Homemade Chocolate Milk Recipe
Making homemade chocolate milk is easier than you think. Whip this recipe up in just a few minutes for a quick treat. Replace premixed store bought chocolate milk with this delicious and healthier homemade version.
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I’ve always enjoyed chocolate milk ever since I was a kid. I tried making it from scratch several times but always had trouble getting the cocoa to mix with the cold milk. That is until a learned a cool (or should I say hot) little trick.
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Why make chocolate milk from scratch?
As a mom of little children, I’m always looking for ways to make delicious treats for my children while also making sure to give them the highest quality and most nutritious foods I can provide. This homemade chocolate milk recipe is a perfect example of how easy it is to swap out the store bought version for the homemade version. It is really easy and takes no more than 5 minutes to whisk together.
You can use the ingredients and amounts your family prefers and avoid all the harmful ingredients in the store bought versions.
How To Make Homemade Chocolate Milk
Equipment needed
- Whisk
- Medium heat safe bowl
- Tea kettle (I love my Electric Haden Tea Kettle) or sauce pan for boiling water
Ingredients
- 1/2 gallon milk (whole milk makes the creamiest chocolate milk)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (or sugar, honey, etc)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup boiling water
Instructions
Add cocoa powder, maple syrup (or other sweetener), vanilla, and salt to mixing bowl. Then pour in boiling water. Whisk together until there are no more lumps.
Pour chocolate mixture into milk, stir together and serve.
It’s that easy!
Q&A for Homemade Chocolate Milk Recipe
Is homemade chocolate milk good for you?
Homemade chocolate milk is for sure healthier than anything you can purchase at the store. Store bought chocolate milk powders are most often full of additives and very high in sugar. Making it at home allows you to avoid all that harmful stuff and to control the amount of sugar you consume. Using good wholesome ingredients will certainly make this a healthier treat.
It is easy to customize it to your families preferences or food sensitivities too. You can swap out the milk or sugar for the version your family prefers like whole milk, 2%, raw milk, coconut milk, oat milk, or sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey or stevia. You can also increase or decrease the amounts to get the perfect sweetness and taste you like.
What are the ingredients in homemade chocolate milk?
This recipe uses five pantry staples: milk, sweetener (sugar, honey, maple syrup, etc.), cocoa powder, vanilla and salt.
Can you put cocoa powder in milk?
It can be very difficult to mix cocoa powder into cold milk without a lot of stirring or blending. This is because cocoa powder is hydrophobic (meaning it repels water). The best way to incorporate cocoa powder into milk is to first add just a little hot water to the cocoa powder, sweetener, vanilla and salt and whisk it together into a syrup. The cocoa powder will mix nicely into cold milk once it has been fully hydrated by the hot water.
Can you refrigerate chocolate milk?
Yes. Chocolate milk can be refrigerated for a week.
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Homemade Chocolate Milk Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 gallon milk whole milks makes the creamiest chocolate milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or other sweetener (sugar, honey, etc.)
- 1;2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- 1/4 cup boiling water
Instructions
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Add cocoa powder, maple syrup (or other sweetener), vanilla, and salt to mixing bowl. Then pour in boiling water. Whisk together until there are no more lumps.
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Pour chocolate mixture into milk, stir together and serve.
Recipe Notes
Keep in refrigerator for up to a week. Stir before serving as cocoa settles to the bottom after sitting for awhile.
1 cup Chocolate Milk Recipe– 1 cup milk, 1 1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder, 1 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup, 1/16 teaspoon vanilla, tiny, tiny pinch of salt, a splash of boiling water.
