Description
Healthy, homemade paleo hot chocolate - perfect on a chilly afternoon, as a weekend breakfast treat or healthy dessert. Paleo, vegan, keto and kid approved.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup coconut cream (just the thick white cream from a can of full fat coconut milk/cream)
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup (sugar free sweetener for keto)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder (or cacao powder)
- 2 Tbsp collagen peptides (optional, omit for vegan)
Instructions
- Combine almond milk, coconut cream, maple syrup and vanilla in a small saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring every so often, until the liquid starts to simmer.
- Turn off heat and mix in the cocoa powder and collagen. Tip: use a milk frother to blend.
- Pour the hot chocolate into a mug/mugs and add your favorite toppings (marshmallows, whipped cream, etc.).
Notes
This recipe makes two cups of hot chocolate. I split this recipe between my 3 kids, giving them each a small cup.
Feel free to omit the collagen or swap it with powdered bone broth protein or beef protein isolate.