FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE
My sugar free kids LOVE my frozen hot chocolate recipe!
FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE AT SERENDIPITY
One of my favorite movies to watch during the holiday season is Serendipity. It is a cute romantic comedy about how life is serendipitous. I love watching the characters Jonathan and Sara gallivant around New York City during Christmas as they start to fall in love. One place they stop at is Serendipity for a frozen hot chocolate. Here is a short clip:
I often dream of owning a cute restaurant like Serendipity where I would sell “healthified” desserts like this Frozen Hot Chocolate recipe!
Someday I hope to take my boys to New York during the holidays to see all the magic of the holidays and have a sugar free frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity. But in the meantime we will enjoy the magic in our home.
Frozen Hot Chocolate
Ingredients
- 1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
- 2 TBS coconut oil or organic butter
- 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener
- 1/4 tsp stevia glycerite
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond or coconut milk
- 3 cups ice
- Whipped cream for garnish
Instructions
- Chop the chocolate into tiny pieces and melt with coconut oil/butter in a small saucepan or double boiler over simmering water. Stir occasionally until melted. Add the natural sweetener and cocoa powder, stirring constantly until blended.
- Remove from heat. Cut the vanilla bean open from end to end and scrape clean. Add the seeds from the vanilla bean and almond extract. Add 1/2 cup of the almond milk, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
- In a blender, place the remaining 1 cup of almond milk, the chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a large goblet and top with whipped cream.
Notes
Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate = 304 calories, 10.9g fat, 3.4g protein, 29g carbs
Healthified Frozen Hot Chocolate = 107 calories, 11.6g fat, 1.5g protein, 3g carbs 92% fat, 2% protein, 8% carbs
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I love the movie Serendipity! Can’t wait to try this recipe.
Request: Maria, since your boys have grown and changed so much, could you update the photo at the top of your blog page?
Wendy, that moment changed my life. It was the first month with the boys. I’ll have to think about that request;)
Ahhh….NO! Don’t change that pic. I LOVE seeing that photo. There’s something so sweet and magical about it. You look so incredibly thankful, beautiful and fulfilled (sounds cheesy but I can’t think of another word). It’s the look a woman has when she is fulfilled on many different levels – from her soul to her physical being. I don’t see that beauty in the world too much these days so I really hope you leave it up, Maria. 🙂 (just my .02 cents – haha)
Awe, thanks!
I LOVE THE PHOTO on the top of your page. Not only are the boys so sweet, but the kind loving way you are looking at Craig is precious. The pic is priceless and I vote to keep it 🙂 It obviously has been speaking well for your business.
I see so many things I have in common with the testimony. I think I might find my happy place with Maria’s WOE. I used to eat a low fat/ high protein diet and had constant cravings – for both sweet and fatty. Maria provides so many good recipes that satisfy my bodies needs, after two months I feel much better already, especially my digestion. Before, I could eat a huge plate of veggies and lean chicken and still crave more. My body couldn’t handle it. My peanut butter cravings showed me that my body needs fat for fuel! And when I think back of my childhood, I didn’t really like sweets except for chocolate w nuts, but rather had liverwurst or salami! So eye opening!
Awesome! Thanks!
I have had frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity in NYC several times. I also had the very best sandwich of my entire life there. The place is amazing….
Time to make this and watch serendipity 🙂
Is rice starch in certain supplements going to be harmful on this diet?
It is a really small amount. If an alternative without it can be found, that is better.
Looks great! When does the cocoa powder get added?
I fixed it above. Thanks!
I’m sorry, I’m not seeing any change to the recipe above. Am I missing something?
That’s weird. The changes didn’t save. I changed it again. Should show up now. 🙂
I LOVE THE PHOTO on the top of your page. Not only are the boys so sweet, but the kind loving way you are looking at Craig is precious. The pic is priceless and I vote to keep it 🙂 It obviously has been speaking well for your business.
Thanks Donna!
Maria, when you mention coconut milk in recipes (almond or coconut) do you refer to the can version of full fat coconut milk or the quart carton coconut milk (like the almond)? Thx in advance!
Annette
Great question!
Either would work. If you are trying to lose weight calories do count so in that case use the carton.
But for my kids I use canned;)