Vegan White Hot Chocolate (Just 5 Ingredients!)
Homemade Vegan White Hot Chocolate that is creamy, rich, indulgent and delicious! Made with just 5 ingredients...coconut milk, real cocoa butter, cashew butter, maple syrup and vanilla!
Servings: 2 1/4 cups (2 servings)
Ingredients
- One 13.5 oz can (1 1/2 cups) "lite" coconut milk (SEE NOTES)
- 1 tablespoon (16g) raw cashew butter
- 3 tablespoons (25g) finely chopped/shaved cocoa butter
- 2 tablespoons (40g) pure maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon (5g) vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Optional: whipped cream, marshmallows, nutmeg, cinnamon
- I use this scale.
Instructions
- If you have a high-powered blender like a Vitamix, then add all of the ingredients to the blender and blend several minutes until very smooth and frothy. If you don't have a high-speed blender, then add all of the ingredients, except the cocoa butter, to a blender or food processor and process until smooth and frothy. It will only get frothy on a high speed and after a few minutes.
- Add the mixture to a pot over medium heat and then add the cocoa butter (if you didn't already). Once it begins to boil, whisk continuously for a good 5 minutes so the cocoa butter melts throughout and it cooks down slightly. It will seem very thin still after the 5 minutes because cocoa butter melts just like oil, so let the mixture sit for a few minutes before serving and it will thicken up more.
- Cocoa butter naturally will separate as it sits, so give it another whisk before serving. I topped mine with whipped cream, marshmallows and fresh nutmeg and cinnamon! So good. If you have any leftovers and store them in the fridge, it will get very thick. Just rewarm and whisk it over the stove and it will be as good as fresh.
Notes
COCONUT MILK: I've tested this with almond milk, cashew milk and they both leave a strong nutty taste that my family didn't care for. The lite coconut milk yields the best results without leaving hardly any coconut taste (I can't detect it). I recommend the Sprouts lite coconut milk in a can or the Thai kitchen lite coconut. Do not use the Polar brand. It is all fillers and tastes bad. If you are allergic to coconut, I would suggest using another creamy milk, not a low-fat one or it will taste watery and more bland and not be creamy. Make sure to use a milk you love the taste. Oat milk would probably work.