Creamy peanut butter hot chocolate
“Mom! When we come in from skating, can we have hot chocolate?”
Something about hot chocolate & winter… they go hand in hand. My boys love when I whip up a batch of this creamy deliciousness and they can warm up from the inside out.
I’m not a fan of all the extra ingredients found in most packaged hot chocolate mixes, and like being able to sweeten this to my family’s taste preference. A small amount will give a dark chocolate taste, more = obviously a sweeter blend.
See also: 7 delicious ways to reduce sugar in your kids’ food
The trick to taking this from a-ok to frothy and light, is the blender. After you mix up the ingredients and warm them in a pot, pour them into a blender and froth it up! This gives that awesome layer of yum along the surface… Let me show you what I mean…
Yes, that sort of yum. The frothy, creamy, foamy kind of yum that really makes hot chocolate really really good and makes fun, foamy moustaches to boot! My boys thought that was hilarious.
Onwards to the recipe. Hopefully it’s a hit there!
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Creamy peanut-butter hot chocolate
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 3 mins
- Total Time: 8 mins
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
This creamy peanut butter hot chocolate is quick and easy, and gives the layer of foamy froth on top that all tasty hot chocolate needs!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups milk (dairy or alternative)*
- 1 1/2 T cocoa
- 1–2 T honey
- 1 T natural peanut butter
- Pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into a pot and warm over medium heat. Taste to adjust honey to level of sweetness desired.
- Transfer to a blender (make sure it has a pressure release hole in the top for the steam!) and blend for 20-30 seconds.
- Pour into cups and enjoy!
- Lick off the foamy moustache last.
Notes
* Use 2% or greater dairy milk, or a creamy alternative milk for best results. I find cashew milk works very well!
- Category: Drink/ treat
From my kitchen to yours, enjoy! 🙂
8 thoughts on “Creamy peanut-butter hot chocolate”
Do you think a hand blender would work instead of the regular blender?
I’ve used a hand held immersion blender and it’s worked wonderfully!
Hi! This looks really good, but I was wondering what 1 ‘T’ is?
Hi Ava!
It’s tablespoon- If you give it a try, I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
This sounds so yummy. I’d love to try the recipe with my gardening group one week ?
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Thanks for stopping by, Faye! Yes, it’s a quick and tasty one for sure:) We enjoy the little peanut butter addition around here!
This looks so good! What a fun drink to make for kids!
Thanks for sharing! Does one milk work better than another?