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MSPI perfect hot cocoa

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wintery day treat

It's June, but it's rainy, windy, and cold here and feeling like a sleepy day. Nelle's been down for some pretty good naps today so while I've had plenty of opportunity to get stuff done, I've been feeling like enjoying the laziness instead.

A perfect day for hot cocoa.

One thing about rice milk, though, is that it doesn't provide the thickness that whole milk does for hot cocoa. And the non-dairy Ah!laska mix, while better than nothing, is more like a cheap mix-with-water hot chocolate packet than the more quality chocolates that I'm used to.

When I made the chocolate chip cookies the other day I looked up the Tollhouse recipe online to modify. A few of the suggestions said to add a packet of instant vanilla pudding to make them soft. I hadn't really thought about using pudding mix for anything but making pudding before. But from previous research I knew the stuff to be vegan and I happened to have some cook&serve variety on hand.

I heated up the rice milk and added 3 heaping spoon fulls of the cocoa powder and then added another spoon full of pudding mix. Now for the topping. As a vegetarian I avoid gelatin, one of the base ingredients of marshmallows, but thankfully marshmallow fluff does not contain gelatin.

Yum! It was thick and creamy and delicious, just like hot chocolate is supposed to be. Take that milk/soy free diet doubting self!

 

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Re: MSPI perfect hot cocoa

  • GoBleuGoBleu member
    I was always craving hot chocolate this winter when I was dairy free breastfeeding for LO throughout the holidays.  Very excited to have on file for this winter for LO!  Thanks for posting!
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  • I had no idea that the pudding mix was vegan!!!  I'm going to have to try and use it to improve the awful allergy safe cupcakes I just made. 
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  • sounds delish!!!!!! i never heard of Ah!laska mix so i might just buy it right now for the winter. thx!!!!
  • What brand of pudding mix did you use?  The ones we have in the pantry (Jello low sugar instant kind) say they contain milk.  :(
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