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HOT CHOCOLATE RECIPE FROM SCRATCH

HOT CHOCOLATE RECIPE FROM SCRATCH

Hot Chocolate Recipe from scratch! Made with real cacao powder. Choice of nut milk. Low glycemic index natural sweetener. Lower in calories. Dairy-free.

HOT CACAO MIX RECIPE FOR ONE

RECIPE INGREDIENTS

• 1-1/2C Unsweetened Nut Milk, *see note
• 1-1/2T Raw Cacao Powder, *see note
• 1/2t Pure Vanilla Extract or small piece of Vanilla Bean, split
• 1T Sweetener *see note, or more to taste
  OR
• 100% Liquid Stevia drops, to taste
• Optional—Shaved Dark Chocolate sprinkles
• Optional—Cinnamon Stick as garnish
• Optional—Ground Cinnamon as garnish
• Optional—Whipped Coconut Cream

NOTE: chose an unsweetened nut milk. Try coconut or almond milk. At 50 calories or less per cup. Don’t use full fat canned, coconut milk. For a richer, higher calorie hot chocolate recipe, use BPA-free canned Lite Coconut Milk. Choose a raw cacao powder. Try Dagoba Brand or Nativas Naturals Brand. Do not use alkaline or Dutch processed cocoa powder. Choose a lower calorie, lower glycemic sweetener. Try raw, unpasteurized honey. Coconut or palm sugar. Or Lucuma powder. Or use 0 calorie liquid Stevia. Make sure it’s 100% Stevia.

More about Lucuma Powder here: http://navitasnaturals.com/product/455/Lucuma-Powder.html

RECIPE DIRECTIONS—heat milk on low in a small saucepan. Whisk in cacao powder. And sweetener, of choice. Using liquid Stevia? Add just before serving. If using vanilla bean, split and add to pan. Stir constantly until milk is hot. And cacao powder and sweetener are dissolved. Remove pan from heat. Stir in vanilla extract. And liquid Stevia if using. Optional, garnish with a cinnamon stick. And shaved dark chocolate sprinkles. Or top with whipped coconut cream. And a sprinkle of ground cinnamon. To make shaved chocolate, freeze square of dark chocolate. Using a cheese grater, grate dark chocolate. Sprinkle on top of hot chocolate. Or whipped cream.

Hot chocolate recipe is great with homemade marshmallows. Try this yummy Paleo-friendly recipe. It’s from The Unrefined Kitchen.

Here’s the link: http://www.unrefinedkitchen.com/2011/10/04/homemade-honey-sweetened-marshmallows/

 

HOT COCOA MIX RECIPE FOR A CROWD

This hot chocolate recipe makes 12 cups of hot chocolate

RECIPE INGREDIENTS

• 3-32 oz. Containers Almond or Coconut Milk, unsweetened, *see note above
• 3/4C Raw Cacao Powder, *see note above
• 4t Pure Vanilla Extract or 1 Vanilla Bean, split
• 1/2C Sweetener, *see note above, or more to taste

DIRECTIONS: follow hot chocolate recipe directions above.

CACAO POWDER VERSES COCOA POWDER

Heat destroys most of the benefits of raw cacao beans. Dutch-processed cocoa powder uses beans roasted at high temperatures. Dutch processing uses harsh alkaline chemicals. This further destroys raw cacao beans natural benefits.  Use raw, organic cacao powder in your hot chocolate recipe. Navitas Naturals brand mills its cacao beans at low temperatures. This protects each beans full range of nutrients. Dagoba brand is good, too.

HOT COCOA MIX IN A JAR GIFT RECIPE

Hot chocolate recipe mix in a jar makes a great gift. Try one of the recipes below. Put hot chocolate recipe mix in a small mason jar. Or other glass jar as a gift. Tie all natural twin around the mouth of the jar. Along with a small wooden spoon. And a gift tag with instructions.

Paleo hot cocoa recipe or hot chocolate recipe from ‘A Girl Worth Saving’ blog.

PALEO HOT COCOA MIX

RECIPE INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 C *Coconut Sugar
• 1C *Cocoa Powder
• 1/2C Coconut Milk Powder

*NOTE: substitute raw cacao powder for cocoa powder. It’s a healthier hot chocolate recipe option. Coconut sugar is aka Palm sugar.

Here’s the recipe link: http://www.agirlworthsaving.net/2014/12/paleo-hot-cocoa-mix.html

Can’t find powdered coconut milk. Try this Paleo hot cocoa recipe with almond milk. It’s from ‘The Detoxinista’ blog.

HOT CHOCOLATE IN A JAR

• 1C *Cocoa Powder, unsweetened
• 1C *Coconut Sugar

*NOTE: substitute raw cacao powder for cocoa powder. It’s a healthier hot chocolate recipe option. Coconut sugar is aka Palm sugar.

Here’s the recipe link: http://detoxinista.com/2014/12/diy-hot-chocolate-in-a-jar/

SUGAR FREE RECIPE OPTION – hot chocolate with stevia recipe. Substitute 100% Stevia powder for sugar in either hot chocolate recipe above.

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