Healthy Hot Chocolate
This sweet and creamy Healthy Hot Chocolate uses cacao powder, milk of choice, and is naturally sweetened with unrefined sweeteners!
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 78kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2% or 3.25% milk
- 1 tbsp cacao or cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Healthy Toppings (optional)
Instructions
- In a small pot, add milk and bring to a very hot temperature on medium heat (it doesn't have to boil).
- Add cacao powder, maple syrup and vanilla. Whisk very well until dissolved completely. Turn off heat.
- Serve hot with marshmallows or whipped cream.
Notes
- Store: You can keep hot chocolate in a covered pot on the stove for a few hours and reheat as needed. To store for longer period of time, cool and place hot chocolate in a tight cap bottle. Refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat in a microwave or in a small pot on the stovetop.
- Milk of choice: You can use any milk but remember the higher fat in milk, the creamier hot chocolate. Plant-based milk works as well, less creamy though but still flavorful.
- Water? I do not recommend to use water. Although no calories, it makes very flat hot chocolate.
- Make sugar free: You can replace maple syrup with the same amount of sugar free natural sweetener like erythritol or monk fruit sweetener.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 2mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g