Homemade Chocolate Nut Milk
This Homemade Chocolate Nut Milk is so chocolaty, creamy, and refreshing. Made with superfood cacao powder, raw organic nuts, and dates for a natural sweetener.
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw organic almonds or cashews
- 3 tbsp cacao powder
- 3-4 pitted dates
- pinch pink sea salt
- 4 cups filtered water
Instructions
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Place almonds or cashews in a large mixing bowl and fill with enough water to completely cover nuts. Cover bowl with Saran Wrap or a dish towel.
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The next morning, drain and rinse nuts. Place in blender then add in cacao powder, pitted dates, and pink sea salt. Pour in water then place blender lid on making sure it's on tightly. Blend until smooth and all ingredients are well combined together.
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Place your nut bag over a large mixing bowl or pitcher. Pour some of your blended milk into the bag. Start with about a cup at a time.
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Hold your bag from the top tightly while keeping it closed. With your other hand squeeze down from the top of the bag towards the bottom of the bag. Squeeze with as much strength as possible making milk squirt from bottom of the bag into bowl or pitcher. The leftover pulp inside should be almost dry. Repeat with another cup of milk until all the milk has been squeezed through the nut bag.
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Pour milk into a large wide mouth mason jar and store in the fridge for up to 5-7 days. Milk is best served chilled. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Tips and Substitutions:
- Make sure to soak nuts overnight- This ensures that the nuts get saturated from the inside out. Which will then result in a much smoother and creamier texture. Soaking nuts also activates the enzymes, making your milk more nutritious.
- Forgot to soak nuts overnight? No worries, add them to a pot, cover in water and bring to a boil. Allow to boil for 15-30 minutes. The longer they boil, the softer they will get.
- Blend until nuts break down as much as possible- This will result in less pulp and again, richer, smoother and creamier texture.
- Use either almonds or cashews- Both are great nuts to use in making chocolate nut milk. They both make for creamy and rich chocolate milk. Just make sure you use raw nuts.
- Substitute for cacao powder- You can use unsweetened coco powder.
- Substitute for dates- You can use any other preferred sweetener such as maple syrup or honey. Start with adding about 1-2 tablespoons of sweetener then add more of you wish for your chocolate nut milk to be sweeter.
- Don't throw away that pulp- You can easily turn it into nut meal. Preheat your oven at its lowest temperature. Spread the pulp on a baking sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Bake for two hours. You can use the meal to make cookies, crackers, pancakes, etc.