Hey my Christmas Cookies!
Thanks for all of your comments on my last post. I loved hearing all about those that are special to you and about the things your pets like to do. I also loved hearing about what you are doing for Christmas! Saturday we’re having the missionaries over and then on Sunday my sister and I are singing an arrangement of “What Child Is This” with the other young women in our church. I’m really looking forward to it! 🙂
One of my favorite winter treats is hot chocolate.
But sadly, many of the ready to make hot-chocolate packets contain long lists of ingredients that are made up of many different kinds of sugars, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, and lots of ingredients you can’t recognize or even pronounce.
You want a treat you won’t feel guilt about?
Here it is.
My SINLESS HOMEMADE HOT CHOCOLATE! 😀
Measure out one cup of non-dairy milk, and then transfer 2 tbsp of it to a mug.
Heat the rest of the milk on the stove top or in the microwave (it took me about one and a half minutes in the microwave) until steaming but not boiling.
While the milk is heating up, add the cocoa, stevia, cinnamon, and vanilla to the 2 tbsp milk in the mug.
Stir it together until it forms a chocolaty paste.
It should be thick like this.
Once the milk is heated up, add it to the chocolaty paste and stir till combined.
Just whirl a whisk between your hands back and forth to froth it up if desired.
What I love about this is that you can use a variety of things to make it! If you want a protein hot chocolate, just use chocolate protein powder in place of part of the cocoa. If you don’t have cocoa, just use carob or cacao powder (each has a sweeter flavor to them, so you may not even need to use the stevia/sweetener with them). Also, if you don’t have stevia, just use a little sugar or honey or maple syrup or even splenda if you so desire. Any of them will work. 🙂
SINLESS Homemade Hot Chocolate
Vegan, Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free, Soy-Free, Single Lady
Based on this recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
- 4 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 packets stevia
- Optional: pinch of cinnamon and a dash of vanilla
Directions
First measure out one cup of milk, and then transfer 2 tbsp of it to a mug. Heat the rest of the milk on the stove top or in the microwave (it took me about one and a half minutes in the microwave) until steaming but not boiling.
While the milk is heating up, add the cocoa, stevia, vanilla and cinnamon to the 2 tbsp milk in the mug. Stir it together until it forms a chocolaty paste.
Once the milk is heated up, add it to the chocolaty paste and stir till combined. Just whirl a whisk between your hands back and forth to froth it up if desired.
I had this alongside my mom’s favorite cookies: my Almond Raisin Chocolate Chip Cookies.
I know I will be sipping some of this Christmas morning! 😀
Do you like Hot Chocolate? YES! 😀
What are some of your favorite Christmas treats? Hot Chocolate is definitely my favorite! I love dipping cookies into it – it is so good that way!
Do you have any traditions on/for Christmas? Every year I make cupcakes and we stick a candle in one and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. 🙂 It’s something we’ve done since I was young.
xoxox,
P.S. My doctor’s appointment went well. She set me up with an appointment in a couple weeks with an endocrinologist, which I guess is the next step. I didn’t have to have any blood taken, but I did get updated on my shots: aka, I had the meningitis shot (for college) and the flu shot. At least I got red and yellow crayola crayon band-aids! 😀
So, having real hot chocolate is sinful and one should feel guilty about it?
No, regular hot chocolate isn’t “bad.” There aren’t really “good” foods and “bad” foods — just foods that are good for you and some that are not as good. Regular hot chocolate is totally fine: have it in moderation (like any other treat) and you’ll have nothing to worry about! What I was trying to show is a version of hot chocolate that a variety of people with different dietary restrictions can enjoy and that is healthier/has fewer ingredients than many of the mixes.
I wasn’t trying to make anyone feel guilty — that’s not what I was going for when I said “sinless.” I was just meaning a healthier version of hot chocolate. I’m sorry if I gave that impression.
Genius! xoxoxoxo great post sweetie love the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!
Yum, this sounds great! I love that it’s so much healthier than most hot chocolate!
I love the tradition of making cupcakes and singing happy birthday to Jesus, so sweet!
Merry Christmas!
YUMM!! what an awesome recipe kat! i havent had hot cocoa in ages!!
This sounds so good! &like Lizzie said, I haven’t had hot cocoa in so long! This made me crave it…badly 😛
Ahhh…YUM! This sounds soooo good.
I’ve been trying to find a way to make a tasty, guiltless hot chocolate. The store-bought kind can be SO full of sugar/chemicals. Yuck.
My favorite christmas-time treat is definitely homemade pies (pumpkin or apple) and carrot-cake. Mmm….
I love hot chocolate, too! It is so easy to make completely healthy which rocks. Glad to hear the doc appt went well. Happy Holidays Kat! ❤
I love hot chocolate, but to be honest when I drink it I go for the really decadent stuff. Made with shaved chocolate, it can’t be beat! Plus a little peppermint… oh it’s amazing! This would be great to stave off a craving though when I don’t feel like being sugar-ed out. I would love to try adding peppermint to this too!
I’ve heard of people melting their candy canes in their hot chocolate (I actually saw one of the girls I was babysitting today do it — it was so cool). Have you ever done that?
So simple and so yummy! I used to have the big christmas family lunch, now we have it on christmas eve (my partner is Polish) and have a BBQ on christmas day.
As for favourite treats, it’s all about my Peppermint Candy Cane Fudge 😀
Oh gosh, that Peppermint Candy Cane Fudge sounds deadly! 🙂
YUM this looks delicious! 😀
Yum! Fabulous recipe as always! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe! I just bought some cocoa powder, so this is perfect for me. 🙂
I make hot chocolate like that too! So creamy and delicious!!
YES! This is so good. I usually make hot cocoa by microwaving horizon organics chocolate milk, but i’d like to try this too, for a more homemade cocoa. The thing I’m most excited about Christmas for is seeing my brother, who lives across the country from me in Minnesota. 🙂 Happy holidays!
Yum! Great recipe! I loove hot chocolate!
ohh i love doing this with dark coco powder!
That looks so creamy and delicious, it hasn’t been super cold here so I haven’t been drinking much cocoa. I imagine when we dip into freezing temps over the weekend, that will change!
Mmm… this sounds delicious!
This sounds amazing!
Perfect!! I love simple ingredient hot chocolates!
I can’t stand the store bought mixes that are filled w/ artificial ingredients and preservatives!
Definitely making this one tonight =)
Merry Christmas
Yum! I made Christmas CArds last year with this recipe on it : )
So delicious and perfect for cold winter days
xoxo
Happy Holidays
Awesome hot chocolate recipe!! I love it too…In fact, as a child I really didn’t care for it but since losing all of my weight, it is a real treat for me! I love the ingredients in this one!
Merry Christmas!
I love the title of “SINLESS Hot Chocolate”. It doesn’t imply any negativity to me – just a cool recipe name 🙂 merry christmas sweetie!