Oat Milk Hot Chocolate (Healthy)

The best Oat Milk Hot Chocolate recipe that will instantly lift up your mood! This easy vegan & dairy-free hot chocolate is the perfect sweet treat and drink to celebrate the holiday season! It’s creamy, perfectly sweet, with just the right amount of cocoa to keep it intense and rich-tasting.

Is there anything better than a cup of hot cocoa on a cold, winter cold day? Hot chocolate is the key to our cold days! This recipe is so nostalgic for me! It’s a memory from my own childhood. My mom or my sister would always make hot chocolate to warm us up after being out in the snow for hours (at least when the snow was out there during winter ).

This healthier recipe will definitely blow your tastebuds away! If you’re planning to make this recipe during a girls-night or nightcap, I suggest adding a shot of amaretto or baileys.

What I truly love about the recipe is all the topping! Feel free to top this hot chocolate with marshmallows, whipped cream, or cacao! Best of all, homemade hot chocolate is a treat that only requires a few ingredients to create a drink worth sipping again and again. A warm creamy cup of hot chocolate is one of my favorite treats of the holiday season!

Ingredients

I started myself on a little quest to make a really good and creamy HEALTHY hot chocolate that I could sip on while I binge-watch all the Christmas movies. This healthy hot chocolate recipe only requires five simple ingredients:

• Oat milk: I like to use unsweetened oat milk or my homemade oat milk!
• Unsweetened cocoa powder: a high-quality unsweetened cocoa powder is essential.
• Maple syrup: I love how delicious the maple syrup tastes in this recipe, plus it’s a natural sweetener. Perfection!
• Vanilla extract: a splash of vanilla brings lovely flavor to the hot cocoa!

How to make the Oat Milk Hot Chocolate

1. Mix all ingredients in a small pot and heat over medium heat. Whisk continuously until any lumps of cacao remain. 
2. Heat up to desired temperature but do NOT boil the chocolate. 
3. Once the chocolate reaches desired temperature pour into 2 mugs and top with your favorite vegan whipped cream, chocolate shaving, cacao powder or marshmallows. 

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Tips to make the best hot chocolate ever!

Before you dive into the recipes, here are a few tips to help you make the best hot chocolate ever!

• To get the smoothest, richest, creamiest drinking chocolate, high quality oat milk makes all the difference in taste and texture. So each sip is a little like drinking a bar of chocolate and a lot like heaven.
• Use high-quality cacao powder. Good cacao makes good hot chocolate! It’s definitely worth splurging on the high-quality unsweetened cacao powder.
• Decide on thickness. Some people like their hot chocolate thick while others like it is thinner. The kind and amount of milk you use will determine the thickness.
• Sweeten it up! While you may think that using white sugar is the way to go, there are other ways to sweeten up your hot chocolate. Try this healthier version with maple syrup.
• Step by step. In order to make the best hot chocolate, you want to make sure you follow the steps properly.

Is this oat milk hot chocolate healthy?

Yes, 100%. It is made with plant-based milk and without refined sugar, so you can enjoy this guilty-free pleasure.

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• Vegan Pecan Pie Pancakes
• Healthy Apple Pie Parfaits

Now it’s time to make your first Hot Chocolate that is better than from your favorite coffee shop! If you would like to see more vegan recipes, follow me on my Instagram and Pinterest.