Oat Milk Hot Chocolate

This cozy, creamy and chocolatey dairy-free oat milk hot chocolate is the perfect way to end a chilly day. Cozy up with this warm and delicious dessert drink. If you know and love traditional hot chocolate, but need a dairy-free version this is the recipe for you.

Jump to:

• ☕ What is a Oat Milk Hot Chocolate?
• ⭐ When to Make This Drink
• 📖 Variations
• 🥄 Equipment
• 📋 Ingredients
• 👩🏻‍🍳Instructions
• Recipe

☕ What is a Oat Milk Hot Chocolate?

Oat milk hot chocolate is a combination of cocoa powder, chocolate chips (vegan if possible), vanilla extract, oat milk and granulated sugar. This warm and delicious chocolatey beverage has a creamy flavor with a little hint of oats.

There’s nothing better at the end of a chilly day then cozying up with a warm mug of hot chocolate. And, with this recipe you can do so in dairy-free style.

Hot chocolate is a favorite beverage due to its warm and comforting taste. Additionally, it’s an easy drink to change up the flavors just by substituting an ingredient. There are a lot of other flavored hot chocolates that you can easily make such as this Oreo hot chocolate, orange hot chocolate, Butterfinger hot chocolate and bischoff hot chocolate.

Here are all the easy reasons you’ll love this recipe:

• It’s dairy free. This is an easy to make recipe that tastes almost identical to dairy alternative. All you have to do is substitute one simple ingredient.
• It’s super easy. All you have to do is dump your five ingredients into a saucepan and heat them together. This one can easily be made in 10 minutes or less.
• It’s cozy and chocolatey. This is a warm and delicious beverage. The warm chocolate is super cozy and comforting.

⭐ When to Make This Drink

The possibilities are endless for when to serve this one up. Here are just a few suggestions:

• Chilly days
• Winter holidays
• Celebrations
• Evening sipping

📖 Variations

The customization possibilities are endless for this recipe. There’s lots of flavor variations and ingredient additions you can make to really ramp this drink up. Here are just a few to consider:

• Add a little spice. Give a sprinkle of cinnamon or even add a cinnamon stick into the drink and stir to add a little kick of spice.
• Make it vegan. Make sure to use vegan chocolate chips and a vegan friendly sweetener such as maple syrup If you would like this to be a vegan drink as well.
• Add dairy-free whipped cream. You can either buy dairy-free whipped cream or make your own with coconut milk or another dairy-free alternative. This helps to make the drink extra decadent and delicious.
• Add some flavor. You can add in lots of different flavorings to this drink such as a little peppermint extract, orange extract or any flavor you desire.
• Use a different sweetener. Instead of using granulated sugar, you can use a different sweetener such as brown sugar, coconut sugar, agave or maple syrup.
• Add toppings. You can garnish this up to make it as decadent and rich as you want. You can add mini marshmallows, mini chocolate chips, vegan caramel sauce or whole slew of other toppings you may enjoy.
• Freeze it. Make a frozen hot chocolate by blending this up with some ice.

🥄 Equipment

• Mug
• Measuring Cups
• Saucepan
• Whisk

📋 Ingredients

• 1 cup Oat Milk – We really love oatley. You do want to make sure you’re using an unsweetened and unflavored oat milk.
• ⅛ cup Dark chocolate – try to get a vegan option if possible.
• ⅛ cup Cocoa powder – We like to use dark chocolate cocoa powder for an extra rich taste.
• ⅛ cup Sugar
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• Dairy Free Whipped Cream (optional garnish)

👩🏻‍🍳Instructions

Step one

Gather up everything you’ll need including a saucepan, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, dark chocolate chips, cocoa powder, oat milk, whisk, mug and a measuring cup.

Step two

Measure and for 1 cup of oat milk into the saucepan.

Step three

Measure and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract into the saucepan.

Step four

Measure and add ⅛ of a cup of dark chocolate chips into the saucepan.

Step Five

Measure and add ⅛ of a cup of cocoa powder into the saucepan.

Step Six

Measure and add ⅛ of a cup of sugar into the saucepan.

Step Seven

Place your mixture onto the stove top in heat at medium heat. Make sure to whisk frequently while heating so that the mixture does not scald to the bottom of the pan.

After about 4 to 5 minutes, the chocolate chips should be pretty well melted. Continue to heat for an additional 4 minutes or so until everything is completely combined and melted together.

Step Eight

Once everything is heated, melted and will combined you can remove it from the stove. Then, pour your hot chocolate into your mug. If desired, top with some dairy-free whipped cream and a few chocolate chips.

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