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Ditch the Junk: A Delicious, Healthy Hot Chocolate Your Kids Will Love

Most store-bought hot chocolate mixes are loaded with refined sugar, artificial flavors, and questionable ingredients you can’t pronounce. Many even include things like corn syrup and hydrogenated oils—yikes! But don’t worry, this creamy cashew hot chocolate is here to save the day (and your health).

Made with real, whole food ingredients and naturally sweetened with honey, it’s a drink you can feel great about serving your kids. Even better, they’ll actually love it!

It’s the perfect treat for cozy days at home, and you can even make it festive with a candy cane topping. Yum Earth makes a wonderful option without the junk—they’re sweetened with organic cane sugar and organic brown rice syrup, flavored with natural peppermint, and colored using organic fruit and vegetable concentrates like radish, apple, and blackcurrant.

Let’s skip the processed stuff and whip up a healthier hot chocolate everyone will enjoy!

Creamy Cashew Hot Chocolate

Warm up with this rich and creamy cashew hot chocolate, made entirely from whole food ingredients! It’s easy to make in your Vitamix or on the stove, and it’s naturally sweetened with honey.
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Prep Time 6 minutes
Course Dessert, Drinks

Equipment

  • Vitamix

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup cashews
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 4 tbsp cacao powder
  • 4 cups filtered water
  • optional: candy canes! Yum Earth makes ones without corn syrup, Red 40, or Red 40 Lake.

Instructions
 

Blend the base:

  • Add all the ingredients—cashews, cinnamon, sea salt, honey, cacao powder, and water—into your Vitamix. Blend on high for 1-2 minutes until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

Heat it up, 2 options:

  • In the Vitamix: Continue blending on high for 3-5 minutes until the mixture is warm.
  • On the stove: Transfer the blended mixture to a pot and warm it over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until it reaches your desired temperature.

Taste and adjust:

  • Pause and taste. Add a touch more honey if you want it sweeter, or a pinch more cacao for a richer flavor.

Serve:

  • Pour into mugs and enjoy immediately.

Optional garnish:

  • Crush a candy cane and sprinkle on top for a festive twist!

Notes

If this comes out too thick for your liking, add more water!
Keyword Candy Cane, Cashews, chocolate, Dessert, Drink, Hot Chocolate, Peppermint

This hot chocolate is velvety, naturally sweet, and perfect for cozy days.

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