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Healthy chocolate milk mix in a jar.

Healthy Chocolate Milk Mix

Kate Schat
Make your own chocolate milk mix from fresh ingredients for the best glass of chocolate milk (or mug of cocoa!) you've ever experienced.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 36 servings
Calories 36 kcal

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Option 1:

  • 150 grams cacao beans/nibs
  • 50 grams organic cocoa powder

Chocolate Option 2:

  • 100 grams organic cocoa powder

Other Ingredients:

  • 2 cups coconut sugar or organic cane sugar/combo of both
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon optional

Instructions
 

Drink Mix:

  • If using cacao beans/nibs, blend them up into as fine a powder as you can. If the blender stops blending before it’s a powder this usually happens when the beans have some moisture. It will tend to clump. If this happens use a spatula to get the mix that sticks to the side off and blend again.
  • Scoop grounds out of the blender and put on a tray and spread out. Set oven at 140-170°F and dry out powdered cacao for 20-30 minutes. Allow to cool.
  • Mix all ingredients (one chocolate option plus remaining ingredients) well together in a large bowl until uniform

Chocolate Milk:

  • Add 3 tablespoons of mix to 500 ml milk/cream (roughly 2 cups) and stir rigorously. Use an immersion blender or blender for best results

Hot Chocolate:

  • Heat 1 litre of milk/cream (about a quart) in a pot constantly stirring constantly until desired temperature. If you like your cocoa hot be careful not to let milk burn. This melds better together warmed than with cold milk obviously.
  • Add 6 tablespoons of mix and stir thoroughly. Keep heat simmering and stir for another 5-15 minutes.

Notes

  • Makes about 3 ½ cups of mix, with 1 ½ tablespoons being roughly one serving per cup of milk.
  • You can also often find cacao powder at the store - you could always try 50 grams of cacao powder with 50 grams cocoa powder.
  • This is very potent chocolate flavour, especially if you are using cacao and you haven't tried it before!
  • I recommend whipped cream, cinnamon, peppermint extract, even chili powder to dress up your glass or mug.
  • Nutrition information is for mix only, using all cocoa powder.

Nutrition

Serving: 1.5tablespoonsCalories: 36kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 406mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.4mg
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