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Healthy Hot Cocoa Recipe

Make this healthy hot cocoa recipe with just a few simple nourishing ingredients. It only takes a few minutes to mix together and heat up.

Course Dessert, Drinks, Snack
Keyword Chocolate, Cocoa, healthy, Hot
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 4 cups whole milk pasture raised raw milk preferred
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder or Cacao Powder (the raw form of cocoa)
  • 2-3 tablespoons honey local and raw preferred
  • 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses can be omitted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 tablespoon collagen powder optional
  • 2-4 raw egg yolks optional
  • homemade whipped cream or marshmallows optional

Instructions

  1. Slowly heat milk, cocoa powder, honey, blackstrap molasses, vanilla and salt gently whisking the ingredients together.

  2. Remove from heat once you've reach 130 degrees or warm to the touch.

  3. Then whisk in optional raw egg yolks and collagen powder

  4. Serve immediately with a dollop of homemade whipped cream.

Recipe Notes

Tip: While piping hot cocoa is super yummy, I do try keep this hot cocoa right below 130 degrees as I want to keep my milk, honey, and optional egg yolks as raw as possible. Plus, then the kids don't have to burn their tongues while waiting for it to cool down.