Non-Dairy Hot Cocoa
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:27 am
Maverick's thread on Chocolate (bars) prompted me to post this related information. Most hot cocoa you find on the grocery store shelves already have powdered milk in it. I no longer eat/drink dairy so I was happy to find packs of fairly good tasting cocoa that contain only the chocolate powder.
Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Premium Hot Cocoa comes in 0.85 oz (24 g) packs that makes a single cup of hot cocoa. Ingredients are: sweet ground chocolate and cocoa (contains: sugar, cocoa, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin, vanilla). Target sells them by the each for $0.99.
To the chocolate powder I add a couple of tablespoons of Better Than Milk Soy Beverage Mix, Original. I like the original in my cereal much better than the vanilla, so that is what I carry. I haven't tried the vanilla in hot cocoa. You can buy Better Than Milk in a 25.9 oz container that makes 32 cups of milk (8 qt), which is fine if you use it in cereal and other food like I do, but too much if you only want it for cocoa. [Edit: next two sentences deleted because Mother's doesn't seem to carry it in bulk anymore.]
Better Than Milk is difficult to dissolve in hot water so I use the following procedure:
* Add the powdered chocolate and milk substitute to your cup.
* Add a small amount of cold water and stir until both powders are thoroughly dissolved (small = a couple of Tbsp).
* Add the hot water and stir.
* Enjoy!
Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Premium Hot Cocoa comes in 0.85 oz (24 g) packs that makes a single cup of hot cocoa. Ingredients are: sweet ground chocolate and cocoa (contains: sugar, cocoa, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin, vanilla). Target sells them by the each for $0.99.
To the chocolate powder I add a couple of tablespoons of Better Than Milk Soy Beverage Mix, Original. I like the original in my cereal much better than the vanilla, so that is what I carry. I haven't tried the vanilla in hot cocoa. You can buy Better Than Milk in a 25.9 oz container that makes 32 cups of milk (8 qt), which is fine if you use it in cereal and other food like I do, but too much if you only want it for cocoa. [Edit: next two sentences deleted because Mother's doesn't seem to carry it in bulk anymore.]
Better Than Milk is difficult to dissolve in hot water so I use the following procedure:
* Add the powdered chocolate and milk substitute to your cup.
* Add a small amount of cold water and stir until both powders are thoroughly dissolved (small = a couple of Tbsp).
* Add the hot water and stir.
* Enjoy!