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Homemade Chocolate Milk

19 June, 2014 by Slim Palate 31 Comments

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Woah, woah woah, clearly I’ve gone off the deep end here. Drinking raw milk, and now formulating a chocolate milk recipe, clearly I’m a savage. My stance was stated in one of my last posts, eat whatever you want. And I do, I just make sure that I still feel good after said food is consumed. That is if it’s going to be a regular thing. I always thought that dairy caused problems for me but once I eliminated it for a few months and nothing changed I pretty much assumed that it wasn’t a problem for me, thankfully so.

Cacao-powder-and-coconut-sugar

Recently I’ve started including raw dairy on my training days for extra calories since I’m intentionally gaining weight now (muscle of course). It’s kind of ironic with such a drastic contrast of me losing over 100 pounds and now gaining weight on purpose. Of course I’m also doing a heavy lifting strength program consisting mainly of deadlifts, squats, press, cleans, pull-ups, etc. Since milk was such a great calorie source I was excited to finally try my go to farms raw milk. First off, it was completely life changing. Each freshly poured glass is like an ice cold, creamy, refreshing elixir waiting to comfort me. I’m so incredibly glad that my farmer was so adamant on me trying it. No wonder he drinks it all day every day, literally.

Chocolate-covered-whisk

Since I was constantly drinking raw milk I started thinking of different possible flavor infusions like cinnamon, chai spiced, and of course classic chocolate. My friend Jason prefers his “in the nude”, and I completely understand why and agree, but sometimes I like to fancy things up because that’s how I roll. If any of you have ever tried to mix anything like cocoa powder or cinnamon inside of a cold milk then you understand the feeling of sadness that consumes you as you watch the swirling powder rise to the top of the milk and float on the surface.

Chocolate-syrup

I think it comes down to solubility in the thing that your mixing into the milk and these fine powders are just not soluble enough. So thank you science class for teaching me how to increase solubility through heating. My only concern with heating the raw milk was that it cause the milk to no longer to be raw. So of course the solution would be to make a pre-dissolved liquid version of chocolate, hence chocolate syrup, but without junk. The cool thing about this chocolate syrup is that you can actually use it for anything you want to be chocoalte flavored whether it be yogurt, coconut milk, almond milk, whipped cream, you name it! So take that Hersheys. Just kidding, please don’t sue me.

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Homemade Chocolate Milk
 
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Prep time
3 mins
Cook time
7 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
How to make a homemade chocolate syrup for quick and easy chocolate milk.
Ingredients
  • any milk of choice (raw milk, coconut milk, almond milk, etc., I used raw milk)
  • For the Syrup:
  • 1 cup cacao powder
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup coconut sugar or 2½ teaspoons liquid stevia
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • pinch of sea salt
Instructions
  1. In a small sauce pot add all of the syrup ingredients and turn heat to medium. Bring to a light boil, stirring to prevent burning, and reduce heat to low and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until mixture thickens.
  2. Scrape syrup into a heat proof container and let cool slightly, then store it in the fridge for up to a month.
  3. When ready to use simply spoon some of the syrup into your choice of milk, yogurt, ice cream, to taste. I usually do about a tablespoon per large glass of raw milk (about 2½ cups).
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Filed Under: Drinks, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate milk, chocolate syrup, milk, real food

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Comments

  1. Alessandra says

    19 June, 2014 at 8:17 am

    What a great idea! I always end up using the blender to make chocolate almond milk (with cacao powder and a drop of stevia) but it makes much more sense to use a syrup/paste!

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      19 June, 2014 at 8:34 am

      Yep the syrup makes it so all you have to do is add a couple spoons of the syrup to your milk of choice, stir, and boom chocolate milk.

      Reply
  2. Rashelle says

    19 June, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    OMG! Thank you!!!

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  3. Rashelle says

    19 June, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    Oh, just to be clear, you used cacao and not cocoa, correct?!! Thanks again!!

    Reply
    • Diana says

      19 June, 2014 at 5:01 pm

      I keep reading recipes with cocoa and cacao… What’s the difference?!!

      Thanks!

      🙂

      Reply
      • Slim Palate says

        19 June, 2014 at 6:50 pm

        Cacao is the raw version of cocoa I believe. I prefer cacao, more nutrients, and it’s far less processed.

        Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      19 June, 2014 at 6:50 pm

      Either is fine I’d imagine, but if you want to stay true to the recipe I would use cacao.

      Reply
  4. Becky Winkler says

    19 June, 2014 at 6:00 pm

    Gorgeous photos–the first one is particularly stunning!

