Vegan hot chocolate, a delicious plant-based drink that everyone loves. It’s sweet and creamy, it needs just 4 ingredients and only takes 10 minutes!
Who doesn’t love hot chocolate? It’s the best comfort food for when you’re having a bad day. Its smell can change your mood within seconds, and when you taste it you’ll feel better right away! You can have it as a snack, as a dessert or even as a breakfast, and it’s the perfect plan for a cozy lazy Sunday.
There’s a lot of ways to enjoy hot chocolate. You can have it plain or sweetened, with vegan whipped cream or without it, or you can dip bread, vegan croissants or even vegan cookies in it. It’s the perfect treat for kids, but also for grown-ups!
This vegan hot chocolate is made in just 10 minutes with only 4 ingredients. It’s sweet, creamy and chocolatey, but also very light and healthy because it’s prepared only with plant-based ingredients.
Also, if you want to make the perfect hot chocolate, add some coconut whipped cream on top of it and enjoy!
How to make vegan hot chocolate – Step by step
- Add all the ingredients to a saucepan (photo 1) and cook over medium heat until the chocolate is completely melted, stirring occasionally (photo 2).
Pro tips
- Use any kind of plant milk. It’s best to use unsweetened milk and add the sweetener to taste later, but if you want to use sweetened milk just add less sweetener or omit it.
- Change the chocolate chips for chopped chocolate if you don’t have any, but you may need to add more or less sugar instead.
- All kinds of sweeteners work for this vegan hot chocolate recipe. You can either omit it or add more or less of it depending on how sweet you like your chocolate.
- Vanilla extract is optional, but it gives the recipe a very good taste.
What’s the best plant milk for vegan hot chocolate?
For this recipe, I used almond milk, but any kind of plant milk will do. If you want to get a thicker texture, you can use soy milk or even coconut milk.
How can you reheat this vegan hot chocolate?
You can reheat it on the microwave or on the stove. In that case, put the chocolate in a saucepan and heat it up over medium heat until it’s warm enough.
If it’s too thick, add more plant milk until you get the perfect texture. Remember to add the same milk you used when you made the chocolate.
What can you eat this vegan hot chocolate with?
I put some coconut whipped cream on top of this vegan hot chocolate, but you can also eat it with vegan marshmallows, bread or cookies. If you like spiced chocolate, add a little bit of cayenne powder, some peppermint or even cinnamon.
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PrintVegan Hot Chocolate
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2–4 1x
- Category: Drink, Dessert
- Cuisine: Vegan, American
Vegan hot chocolate, a delicious plant-based drink that everyone loves. It’s sweet and creamy, it needs just 4 ingredients and only takes 10 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsweetened plant milk (500 ml), I used almond milk
- 2/3 cup vegan chocolate chips (120 g)
- 1 tbsp sugar, I used cane sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, optional
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a saucepan and cook over medium heat until the chocolate is completely melted, stirring occasionally.
- Serve immediately (I added coconut whipped cream and chopped chocolate on top) or keep it in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.
Notes
- Use any kind of plant milk. It’s best to use unsweetened milk and add the sweetener to taste later, but if you want to use sweetened milk just add less sweetener or omit it.
- Change the chocolate chips for chopped chocolate if you don’t have any, but you may need to add more or less sugar instead.
- All kinds of sweeteners work for this vegan hot chocolate recipe. You can either omit it or add more or less of it depending on how sweet you like your chocolate.
- Vanilla extract is optional, but it gives the recipe a very good taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of the recipe
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18.8 g
- Sodium: 85.9 mg
- Fat: 8.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.8 g
- Fiber: 2.3 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
Love, love, love this! Especially with our Texas weather, hot to cold to rainy indoor weather. This would of been lovely yesterday, will have to save.
Hi Vanessa! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Hi Iosune. What if I use cocoa powder instead of chocolate chips or chopped? Di you think it can work or not? And, in this case do I need some butter (such as coconut oil)?
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Hi Sergio! I’ve never tried it myself, but I think it could work. However, I think cocoa powder tastes much butter, especially for this recipe. You could add some oil if you want, but it’s not necessary. Hope you enjoy it!