Delight yourself and loved ones with this easy, healthy and quick hot cocoa recipe
This is how to make plant-based raspberry hot cocoa in your Vitamix. It’s a special hot chocolate recipe that’s worth the tiny bit of extra effort. Make it!
This Hot Chocolate Recipe is Special
Note: Below is a little video I made about this hot chocolate recipe.
It’s broken into two halves.
1st half: Recipe demo. Watch us make this special hot cocoa.
2nd half: Special thing I did that inspired me to make to this recipe video.
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Note: Below is the original blog post text and photos from 2014. I’m cringing at my early writing style and photography skills (lack thereof). The recipe is still great though!
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Seriously though, you should jump to the recipe.
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Okay, fine, you’ve been warned.
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I used to make hot cocoa like most people. Hot water plus packet of cocoa powder.
If not for the HFCS-laden marshmallows, it would have tasted like muddy water.
Ever look at the ingredients in hot cocoa packets?
Sugar, chemicals, high fructose corn syrup, etc.
Drek!
Pure poison.
Lessons learned:
I used cow’s milk in my first attempt at homemade hot cocoa. It was frothier. But so were the gasses in my stomach.
In attempt at avoiding the microwave, I tried a pot and wood spoon. Wow, that got messy fast. It was impossible to stop a boil-over mess. And pouring from the pot? Forget about it!
Rich, frothy, flawless
Finally, I changed the recipe and changed the method. I used all-natural ingredients (plus one surprising one). And, I heated it in our Vitamix
- Tastes incredible.
- No mess or fuss (just the Vitamix).
- Looks as beautiful as the Swiss Alps.
No joke, this was the best dang hot cocoa I’ve ever had.
You’re welcome!
Recipe
Raspberry Hot Cocoa
Special, plant-based hot cocoa in a Vitamix.
Ingredients:
- almond milk - 2 CUPS
- cocoa powder - 1.5 Tbsp
- dates - 4 pitted
- salt - a pinch
- raspberries - 1/4 CUP (frozen is okay!)
- vanilla extract - 1/2 t (optional)
Instructions:
- Add ingredients to your Vitamix.
- Run the soup program (if you have programs)
- Start blending on low. Increase speed to high for 7 minutes
- Serve.
- Be warm and happy!
Useful tips for Raspberry Hot Cocoa
If you don’t have any raspberries, make it like we did at summer camp.
We used a raspberry tea bag.
Certainly raspberries (fresh or frozen) are best if you can. But in a pinch? Oh yeah. Delicious.
Just don’t put the tea bag in your Vitamix!
Any high-speed blender will do. This is my Vitamix Pro 750
Warning: Contents are very hot. Watch your face for the steam!
Something about a tall white mug makes hot cocoa taste better. That, and enjoying it under a warm blanket.
The Vitamix S30 I was testing successfully made this drink piping hot.
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Making this now in the S30. Didn’t have any raspberries, ugh, so added some vanilla.
1.5 minutes in: Will it heat?
2.5 minutes in: Getting less cold.
4 minutes in: Still not hot.
5 minutes in: It’s gonna happen. Def taking longer than it does in a G-Series.
6 minutes in: Today…
7 minutes in: Yeah, I guess it was ice cold almond milk.
10 minutes in: Warm. Not hot.
12 minutes in: Never felt the engine exhaust. Strong but surprisingly cool.
13 minutes in: Almost ready.
I stopped counting to try it. It wasn’t hot enough so put it back on for another 2 minutes.
Was damn good after it was all said and done. Curious how long the identical recipe would take in a pro 750.
To be continued…
Cocoa was delicious even though it felt like it took forever.