Dairy Free Sugar Free Hot Cocoa Recipes

HEALTHY HOT CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to a small pot and place over medium low heat. Whisk vigorously to combine and to get rid of any lumps of cocoa. Do NOT let the hot chocolate boil or you risk burning the almond milk, which can turn the flavor into something you do not want. Simply warm in the pot until steamy, about 3-5 minutes.
• Once hot chocolate is hot, remove from heat and pour into 2 mugs. Top with whipped cream, dairy free whipped cream, marshmallows or vegan marshmallows. Chocolate shavings or a dusting of cocoa powder on top are fun too! Enjoy!

DAIRY-FREE SUGAR-FREE HOT COCOA

Steps:

• Put the almond milk in a pot and start to heat over a medium-high heat.
• Mix the cocoa powder and sweetener together and whisk into the almond milk until thoroughly combined.
• Mix your vanilla extract in now, as well.
• Heat the mixture slowly to just below the boil. This is known as "scalding." When the liquid starts to bubble around the edges of the pot. Turn off the heat.
• Beat the egg in a bowl.
• You are now going to perform a technique called "tempering." You will bring the egg up in temperature gently so it doesn't scramble when it hits the liquid. Take about a cup of the hot cocoa liquid and slowly, while whisking the egg, pour it in a stream into the egg bowl.
• Once all of the hot liquid has been incorporated into the egg, whisk the tempered egg mixture back into the pot with the rest of the cocoa.
• Taste it for sweetness at this point and adjust if necessary.
• Turn the heat back on to a medium-high heat and whisk constantly as you bring up the temperature. Bring the liquid back up to just below a boil. (Don't let it actually boil!) You will see the cocoa thicken. When you begin to see bubbles wanting to well up just under the surface, turn it off.
• Pour the mixture into mugs and enjoy!