Homemade Superfood Chocolate Nut Milk [ vegan, paleo ]
Servings: 6
Calories: 289kcal
Make your own superfood chocolate nut milk at home! Using raw nuts, coconut cream, maca, reishi, and cocoa powder for a healthy and delicious drink.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups raw cashews soaked*
- 4 cups filtered water
- 1/2 cup coconut cream or 3/4 cup full-fat coconut milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or cacao powder
- 1 TBS maca powder
- 1 TBS reishi
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 TBS coconut sugar**
- 1/2 TBS pure maple syrup or to taste
Instructions
- Soak cashews covered in a bowl of room temperature water for 6-8 hours. OR soak cashews in a pot of boiled water for 45 minutes.
- In bowl of heavy duty food processor or high speed blender, add all of the ingredients. Process for 2-3 minutes. Remove lid and use spoon to check for sweetness – add to taste as necessary. Blend again. There will be some coconut cream residue left in bowl. Scrap with spatula and mix in as much as you can.
- Using cheese cloth or nut milk bag and large bowl (enough for 5-6 cups of liquid) carefully pour nut milk mixture through strain, squeezing out all of the liquid. What remains is the pulp – you can dry out to use as a nut meal for later.
- Transfer chocolate nut milk to glass jars with lid. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
*Should also be able to sub almonds
**can also sub 2 pitted medjool dates Prep time refers to soaking cashews in boiling water. To dry nut pulp, spread onto baking sheet and bake for 170 for 2-3 hours until dry. Process in food processor to get fine meal. Store in covered container in fridge until ready to use.
**can also sub 2 pitted medjool dates Prep time refers to soaking cashews in boiling water. To dry nut pulp, spread onto baking sheet and bake for 170 for 2-3 hours until dry. Process in food processor to get fine meal. Store in covered container in fridge until ready to use.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/6th | Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 10mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g