Made Healthy: Hot Chocolate Recipe

How to Make Healthy Hot Chocolate

Description

This healthy hot chocolate recipe is the healthiest version of a hot chocolate you’ll ever find. It has a high amount of protein, healthy fats, antioxidants, and low amounts of sugar.

In the version I personally use, I add 1 scoop of protein powder. This becomes a drink that’s good enough for even a bodybuilder.

This recipe has a concentrated chocolatey flavor due to the cacao solids and with a hint of coconut. If you don’t like coconut oil you can swap it out for cow butter or cocoa butter.

You can even add a tea bag in your cup to infuse another layer of flavor to your hot chocolate, making a pseudo tea latte.

Traditional hot chocolate can be very unhealthy since it’s full of sugar, unhealthy fats, and cream.

This healthy spin on hot chocolate recipes can help you lose weight and increase your energy levels.

Specifications

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 15 Minutes

Total Time: 20 Minutes

Servings (Yield): 1 Person

Nutrition Facts

Total Calories: 202 calories (kcal)

Fat: 17 g

Carbohydrate: 18.9 g

Protein: 10.3 g

Baking Ingredients

0.5 ounces (14 grams) of Bakers Dark Chocolate and 1 tsp of Cocoa Powder
1 Cup of Milk
1 Teaspoon of Coconut Oil
1 Tablespoon of Stevia
1 teaspoon of Salt

Bakeware and Cookware

1 Wooden Spoon
1 Medium Glass Bowl
1 Medium-Sized Saucepan

Optional Ingredients

Add 1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
For Vegans, replace Cow’s Milk with Almond Milk, Cashew Milk, or Oat Milk
Whipped Cream Topping
Replace Coconut Oil with Butter
Add 1 Earl Grey Tea Bag to your Cup
Add 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
Add 1 Scoop of Chocolate or Vanilla Protein Powder + 18g of Protein

Baking Instructions

1. Prepare a bain-marie: This is a French term for a hot water bath. Add water halfway up your saucepan and leave it over medium heat. Add your glass bowl on top of the saucepan.
2. Add your dry ingredients to the bowl: Add your cocoa powder and baker’s dark chocolate, stirring when to mix when the chocolate gets soft due to the indirect heat from the bowl.
3. Adding the coconut oil: When the dark chocolate melts and mixes well with the cocoa powder, add the coconut oil, and mix it in completely.
4. Adding the wet ingredients: When the coconut oil is fully incorporated, add milk and any other optional ingredients and mix it until the mix becomes a smooth chocolate texture.
5. Add the teaspoon of salt and tablespoon of stevia, mix well.
6. Reducing: Let the mix sit over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the ingredients to bind properly, stirring every few minutes. Then turn off the heat.
7. Cooling: Remove the bowl and let that sit on your counter for 5 minutes to cool down more.
8. Transfer the chocolate milk to your cup and enjoy!

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Recipe by: Christopher Karam ?‍? ｜ Published: 30 July 2020 ?

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