Vegan Hot Chocolate Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is vegan hot chocolate made of? ›

Simmer cocoa powder, dark chocolate, dairy free milk, and a few other simple ingredients on the stove until luxuriously creamy, then top each serving with vegan whipped cream or marshmallows. That's it!

COCONUT MILK: Using lite coconut milk yields the perfect creamy texture and taste. It is neutral in flavor (the lite leaves no coconut taste) and it is neither too thick or too thin of a milk.

Swiss Miss contains both whey powder and nonfat milk powder, so while it is vegetarian, it is not vegan. If you do need a vegan alternative to Swiss Miss, here are some choices for you.

Vegan Hot Chocolate | Hotel Chocolat.

Almond | This milk can add a nutty flavour and is slightly less creamy than most plant based milks, perfect if you don't want your hot chocolate too creamy. Coconut milk | This milk creates a creamy sweeter hot chocolate, this can add a slight taste of coconut. Soya | This milk is a very common plant based milk.

Lindt Excellence 70% Dark Chocolate

Lindt Excellence is pretty excellent chocolate (I always used to steal squares of it from the fridge when my mum wasn't looking) and it's pretty naturally vegan, too. The ingredients of these bars include cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, and vanilla.

Ghirardelli Hot Cocoa

The brand's Double Dark Premium and Chocolate Mocha are both vegan-friendly.

The demand for soy milk comes from its creamy texture and slightly nutty flavor, making it an excellent cooking and baking ingredient. It's the closest drink that resembles cow's milk, per a taste test and online public sentiment.

Galaxy Vegan Instant Silky & Smooth Hot Chocolate Drink 250g | Sainsbury's.

Is Nesquik hot chocolate vegan? ›

Unfortunately, Nesquik isn't vegan-friendly. This is because the powder is fortified with vitamin D, and this comes from lanolin which is obtained from sheep's wool. As this is a byproduct of animals, Nesquik isn't vegan, despite not having any other ingredients that contain milk as one might've expected.

Hershey's Cocoa

Both the original and the Special Dark varieties are vegan. In fact, any cacao powder will make great hot cocoa! Simply mix with nondairy milk and sweetener of choice.

1. Starbucks. Starbucks hot chocolate can be made vegan! While the standard order comes with dairy milk and whipped cream, you can swap it for plant-based options like soy, coconut, and almond – and in Europe, you can even choose oat.

The exception is a black coffee, which contains traces of milk, and other hot drinks like milkshakes, hot chocolate and milk (duh). The following drinks are all vegan at McDonald's though: Tropicana Orange Juice. Fanta Orange.

Lindt Hot Chocolate

Keep the cold at bay with Lindt's classic drinking chocolate. This sumptuous hot choc is made to a vegan recipe, but is made in a factory that handles milk so it's suitable for vegans who don't have dairy allergies.

While you would imagine that all hot chocolate powders would be vegan, some contain pesky ingredients such as milk powder, whey and casein. These animal derivatives make some hot chocolates in the supermarket non-vegan, so you will need to take a look at the ingredients when browsing the shelves!

I recommend using light coconut milk from the can. You could also use oat milk or any dairy-free milk you'd like along with the coconut milk! Unsweetened cocoa powder: a high-quality cocoa powder or cacao powder is essential.

Vegan chocolate is made without any animal products, such as dairy and eggs, while non-vegan chocolate contains these ingredients. Additionally, vegan chocolate contains higher percentages of cacao (70-80%), while non-vegan chocolate may contain lower percentages of cacao (50-60%).