If you’re craving chocolate but want a refreshing drink, look no further than frozen hot chocolate! This delicious treat requires just three ingredients and can be made in minutes.
Key Takeaways
- The basic frozen hot chocolate recipe only requires hot chocolate mix, water, and ice.
- You'll also need a blender to blend everything together.
- You can stick with classic hot cocoa mix or experiment with other flavors like peppermint and pumpkin spice.
- Feel free to replace the water with milk (or a plant-based milk like almond milk) and the ice with your favorite flavor of ice cream.
- Ice cream is also one of many toppings that go great with this delicious drink.
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What Is Frozen Hot Chocolate?
At first, the concept of a "frozen hot chocolate" might seem strange. After all, how can something be both hot and frozen?
Of course, frozen hot chocolate isn't hot and frozen at the same time. It starts hot, with delicious hot chocolate. Then it becomes frozen with the addition of icy ingredients, from plain old ice to decadent ice cream.Â
Sounds good, right? This is the perfect treat for hot days, when you need your chocolate but don't want to sip on a steaming hot drink.
Mysterious Origins
The invention of frozen hot chocolate is a bit of a mystery. That's often the case with simple, popular recipes.
It's possible the drink was invented by Serendipity 3, a restaurant in New York City. They became famous in the mid-twentieth century for their mixture of over a dozen different cocoas, which they blended with ice and topped with a thick serving of whipped cream.
However, Steve Herrell, the owner of an ice cream shop in nearby Massachusetts, claims he invented frozen hot chocolate in the 1970s.
Whatever the case, this drink soon became extremely popular, and for good reason. It takes hot chocolate's smooth chocolate flavor and transforms it into a refreshing icy treat.
And the best part? How easy it is to make.
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How to Make a Frozen Hot Chocolate
One of the best parts of making frozen hot chocolate is customizing it to your liking. You can experiment with practically every part of the recipe, from the cocoa mix to the liquid to the toppings.Â
Before you start inventing your own version, you need to know the basics.Â
Famous Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
Frozen hot chocolate requires just three ingredients: chocolate mixture, water or milk, and ice.
As you can see, your choice of chocolate mixture is crucial. For the best results, make sure you're using a high-quality mix. Our organic, all-natural hot cocoa mix is a great choice.
For a single serving, add 1 scoop of your Mindful Nutrition cocoa mix to 8 oz of water or milk. Stir the mixture together until everything is dissolved.
Next, take out your blender and add your chocolate mixture. Add a generous serving of ice and blend it all together.Â
That's it! You can now enjoy.
Sugar-Free Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
If you want to indulge but are watching your sugar intake, consider using our Mindful Calm Sugar Free Hot Cocoa. This sugar-free mix uses the natural sweetness of stevia leaf extract to give you that sweet chocolately taste without the sugar rush.Â
Keto-Friendly Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
If you're following a keto or paleo diet, you don't have to miss out on this delightful drink. Simply use our Mindful Keto Cocoa, which is packed with grass-fed collagen and organic MCT oil to promote healthy joints and sustained brain energy.
Other Healthy Frozen Hot Chocolate Variants
We've got plenty of other hot chocolate mixes for you to try. For a minty variant, use our Grandma's Peppermint Hot Chocolate. We've also got a Pumpkin Spice mixture, perfect for fall days.
For a pre-bedtime treat, use our Mindful Evening Hot Chocolate, which comes with 3mg of melatonin per serving to help you get a good night's rest.
Experiment and see what you like best. Who knows, you could be the next Steve Herrell and come up with a drink that's enjoyed around the world!
Other Ingredients and Toppings
One of the best parts of making hot chocolate is choosing what toppings to add. Whipped cream is a classic, of course, often with a drizzle of chocolate syrup on top.Â
When it comes to garnishes, your options truly are limitless. Chocolate shavings are a popular choice, as are marshmallows. For a fruity twist, try adding berries (either fresh or frozen), coconut flakes, or chopped nuts.
Remember, you can also experiment with the ingredients. In place of ice, consider using ice cream. Vanilla ice cream is a popular choice and results in a creamy, cool treat. Chocolate ice cream is a great option if you prefer your drink nice and rich.
Of course, you could also add a scoop of your favorite ice cream as a topping.
You can even add a shot of espresso to give your frozen chocolate a mocha twist.
Conclusion
Frozen hot chocolate is popular for a reason. It's simple and delicious. Plus, it’s possible to whip one up in minutes.
The basic recipe is great on its own, but also forms the base for all kinds of chocolate creations.Â
Plus, with so many choices of hot chocolate mixture — sugar-free, flavored, keto-friendly, and so on — this is a treat that can truly be enjoyed by anyone!
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