Sri Lankan•indulgent
Beet Hot Chocolate
A delicious and nutritious and gorgeously colored version of hot chocolate!
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 3 cup milk of your choice (I used Lactaid)
- 6 tbsp cocoa
- 4 tbsp beet puree (from beets roasted for 45 minutes at 400 degrees)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp honey or sugar to sweeten
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons dark chocolate (chips or bar roughly chopped)
- Whipped cream or coconut cream or marshmallows or toppings of your choice
Instructions
- 1
Pour milk into a pan over medium heat and bring to a gentle boil
- 2
Slightly lower flame and add in beet puree and cocoa and stir till well blended
- 3
Add in the salt, sugar/honey and 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips/chopped bar and stir till melted
- 4
Pour into 2 mugs and top with whipped coconut cream or whipped cream and remaining chocolate chips/chopped bar