Ingredients
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- 2 cups unsweetened oat milk (or your choice of plant milk or dairy milk; see notes)
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder or cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- Coconut whipped cream (optional, for serving)
Instructions
- In a small saucepan set over medium heat, pour in the plant milk.
- Whisk in the cocoa powder, maple syrup, vanilla, and sea salt.
- Let the mixture come to a simmer, then turn off the heat and serve the hot chocolate immediately.
- Feel free to top your mug of hot chocolate with a dollop of whipped cream.
Notes
- If your plant milk is already sweetened, then leave out the maple syrup.
- You can use either prepared or homemade oat milk for this recipe. You can also use regular dairy milk if you aren’t on a vegan or dairy-free diet.
- Look for prepared coconut or rice milk whipped cream in the refrigerator section of most grocery stores. Or, if you aren’t dairy-free, you can use regular whipped cream.
- If you don’t have maple syrup you can also use white or brown sugar in it’s place. It will need to dissolve as it simmers though.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Healthy
- Diet: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 118
- Sugar: 12.4 g
- Sodium: 190.6 mg
- Fat: 4.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.3 g
- Fiber: 3.2 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg