Healthy Chocolate Milk with Cocoa Powder

3 serving glasses of chocolate milk on a marble plate.

Author: Katie

This homemade chocolate milk is made with cocoa powder. There's no chocolate syrup, chocolate chips or artificial flavors included. It's also naturally sweetened with dates.

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Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American-Inspired

Servings: 1

Ingredients

1 cup cold oat milk (or other milk of choice) *see notes
2 (Medjool) dates (or 4 "regular" small dates) *pitted
2 teaspoon unweetened cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

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Instructions

Throw all of the ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust sweetness. If you prefer your chocolate milk sweeter, add more dates or your sweetener of choice.
Adjust the texture. This chocolate milk is slightly on the creamier side. Add more milk for a thinner chocolate milk.

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Notes

High-Speed Blender: For this chocolate milk to turn out super smooth, it's important to use a strong blender that can easily break down the dates. An immersion blender will not do the trick here.
Soft Dates: If your dates aren't soft, soak them in very hot water for about 10 minutes ahead of time.
Milk: Any milk of choice works here. For a vegan version try almond milk or soy milk instead. The recipe also works with regular whole milk.
Adjust sweetness: This chocolate milk is naturally sweetened with dates. Adjust the sweetness to taste by adding more dates and a splash of milk. If you don't need this recipe to be refined sugar-free then you can add any sweetener of choice such as maple syrup or honey.
Adjust consistency: This chocolate milk is slightly more on the creamier side. Add more milk if you prefer a thinner consistency.

Nutrition

All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates.

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