GOOD-FOR-YOU SPICED HOT CHOCOLATE

It’s sounds insane that I should look forward to the cold purely because it justifies a daily dose of hot chocolate, but it’s true.

I’d maybe feel a teeny pang of guilt if it was just a plain old hot chocolate—a powdered saccharine hit with no aspirations to be anything more.

But this cuppa is different. And So. Much. More. Delicious.

And it feels so much more indulgent, too—paradoxically—even though it is brimming with good things.

Lightly spiced, lush with dark chocolate—plus a spoonful of body-lovin’ coconut oil—and sinfully thick like the traditional Italian version, this is the only hot chocolate your winter should be about.

Peace. ✌🏻🖤

GOOD-FOR-YOU DOUBLE HOT CHOCOLATE

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• Prep Time: 4 mins
• Cook Time: 1 min
• Total Time: 5 mins
• Yield: 2 cups 1x

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A simple-to-make and healthy hot chocolate: Lightly spiced, lush with dark chocolate and thick like the traditional Italian version. You’ll wanna make this, like, NOW. 🖤

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Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 cups milk of choice (I usually use unsweetened almond milk)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 4 tbsp maple syrup/ honey
• Pinch sea salt (I like a little more)
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 4 level tbsp dark cocoa
• 1 tbsp cornstarch 
• 3 tbsp dark chocolate, chopped (or around 3 large squares)

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Instructions

1. To a small saucepan, add the milk, coconut oil, maple syrup and sea salt. Sift over cinnamon, cocoa and cornstarch, whisking continuously while warming over medium heat. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and combined
2. Only heat mixture until hot (not boiling!). Test with your finger, or at the first sign of a little bubble, remove from stove-top.
3. Taste and adjust flavours or sweetening if desired. Divide between two mugs. 
4. Grate a little dark chocolate over the top and dust with a pinch of cinnamon.
5. Served best fresh and hot. 

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