    I just did a quick search to find out if cocoa powder and cacao powder are the same thing, with mixed results–there seem to be adamant people on both sides of the debate. Any thoughts?

    Either way, the bottom line is that now I really want a huge glass of chocolate milk.

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      19 June, 2014 at 6:49 pm

      They’re essentially the same. I prefer cacao powder.

      Reply
  5. Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says

    19 June, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    I’d forgotten how much I like an ice cold glass of chocolate milk after a grueling workout! I’m going to have to find a local farmer that supplies raw milk – it sounds so much better than the organic pasteurized version I can get at the store!

    Reply
  6. Millie l Add A Little says

    20 June, 2014 at 1:58 am

    This is gorgeous Joshua – I love the way you’ve photographed everything too 🙂
    http://youtube.com/addalittlefood

    Reply
  7. Cynthia Hill says

    20 June, 2014 at 7:33 am

    Thanks for the great recipe Joshua & not fearing raw milk 🙂

    Reply
  8. Viola says

    20 June, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    In step 1 we add only syrup ingredients, right? Not the milk?

    Reply
    • Slim Palate says

      22 June, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      Correct, only the syrup ingredients. I’ll make that more clear in the directions.

      Reply
  9. Brianna says

    22 June, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    I made this today with the stevia, but only made 1/2 of the recipe to make sure I liked it. Now I am kicking myself for not making more because it’s almost gone! Fantastic recipe; a great way to jazz up my almond milk. Thank you!

    Reply
  10. Meredith says

    25 June, 2014 at 4:14 pm

    Thank you!! Such a simple recipe and so delicious. You’re my hero <3

    Reply
  11. Torsten Fleischer | Personal Trainer Berlin says

    4 July, 2014 at 4:22 am

    looks amazing! thx a lot for your passion!

    Reply
  12. Macy says

    20 July, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    Wow this looks YUMMY! Your photography is so beautiful! I will definitely have to make this!:)

    Reply
  13. Ashley says

    7 March, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    Great recipe! We used xylitol and stevia drops instead of coconut sugar. Makes the most delicious syrup that is good for you and my kids will actually drink milk now! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Tabitha says

    22 March, 2015 at 9:17 am

    Do you know if this recipe would set to make a healthy milk chocolate. I’ve searched the web and can only find recipes for raw dark chocolate, so I am wondering weather all you need to do is add milk?

    Reply
  15. delaney dillon says

    2 April, 2015 at 12:37 pm

    Does subbing stevia for coconut change the syrupy texture- should I decrease the water and add some type of thickener like coconut flour? or is that just ludicrous haha

    Reply
  16. Lindsay says

    29 April, 2015 at 6:54 am

    How long is shelf life on this? Probably wouldn’t last my household much more than a week but just curious!? Do you refrigerate the syrup?

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      29 April, 2015 at 6:56 am

      Never mind I should open my eyes. No way that’d last a month. Lol

      Reply
  17. Simon says

    16 December, 2015 at 8:53 am

    Love it!

    Reply
  18. Kate says

    4 February, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    This was super tasty and I’m not really a chocolate person! Will be making again – next time I’ll store it in a “spoonable” container, mine was rather thick and I think it will need some heating to get out of the little bottle I put it in!

    Reply
  19. Laura says

    18 May, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    This was great! Awesome for the kids to trick them into thinking they are getting an indulgent treat! Find my post and more at realfoodhonestlife.com

    Reply
  20. Rae says

    26 June, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    Thank you! Delicious! I used 3/4 cup raw honey instead of the coconut sugar. It worked great! I added the water last and didn’t need very much. The best part is that I didn’t have to heat it since the honey is already liquid! Great recipe!

    Reply
  21. Angela Bucciere says

    15 July, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    what is the nutrition content of this recipe? mainly sugar

    Reply
  22. Raf says

    6 January, 2017 at 11:20 pm

    What an awesome chocolate syrup! Excellent thank you.

    My daughter is low on the ‘D’ side and does not like to drink milk.
    I asked her to taste my new homemade chocolate syrup and she luv’d it. She agreed to chocolate warm milk. Its been a hit and as a daddy , glad she’s drinking the raw chocolate flavored milk. 🙂

    Reply
  23. Scott Beaudry says

    19 September, 2017 at 8:04 pm

    Amazing! I am so glad I came to this site first to make my raw chocolate milk. Also, your post was very humorous, not just informative. Thanks! Cheers!

    Reply

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