is being made soon!!