Healthy Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix + Chocolate Ricotta
Healthy Hot Cocoa Mix is great for holiday gift giving and for making this easy and delicious
Healthy Chocolate Ricotta Dessert
I have been working really hard to eat healthy, or healthier at least.
Healthy is the new skinny right?
I do not enjoy counting calories. I do not enjoy having to think about every little thing I eat; it can make a girl a wee bit crazy. I do not enjoy having entire groups of food on the do not eat list. But I also do not enjoy those three less than little numbers on the scale.
I just need to make better food choices more often.
And with the holidays right around the corner, I’m combining a delicious healthy dessert idea, yes it is possible to have delicious and still low calorie desserts, with a great gift giving option Hot Cocoa Mix.
We love gifting hot cocoa mix. It’s easy to make,fun to wrap, and who doesn’t love a mug or two of hot cocoa on blistery winter evenings. I’m pretty sure my kids have given almost every one of their teachers mugs of hot cocoa mix for the holidays.
This year I’ve decided to make our go-to hot cocoa mix healthier.
You only need two ingredients –
good quality Organic 100% cocoa powder and Wholesome Sweeteners – Organic Sucanat or another all natural sugar alternative like coconut sugar or rapadura.
I gave the sucanat a good pulse in the food processor before blending it with the cocoa. I also LOVE my cocoa with some spice so I add cinnamon and cayenne | both are optional but make a delicious hot cocoa mix.
To make the hot cocoa simply heat milk or milk alternative and stir in 2 Tbsp of cocoa mix for every 6 ounces of milk.
The hot coca mix also makes a DELISH healthy dessert.
With only 125 calories per serving, chocolate ricotta is a dessert you can feel good about enjoying. Use 1 Tbsp of your healthy hot cocoa mix and stir it into 1/4 cup of part skim ricotta.
Easy, delicious, and no guilt.
Ingredients
- Hot Cocoa Mix –
- 1 cup organic cocoa powder
- 1 cup sucanat or coconut sugar, pulsed in food processor for a more fine consistency
- 1 tsp cinnamon, optional
- 1/8 tsp cayenne, optional
- Chocolate Ricotta –
- 1 Tbsp hot cocoa mix
- 1/4 cup part skim ricotta
Instructions
- To make the hot cocoa mix, combine the cocoa powder, sugar, and spices if using, stir and store in an air tight container – such as a mason jar
- For the chocolate ricotta dessert , stir 1 Tbsp hot cocoa mix with the ricotta
Notes
chocolate ricotta adapted from The Eating Well Dietrecipe source French Press
hot hot hot hot chocolate
This all sounds great. But chocolate ricotta – I think my mind just blew a pleasure gasket. <3
my mind was blown for sure – I had low expectations for the ricotta, but I am in LOVE
Love this healthier version. My kids will still love it!
thank you Aimee
What a great idea Heather, I need to make some cocoa mix soon, love the chocolate ricotta!
thank you Emily – the chocolate ricotta is crazy good
Healthy hot chocolate?! Sign me up Heather!!!
it’s pretty tasty – if I do say so myself
Chocolate ricotta???!! Are you kidding me!! Need it in my life asap!
do try it, it’s delicious
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