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:Â 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)
- 2Â 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:Â Hot Chocolate Cookies
That hot chocolate looks fab. You amaze me with your coconut milk skills.
What shows do I watch?
Hart of Dixie
Terra Nova
Alcatraz
Castle
Hawaii Five-O
Up All Night
New Girl
Whitney
Are you there, Chelsea?
Last Man Standing
Big Bang Theory
Hot in Cleveland
Person’s of Interest
Bones
Gifted Man
Grimm
Once Upon a Time
Was wondering if you use fair trade chocolate in your recipes? CNN has issued a challenge to make a chocolate dish from fair trade chocolate and thought you might be interested! http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/733442
I really like Dagoba fair-trade… and of course my favorite chocolate bars are Endangered Species :).
I just uploaded my Chocolate Bar Pie to the CNN link. Thanks for sharing!!
Mmm these look SO tasty! I admit when I’ve been wanting hot chocolate lately I’ve been skipping the cocoa+fat method and just melting a couple of tablespoons of chocolate chips, then heating up unsweetened almond milk and vigorously mixing the two together until it resembles mexican drinking chocolate… droool. I haven’t been watching much TV, either… but the hubs and I always watch our cartoons (Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Futurama), our cooking competitions (Top Chef, Chopped), and our political humor (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher). I am pretty religious about True Blood when it’s on!
This hot cocoa is awesome! I feel compelled to feature you in my Friday Food Fetish roundup and on Pinterest. Let me know if you have any objections and keep the amazing food coming…
Aww I’m honored 🙂
I made homemade hot chocolate with coconut milk and Hershey’s special dark cocoa – it was nice ‘n’ rich! Would have been superb with some whipped cream, which I don’t usually keep in the house. Last time I tried coconut whipped cream, the coconut milk never separated when I put it in the fridge – bummer!
I have to say, Friends is also MY all-time fave. I used to watch Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice, but quit cold turkey this season. The ONLY show I watch now is Castle. 🙂
That does look like the perfect hot chocolate…mmm:)
We don’t watch that much TV here either. We have a few shows that we DVR, but that is really just a handful. I could live on HGTV and Food Network though!
I love this drink, all the chocolate drizzling down the side. Perfect for a rainy day!
I love hot chocolate. 🙂 <3
No love for 30 rock yet? I just finished the latest season of 30 rock out on DVD and I’m working my way through the Sopranos. I’ll also always watch Star Trek TNG. Love Mad Men, many funny cartoon/stop animation shows (Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken, South Park), Glee, New Girl, Raising Hope… also still watching Fringe, even though it’s gotten a bit silly. The one foodie show I watch is Check Please! for the Bay Area.
Can you tell I’m an entertainment junkie? I also loved The Wire and most of Alan Ball’s other tv series, Six Feet Under. Thanks for letting me blather about tv on your food blog Katie!