Keto Creamy Hot Chocolate
This creamy hot chocolate tasty recipe made by Chené who is our recipe and social media manager from South Africa. I loved this recipe and I think you guys will really enjoy the creamy hot chocolate.
If you enjoy recipes like this, you may be interested in my advanced nutrition and recipe book the Keto Metabolic Breakthrough.
Keto Creamy Hot Chocolate
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 2 cups Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
2 cups coconut or almond milk, unsweetened
1/2 cup organic whipping cream or coconut heavy whipping cream
5 tbsp. cocoa powder
2 squirts liquid stevia
Pinch of sea salt
Optional:
1/2 tsp caramel stevia
Instructions:
Step 1: Whisk the cocoa powder and salt together in small mixing bowl (this will prevent any lumps from forming).
Step 2: In a small saucepan, heat almond milk and heavy cream over medium-low heat.
Step 3: Whisk in the cocoa mixture and stevia until mixed and dissolved and then remove from heat and serve with dairy free whipping cream (optional)
Courses Beverage
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 118 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 13 g | 20% | |
Total Carbohydrates 1 g | 0% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Special Notes:
There is a lot of variety in how you choose to make this. Depending upon which ingredients you have access too and your body tolerates the best you can choose to make this recipe with unsweetened coconut, almond, flax or hemp milk.
If you do well with grass-fed dairy you can use organic grass-fed milk and heavy whipping cream. However, there are many who have food sensitivities to dairy proteins so we made this recipe using unsweetened almond milk and coconut heavy whipping cream.
Dr Jockers Comments
I love drinking this creamy hot chocolate in the winter time. It is low-carb, keto and fat burning and tastes delicious! Try this out and I believe it will be a family favorite.
There are a lot of great health benefits to chocolate as it is rich in polyphenolic antioxidants and it boosts feel-good neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine and endorphins. Adding in chocolate with good fats found in coconut, almond or grass-fed dairy helps to promote fat burning and cognition.
Try this creamy hot chocolate recipe out and let us know how you like it in the comments section below. If you are looking for a more detailed fat burning, keto meal plan and recipes than check our complete Navigating the Ketogenic Diet program here
Our 12yo daughter has made a keto hot chocolate and we all loved it. I’ll have to show her THIS recipe!
A couple things though, some folks might want to know when to add the sweetener. It’s not in the directions.
Also, where do you get the extract? What’s your favorite brand?
Thanks for the recipe AND for this entire website! Happy new year!
Thanks for the feedback Kaya. We just added that in step 3. Try to find a natural caramel extract. Blessings!
Would the Skinny zero carb syrup work?
My favorite Hot Chocolate is: 8oz. unsweetened organic almond milk, 2 heaping spoons of cacao powder, 1 scoop collagen, 1 squirt stevia, pinch of cinnamon and pinch of cayene pepper. This is great especially for seniors.
Merry Christmas
Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you and your family!
Since I have frequent kidney stones I need to avoid stevia since a single packet has up to 47 mg of oxalates, I use Monk Fruit sweetener since it has no oxalate. The University of Chicago says as little as 30mg of oxalate can germinate a kidney stone.After 16 kidney stones from 2001 to 2017 I have not had one for almost 5 years. I also take 1000mg of magnesium citrate a day.
Thanks for sharing Chip! Glad to hear you are doing better!
Plants create oxalates to protect themselves from the aluminum in the soil, air and water. Where ever there are high levels of aluminum in the soil, you’re going to find high levels of oxalates in that food. At this point there are few places on the planet that are not sprayed from HAARP. Herbs like Chanca Pietra are helpful clearing stones in both the kidneys and the gallbladder. There are others. Thank you for this site Dr Jockers!
What brand of cacao do you purchase to avoid higher levels of cadmium?
What about Earthtone Foods organic cacao powder?
Yes that is a good one Eva!