I have a bit of a one-track mind when it comes to winter as I can basically only think about two things: big fluffy coats and hot chocolate. Even if I didn’t have any hot chocolate in a given week, I definitely wanted some and thought several times about making it. Since I’m doing a non-dairy diet for food sensitivity reasons, I knew I’d have to figure out a way to still get in a delicious and rich luxury hot chocolate, so I set about making the perfect non-dairy spiked hot chocolate and I think I nailed it!
Non-Dairy Spiked Hot Chocolate, serves one
1 cup non-dairy milk (I used macadamia nut milk for mine)
3 tablespoons chopped non-dairy dark chocolate bar
1-2 tablespoons of rum (depending on how boozy you like it)
1-2 tablespoons of the secret ingredient (see below!!)
Warm up your non-dairy milk in a small saucepan (don’t let it boil, just get it pretty warm). Chop up your dark chocolate bar into small shreds and add the chocolate to your warm milk.
Allow the warm milk to melt the chocolate and whisk to combine until it’s all blended through. Give your mixture a taste to see if you want it to have more chocolate and add and melt more chopped chocolate if you do.
And now for the secret ingredient!! My secret in this recipe is condensed coconut milk, which adds a bit more sweetness and a thicker and richer texture to your hot chocolate. I’ve been putting it in so many things lately (you can even put it right into your coffee) so I think that’s going to be a pantry staple for me from now on! If you don’t have this on hand, your hot chocolate will still taste great. This just kind of takes it to another level as far as I’m concerned … add the condensed coconut milk to your warm mixture, stir until dissolved, and taste to adjust the level as needed. You may find that you want less of this if your chopped chocolate bar is pretty sweet and more if it had low or no sugar added to the chocolate.
Last but not least, add your dark rum to taste! You can also look for a rum flavor that compliments your hot chocolate for an added component. I found one at the store that had some molasses and maple added to it and it’s soooooo good with the hot chocolate flavors.
Wow. That. Looks. Delicious. You can also get some marshmallows into the mix (get these if you are vegan) and once you get into your jammies on and snuggle onto the couch, well, that’s about as good as it gets in the winter months, as far as I’m concerned. Hope this hot chocolate makes an appearance in your home soon! xo. Laura
Non-Dairy Spiked Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1 cup non-dairy milk I used macadamia nut milk for mine
- 3 tablespoons chopped non-dairy dark chocolate bar
- 1-2 tablespoons of rum depending on how boozy you like it
- 1-2 tablespoons sweetened condensed coconut milk
Instructions
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Warm up your non-dairy milk in a small saucepan (don’t let it boil, just get it pretty warm). Chop up your dark chocolate bar into small shreds and add the chocolate to your warm milk.
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Allow the warm milk to melt the chocolate and whisk to combine until it’s all blended through. Give your mixture a taste to see if you want it to have more chocolate and add and melt more chopped chocolate if you do.
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Add the condensed coconut milk to you warm mixture, stir until dissolved, and taste to adjust the level as needed. Last but not least, add your dark rum to taste!
14 Comments
Laura, so smart! Myself and my two kiddos are all non-dairy, so I have some of the sweetened condensed coconut milk in my pantry now. I NEVER would have thought of putting it in hot chocolate. So excited to try this for breakfast tomorrow—minus the booze…obviously. 🙂
Yay! glad you have some, hope you love it!
Laura
I neever knew you could get condensed coconut milk! I’ve got to search for it in stores. Makes a great vegan option!! 🙂
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I love adding peppermint schnapps and kahlua to my hot cocoa!! So so good! Can’t wait to add the coconut condensed milk! Yum!
Such a awesome post and tips you shared with us. This ingredient is really good. Loved your all detail. Thank you so much for sharing this post.
Wow! This looks amazing. I didn’t there was such a thing as sweetened condensed coconut milk. What a great option to have on hand for my vegan friends.
This sounds so yummy and the pictures are simply stunning. Will definitely have to give it a go! B x
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looks nice 😛
This looks so good! Love the food photography as well.
You can make your own condensed coconut milk and use the sweetener you want. Way cheaper than the one you listed.
Yep, you can! I’ve made my own and used store bought and while the at home version is pretty good, I still prefer the one I linked 🙂
Laura
Ah boozy hot chocolate is my favourite in the winter! I live in South Africa, so it’s summer for us here now, but try this. Make hot chocolate with part coconut cream and thank me forever. It’s even better than normal dairy hot chocolate, as the coconut cream is thicker and more velvety than ordinary milk or cream. The coconut condensed milk addition is inspired though. I’ll give that a go next winter for sure!
Thank you for sharing. Sounds so yummy I will defiantly try this one. Also, where did you get the mug from?
pretty awesome recipe. will try at home.