With the inexorable approach of winter and the last of the autumn foliage falling from the trees, temperatures are dropping, days are shorter, and the nights are long, long, long. But that also means many evenings spent following hot chocolate recipes and cosying up on the sofa with a Herdy mug full of warming hot chocolate.
So let’s get hygga! We’ve got seven recipes of hot chocolate for you to try out and stoke that warm fuzzy feeling in your tummy.
Note that it’s easy to adapt these ideas into vegan hot chocolate recipes; replace the milk with a dairy-free alternative of your choice (we like oat milk), and replace cream with the skimmed off coconut cream found when you allow coconut milk to settle. There are also plenty of vegan-friendly cocoa powders and chocolate on the market too.
In a saucepan, with no heat, mix the milk with the cocoa powder until the cocoa is fully dissolved
Put the saucepan on a moderate heat and warm the milk through. Do not boil.
Add the turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove, and cardamom. Whisk until all are dissolved (except the cardamom seeds)
Add the vanilla extract and whisk in
Add the date syrup and whisk in
Once the syrup is dissolved, add the coconut oil and mix until the mixture thickens
Remove from the heat and add the chopped chocolate. Whisk until the chocolate fully melts in.
Pour into warmed mugs
Hands up, chocoholics!
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