I love a warm cup of hot chocolate during the winter, especially during the holiday season. I never liked the quick mixes especially since they have lots of added sugars and they don’t use cacao so I created my own healthy hot chocolate recipe.
My clients are often surprised when I suggest they add some chocolate to their diet. Chocolate in it’s purest form (raw cacao) is actually a superfood. It has tons of iron, magnesium – which is so helpful every day, but especially over the busy holiday season when you might feel more stressed. Be sure to check out my blog post on all of the benefits of magnesium for your health and hormones. Cacao also has vitamin C and fiber, plus it has no sugar in it!
Cacao been known to help support your hormones because of the combination of iron and magnesium, especially the week before your period when these levels drop rapidly. You might even notice this is the time of month you crave more chocolate. Your body is so smart and knows that it needs more iron and magnesium so it craves it in the form of chocolate. Sadly, most of what we are eating doesn’t contain real chocolate, mostly just sugar and dairy which can only create more PMS symptoms. You can read more in this blog post where I share how specific foods can help you throughout the month to support your hormones.
As a bonus, if you need another reason to eat more chocolate, one of the most popular studies ever performed on stress found chocolate to significantly lower cortisol levels (aka our stress hormone) in our body which helps to regulate our hormones even more. Which is also very helpful for the holiday season!
Healthy Hot Chocolate Recipe
Grocery List
- 1/4 cup of cacao
- A dash of cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of honey and or 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla oil or vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 cup of full fat coconut milk or unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup of collagen peptides (I like the Primal Kitchen or Vital Proteins brand) *optional
Directions
- Place a medium sauce pan on the stove on medium heat
- Add 1/4 cup of cacao
- Add in 1 and 1/2 cup of almond milk
- Add in a dash of cinnamon and add in 1/2 teaspoon of honey and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla oil or vanilla extract and 1 cup of collagen
- Stir until the cacao has turned into a liquid
- Pour into your favorite mug and enjoy!
I know with the holidays come the treats, so I hope you enjoy my healthy hot chocolate recipe because it just wouldn’t feel like the holidays without it.
Blog Post Updated November 23, 2021
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