Paleo Hot Chocolate Mix
on Nov 21, 2019, Updated Sep 01, 2025
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Warm up with rich, creamy Paleo Hot Chocolate—dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and made with wholesome ingredients.
I DID IT!!! I freakin love hot chocolate. I have the fondest memories of getting home from water polo practice or swimming growing up and being freezing so my mom would make me a piping mug of hot cocoa. It is so comforting and the perfect dessert on a cold night. I love having a mix on hand so when you are tired at the end of the day you can just add some hot water and voila! This combo is so easy but an essential part is some coconut milk powder – which luckily is easy to find on amazon HERE. Matt and I have been enjoying a mug of these for the past few nights and we either top them with coconut milk whipped cream or smashmallows! I also recommend adding a dash of peppermint schnapps to your hot cocoa because its DELISH.
If you look at a standard store bought hot cocoa the first two ingredients are sugar and corn syrup solids, followed by a list of vegetable oils and a bunch of words you can’t pronounce. It is insane!!! Especially when you see how easy it is to make this recipe. Using coconut sugar sweetens it beautifully and is not refined like typical white sugar and coconut milk powder keeps it dairy free while still super creamy and delish!
Doesn’t that just look so incredible??
Topped with dairy free whipped cream! Reddi Whip now makes both an almond milk and coconut milk option and they are both delicious.
This powder will get me through the colder months and I hope it does for you too!
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Paleo Hot Chocolate Mix
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup cacao powder
- ⅔ cup coconut sugar
- ½ cup coconut milk powder
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Mix together ingredients and store in a glass jar or tupperware.
- To serve, scoop 3 tablespoons of the mix into a mug and top with boiling water (about 1- 1.5 cups).
Notes
- If you don’t have or don’t want to get coconut milk powder, you can just do the cacao powder, coconut sugar & salt and mix it with hot non-dairy milk.
Yum! I just bought a bag of cacao powder at Costco; I’ll be trying this tomorrow!
Great!!
I’ve been using this in my coffee all week – it’s SO good!! And was so easy to make too, perfect amount for a mason jar!
YAY!!
This is DELICIOUS!!! First hot chocolate I’ve been able to have in over a year after developing a dairy allergy. So easy to make too!
So so glad you like it!!
Thanks for a quick and easy, flavorful recipe! Any tips on how to make it non-clumpy? I suspect the coconut milk powder is challenging me… (Oh and trying to mix it up in the vitamix didn’t help , hahaha!)
I just use a hand held milk frother and hot water and it mixes super quickly!
SO good! The perfect not-too-sweet mix to have with a little Bailey’s! 😉
This recipe is SO GOOD! I was skeptical I’ll admit. I’m very picky about my hot chocolate, but this gets two thumbs up from me! My kids love it too. No more Swiss Miss in this house!
Delicious ❤️
So easy and sooo good! Never buying pre-made hot chocolate mix again!
So easy to make and absolutely delicious! I made a double batch and store it in a large mason jar. If you tie a ribbon in the jar it would make an adorable gift . . . but I’m keeping mine!
Love this recipe. I made it with monk fruit sweetener and it was good! Definitely would have been delicious with coconut sugar but I was trying to find a low sugar option. My kids gobbled it up and said it was yummy.