Healthy Hot Chocolate
'Tis the season for fuzzy socks and hot chocolate!
My daughter and I were reading a Christmas book this morning and I had this overwhelming desire for hot chocolate! So I whipped up warmth in a cup!
I did this last week too...but made the grave mistake of letting my almost 2-year old walk away with her mug of hot chocolate while I rinsed out the pot. And guess where it ended? All over my white rug, smeared all over the TV, wiped across our mirror, and I found tiny little chocolate finger prints all over our coach.
toddler-sized hot chocolate
So word of advice: don't let your toddler drink hot chocolate unattended while you clean up the kitchen! #MajorMomFail
And before you open up a seemingly harmless packet of hot chocolate, consider the ingredients that come in that box:
sugar, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglyderides, artificial flavor, carrageenan. Contains milk.
Ummm what the what!? I can't even pronounce those ingredients, which violates one of my major food rules! If you can't pronounce it, don't eat it (unless it's quinoa)! ;)
Just make this healthy alternative instead! You can even top it off with some homemade coconut whipped cream like I did last week! And feel free to add more honey if you want it sweeter.
Total Time: 6 minutes
Prep: 1 minute
Cook: 6 minutes
Yield: 2
Level: Easy
Healthy Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
- 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or your milk of choice)
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp honey
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Cinnamon (optional)
Directions:
- Warm the almond milk in a small saucepan, then whisk in the cocoa powder, honey, and vanilla extract.
- Whisk well to remove any lumps from the cocoa.
- Pour into a cute mug, top with a dash of cinnamon (or whipped cream), and enjoy!