Bring Bliss To Your Day With This Creamy Peppermint Hot Chocolate

By
Anna Speaks

 

This time of year, warm beverages are a must. The chill of winter is so much more pleasant with a belly full of nourishing liquid warmth. Whether it’s a matcha latte, herbal tea, freshly brewed fair trade coffee, savory soup broth, or the ultimate soul nourishment: hot chocolate.

Speaking of which..get ready for a little taste of chocolatey, minty-fresh bliss in a mug. This recipe has all the components of an epic hot chocolate – creamy, rich, and chocolatey – without being sickeningly sweet, and without the dairy to weight you down.

It’s entirely plant-based, and features superfood ingredients including antioxidant, iron, and magnesium-rich raw cacao powder, stone ground raw chocolate mint hearts, creamy raw almond milk, and real peppermint essential oil to help support the digestive system. Yep, you can enjoy a big mug of this hot chocolate without feeling like you’re sacrificing your health in the slightest. In fact, on the contrary – you’re actually flooding your body with nutrient-rich, mood elevating superfood goodness. Pure bliss.

Creamy Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Recipe

Serves 1

  • 12 oz fresh almond milk (basic nut milk recipe below)
  • 2 Tbs raw cacao powder
  • 1 Tbs maple syrup, or liquid sweetener of choice
  • 6 Rawmio Raw Chocolate Mint Hearts
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract – optional
  • 2 drops therapeutic grade peppermint essential oil, or ¼ tsp organic peppermint extract
  • Pinch Himalayan salt

Fresh Almond Milk

Ingredients:

  • 1 cups raw almonds, soaked 3-4 cups purified water (depending on how creamy/rich you’d like it)
  • 1 pinch Himalayan crystal salt

Directions – Hot Chocolate

1. Blend all ingredients except Rawmio Raw Chocolate Mint Hearts in a blender until smooth and frothy.
2. Pour into a saucepan, and on low heat, gently melt in the chocolate hearts, stirring constantly. Heat until the desired temperature is achieved. Pour into your favorite mug, take a sip, and bliss out.

Directions – Almond Milk

1. Soak almonds for a minimum of 8 hours (you can simply soak them overnight). Blend soaked almonds with 1 cup of water until a paste forms, then add in the additional 2.5 cups of water and a pinch of salt and blend again.

This 2 step process will help ensure all of the almonds blend down properly, especially if you aren’t using a high-speed blender.

2. Strain milk through a nut milk bag, removing the milk from the fiber.

Store milk in a glass, airtight jar (we love quart sized mason jars!) in the fridge for up to 7 days. It is perishable, but the pinch of salt will help preserve it a bit. You can follow this recipe for a variety of different nut milks including hazelnut, cashew, brazil nut, etc.

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