Homemade Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Chips
This easy Homemade Hot Chocolate with Chocolate chips is the most creamy, velvety heartwarming hot cocoa recipe! Bonus, this healthy hot chocolate recipe is also dairy-free, vegan-friendly, and refined sugar-free.
Yield: 1 serving
Calories: 273kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Milk of Choice regular, coconut milk, or almond milk works
- 1 tablespoon Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup or coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons Dark Chocolate Chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips or about 2 squares chopped Chocolate bar (we used 70% cocoa)
Optional
- ⅛ teaspoon Vanilla Extract or peppermint extract
Instructions
- In a saucepan, add milk, cocoa powder, and maple syrup. Whisk and cook over medium heat until it's warm - don't boil.
- Stir in chocolate and keep whisking, cooking over medium-low heat until the chocolate is melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract or peppermint extract.
- Serve with mini marshmallows on top if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Homemade Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Chips
Serving Size
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
273
% Daily Value*
Fat
15
g
23
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
5
g
Cholesterol
2
mg
1
%
Sodium
331
mg
14
%
Potassium
290
mg
8
%
Carbohydrates
33
g
11
%
Fiber
5
g
21
%
Sugar
23
g
26
%
Protein
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
15
IU
0
%
Calcium
347
mg
35
%
Iron
3
mg
17
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.