Christmas Eve Ice Cream Hot Cocoa

This year for Christmas, why not wow your guests with an updated (made from scratch, healthy, and completely vegan!) version of boring hot chocolate!
This drink is best sipped on Christmas Eve, in front of a roaring fireplace, surrounded by people you love. And that's why I named it "Christmas Eve Ice Cream Hot Cocoa". Ice Cream Hot Cocoa? You're probably saying to yourself. That doesn't make any sense!
I agree! When I came up with this idea, I thought it was totally weird also, but I just really wanted to put some of my new vegan ice cream into hot cocoa! And so I did! And it turned out to be pretty amazing. It's actually really cool, because the ice cream doesn't melt right away like you would think, nor does it turn the mug of hot cocoa cold. It just kinda sits there and adds flavor, it cools down the hot cocoa so it's a drinkable temperature, and if you use a chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, you will get to eat chunks of cookie dough! Yay! Still think it's weird? Why not make some and see for yourself! This recipe is way healthier than those packs of hot choclate, it's completely vegan, and you get to impress people by saying that you made the cocoa from scratch! So enjoy!

You can see the chunks of ice cream sticking out

This recipe will fill 3 mugs

What you will need;
​-3 cups of your favorite dairy-free milk (I prefer almond milk)
-1/4 cup cocoa powder
-1/4 cup raw sugar (this stuff is way healthier than white sugar)
-2 scoops of your favorite dairy-free ice cream. I love So Delicious
Coconut Milk Ice Cream, and I highly recommend the chocolate chip cookie
dough flavor, because once the ice cream starts to melt into the hot cocoa,
you will have chunks of cookie dough floating in your hot cocoa, and it is
absolutely amazing!
-As many marshmallows as you prefer
-Cinnamon

​What to do;
-Heat the milk in a pan over the stove
-In a bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and raw sugar
-Once the milk is almost boiling, stir in the powder and sugar mixture
-Stir for one minute, so as to make sure the milk and powder mixture is 
completely combined
-Then boil until it's frothy
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How to assemble your hot cocoas;
-Find a very festive, Christmas-y mug.
​-Ladle hot cocoa into the Christmas mug. A little over half full.
-Put two big scoops of ice cream into the center of the mug.
Don't stir!
-Top with mallows
-Sprinkle with cinnamon
and then serve immediately.
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I hope you enjoy this recipe, maybe so much so that it will become a new Christmas Eve tradition! Either way, have a wonderful week, and I will not be posting next Monday because I have a lot of festivities and such going on, so have a very Merry Christmas!!!

​Peace Love and Christmas Eve Hot Cocoa
Jess <3