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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Raw Milk at Home / Healthy, Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe (+ Video)

Healthy, Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe (+ Video)

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hot cocoa

Most people would agree that processed hot cocoa from the store is not a healthy choice. However, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater!

A cup of healthy hot cocoa made with fresh raw milk is a soothing and very healthy treat on a cold evening in front of the fire or watching a movie.

In this video and recipe below, I show you a healthy hot chocolate recipe to make and enjoy that avoids the GMO sugar, artificial flavors and other additives in commercial hot cocoa mixes.

This can be an occasional addition to the kids’ lunchbox on cold days too. Just put in a thermos and it stays nice and warm until lunchtime!

Homemade Hot Cocoa How-to Video

The key to making the best homemade hot chocolate is retaining all the probiotics and enzymes in the raw grassfed milk. Using a digital food thermometer to ensure the milk is hot but not hot enough to destroy these nutrients is key!

Each 8 oz serving in this recipe has 12 g of unrefined sugar compared with 18 g or more of refined sugar (usually GMO) in one envelope of hot cocoa mix from the store!

I recommend using cocoa powder and not cacao powder for this recipe. The reason is that raw cacao is very high in anti-nutrients like phytic acid and lectins. Cocoa powder is roasted as traditionally practiced. Hence, it is much lower in these substances which can trigger gastric distress in some people and block the nutrient absorption.

If you would prefer a hot cocoa recipe that is caffeine-free, this recipe for white hot chocolate is delicious!

Healthy, Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe (+ Video)
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Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe

Healthy and homemade hot chocolate recipe that retains all of the enzymes and probiotics in grassfed milk and uses the best whole sweeteners and the low anti-nutrient cocoa.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 2 cups
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk preferably raw and grassfed
  • 2 Tbl evaporated cane sugar preferably organic
  • 1 Tbl cocoa powder heaping, preferably organic
  • 1 tsp chocolate extract
  • sprinkle cinnamon freshly ground is best

Instructions

  1. Warm milk on the stovetop to 117 F.  Use a food thermometer or a clean finger to judge the temperature (when it feels hot but doesn't burn, it's about 117F so enzymes and probiotics remain intact). 

  2. Turn off the heat but leave the pan on the burner.  

  3. Quickly whisk in sucanat, cocoa or carob powder and chocolate extract. Add optional cinnamon if desired. 

  4. Pour into mugs and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Substitute carob powder if a caffeine free hot cocoa is desired.

Use store bought or homemade coconut milk for a dairy free version!

Substitute the cane sugar with organic coconut sugar or dark maple syrup if desired.

If you love marshmallows in your hot chocolate, this recipe for homemade marshmallows is a good one to try.

More Healthy Hot Beverage Recipes!

Egg Cream Recipe

Healthy Coffee Substitutes

Red Rooibus Latte

Dandelion Coffee Latte

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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