3 Ingredient Chocolate Milk (Choccy)

One of our favorite things in this home is dessert. And while we work hard for our food, it is nice to have something so simple to whip up and enjoy in minutes.

Enter: Choccy!

Our three-ingredient recipe is SO simple. When you make it with REAL milk, a sweetener that replaces cane sugar, and organic chocolate powder it's all the better.

You really don't have to feel all the guilt of store-bought chocolate milk which is riddled with sneaky ingredients like soy, carrageenan, and other stabilizers. Not to mention cane sugar which leads to the kids buzzing around while you're crashing, or homogenized milk which contributes to the hardening of arteries.

Blending our raw milk, our own maple syrup, and organic cocoa powder always rounds out a dinner when you're really craving a dessert.

Recipe

Ingredient List

1. Raw, Non-Homogenized Milk - 1/2 gallon (about 1 cup less to allow room for mixing the other ingredients.

2. Maple Syrup - 1/2 cup (can substitute with 1/3 cup honey or 1/2 cup coconut sugar) add more to taste.

3. Organic Cocoa Powder - 4 Tbs

Instructions

1. Remove about 1 cup of milk from half-gallon jar/container.

2. In a blender, add maple syrup (or other sweetener), cocoa powder, and 1/2 cup of milk. Blend on high for about 5-10 seconds.

3. Pour blended ingredients back into 1/2 gallon jar of milk, top off with remaining milk you initially removed from 1/2 gallon jar, close top with lid and shake well.

4. Serve and enjoy as long as the expiration date of the original milk suggests, keep refrigerated.

Note:

• Honey as a sweetener is fine, but it is much sweeter so start with a smaller volume and add more as needed. Also know that honey imparts a very "honey" flavor to the chocolate milk. Desirable to some, but we don't care for it.

• You may need to blend slightly longer with a granulated sugar.

• For a richer more dark chocolate milk you can add more cocoa powder and cut back the sweetener to your taste.

• Separation happens fast, so plan to shake regularly before pouring.

• Get experimental with other flavors, we like to add a teaspoon of cinnamon in the fall and winter months. I'm trying to convince Emily of a peanut butter chocolate milk; so far no dice.