Spiced Hazelnut Hot Chocolate (with Essential Oils!)
This warming Spiced Hazelnut Hot Chocolate recipe uses a combination of hazelnut butter with cinnamon bark and nutmeg essential oils to create a creamy and healthy treat!
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk (I recommend almond, hazelnut or oat milk for dairy free/vegan version)
- 3 tablespoons raw unsweetened cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons hazelnut butter
- ½ tablespoon maple syrup or date syrup (more to taste)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 drop cinnamon bark essential food grade oil
- 1 drop nutmeg essential food grade oil
- pinch of salt
Optional
- 2 cinnamon sticks to use as straws
- whipped cream (you can find dairy free/vegan versions or make your own coconut whipped cream)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender. Blend to get frothy!
- Heat on the stove until warm.
- If desired, top with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick straw - this makes for a delicious and fun finishing touch!
Notes
NOTES:
You can omit the essential oils to make a more traditional hot chocolate.
Substitutions:
1) In place of the oils, you can substitute approximately 2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1 tsp ground nutmeg.
2) For hazelnut butter, you can substitute almond or cashew butter.