Hot Chocolate

Name: Hot Chocolate
Prep time: 5
Cook time: 0
Total time: 5
Yield: 4
Ingredients: filtered water; raw unsalted cashews; raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder; firmly packed chopped pitted dates (5 to 6 dates) or 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup, plus more to taste; natural vanilla extract; sea salt; ground cinnamon, plus more to taste (optional); red pepper flakes or pinch of cayenne peppe (optional)

KitchenAid Chef

Duration

Total5min

Prep5min

Tools

BlenderBlender

Ingredients

Serving

720 ml: filtered water
140 g: raw unsalted cashews
24 g: raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
55 g: firmly packed chopped pitted dates (5 to 6 dates) or 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup, plus more to taste
1 tsp: natural vanilla extract
pinch: sea salt
1/2 tsp: ground cinnamon, plus more to taste (optional)
1/8 tsp: red pepper flakes or pinch of cayenne peppe (optional)

Step by step

Place all of the ingredients (including any optional boosters) into the blender jar of the KitchenAid® Power Plus® Blender.
Secure the lid and set the blender to the Adapti-Blend™ Soup program. Blend until the machine turns itself off.
Alternatively, blend for about 5 minutes, starting on speed 1 and gradually increasing to speed 10 until hot.
If throwing whole pitted dates in to show the power of the machine the amount will vary depending on the variety and size. Please instruct people to place the cacao powder in with the water and cover with the cashews so that the powder doesn’t fly up into the lid on ignition.