This rich, spicy Winter drink will keep you warm and cozy during the chilly Fall or Winter months. There is a recipe for the DIY spice mix in the notes that is easy to customize.
6ounceshot coffee, hot water, or hot milkuse hot water or hot milk for the hot chocolate (or hot almond milk)
2teaspoonscocoa-spice blend
2 teaspoonssugar or sugar substitute such as Truviaoptional for coffee, but hot chocolate needs a little more
½cupwhipped creamoptional
Instructions
Add all 8 cocoa-chile dry ingredients to a bowl or a covered tupperware type of container. Stir together thoroughly or cover and shake if in covered container. Set aside in your preferred covered container for future use.
Make coffee or heat up water or milk to boiling. Add 2 teaspoons of cocoa-spice blend to the hot liquid and 2 teaspoons or more sugar or sugar substitute such as Truvia if making hot chocolate. Stir or whisk until dissolved.
6 ounces hot coffee, hot water, or hot milk, 2 teaspoons cocoa-spice blend, 2 teaspoons sugar or sugar substitute such as Truvia
Add cream or serve topped with whipped cream if desired, sprinkled with chocolate shavings or cinnamon.
1/2 cup whipped cream
Notes
**Notes:
The nutritional/calorie analysis is only for 1 serving of the spice blend. It does not include any additional sugar or cream that you add to the drink.
If you want to make this drink low carb, you will need to switch out the sugar with a sugar alternative. Truvia is my choice of a sugar substitute, but there are other options. Check out this detailed post on sugar alternatives for a deeper dive into the pros and cons.
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