Hi Chocolate Popsicles!
Is it finally getting warmer where you are?
Or is the weather still freezing cold?
For most of the year, here in Texas, the weather is… weird. 80 degrees one day, 20 degrees the next. Sunny one minute, hail storm the next. They have a saying about Texas: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. However, when it turns to summer, you can count on our weather to be one thing: oppressively HOT!
Luckily, I’m well-prepared for the heat wave… with Frozen Hot Chocolate.
Remember Erika, with the Chocolate Cake-Batter Shake?
She’s slowly warming up to the idea that healthy food can taste incredible. And the concoction I whipped up for her yesterday afternoon certainly didn’t hurt her opinion.
Peanut Butter Fro-Co
(Frozen hot chocolate)
(Makes 1 reeeaally big serving)
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (at least 1/3 cup as lite or full-fat canned coconut milk if you want a really-rich treat)
- 2T cocoa powder (10 grams)
- scant 1/16th tsp salt (do not omit this)
- 1/2 tsp nunaturals stevia or 1 tablespoon agave, maple syrup, or sugar (or more, if you have a sweet tooth)
- Optional: for an even richer flavor, try adding a little melted chocolate (Serendipity’s recipe calls for this) or chocolate syrup
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
Combine ingredients and whisk together on the stove. Or microwave 30 seconds, stir, then microwave another 30 seconds. Let cool, then pour into an ice-cube tray. If you don’t have one, pour into three or four small containers. (Or pour it all into one container, but be sure to thaw before doing the next step so your blender can handle the one big block of frozen-ness.) Freeze. Once frozen, pop the mixture into a blender and blend! (I used my Vita-Mix.) Do not add ice. I repeat: Do NOT add ice. You will dilute the flavor.
See original fro-co post for Nutrition Information.
(Then add 100 yummy calories for the peanut butter.)
Is the weather warm where you are?
And do you have any summer plans yet?
At some point, this summer, I’m going to New York City! 
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Yum. Chocolate and peanut butter is one of the best combinations ever.
I’m hoping to set up some kind of camping trip this summer. I’d love to get to the Great Lakes area for a canoeing and camping trip.
New York City would make a great trip too – I love it there.
This looks so delicious — too bad my office is freezing right now so I’m thinking of having HOT chocolate, not frozen hot chocolate!
This summer — I’m hoping to take Jason out to Washington DC. I know he’d love to see all of the monuments/museums.
What a pitty I am at work at the moment. I want to make this frozen hot chocolate right now. Even though we have like 0 degrees here:)
I am making this today. No joke. You have just combined my two favourite foods, and I am in heaven just LOOKING at this!!
And lucky you, going to NYC!! I’m going to HAWAII baby!!
Lucky me? No, lucky YOU! I wanna goooooo! What part?
That looks soooo good! I think it’s warming up here in NY, just a little bit, though! I’m not in a hurry. I don’t like humidity.
Working on summer plans. I would like to do some west coast traveling.
PB and chocolate cravings solved in one serving! My type of food
This may be one of my favorite recipes you’ve ever made–it looks THAT good!
LOVE that you call it fro-co. HA!
Oh my that is my kind of heaven right there, yum!
this looks heavenly!!!the weather over here is 93 currently so this WILL be really useful!!!!
Wow, already 93?! That’s even worse than Texas!
That looks amazing! I’m hoping to get a new (permanent) job this summer and move somewhere else. Hopefully somewhere not much hotter and much less humid than Knoxville. A girl has to have goals …
Bookmarked! YUM
The weather we have where I live is somewhat similar to what you have in Texas. One day its warm and suny the next we have snow. Right now we have snow.
I have no plans for summer but I can’t wait for it! Maybe I’ll make this so I can pretend its warm outside
In the winter, I eat my cold foods in front of a heater
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It is HOT in Florida!!! Forecast says 90 degrees everyday this week! I am going to need lots and lots of towels for tennis practice
Ooo be careful, girl! I remember those summer tennis camps I used to attend… so many people got heatstroke!
I know!! I got heatstroke a few times last summer-NOT FUN! Don’t worry, though, I am all loaded up on electrolytes!
ok i am all excited now! this sounds amazing!
Yum! This looks right up alley! I’ve never tried anything vegan before, but I love to try new things
I will definitely give this a shot!
The weather is def NOT warm here….I’m from Chicago and all we have been getting lately is a mixture of snow and rain! Pah!
Oh, and I am going to NY this summer too! I lived there for school, and also while I was freelancing for SELF mag. I love it there!
I sooo wish I’d chosen to go there for school… affordable housing in NYC! Why on earth did I choose Texas? (Oh ok, I like Texas… at least it’s warmer.)
The whether was beautiful all weekend, but I woke up to gray skies and rain this morning. Oh well, April showers right.?
Sorry, that last comment was me. Still so groggy, I forgot to put in my name!
Katie, you are AMAZING!!!!
This recipe is absolutely INCREDIBLE!!! 
I only have almod milk, but I might still give this a try! This summer I am going to Europe with my mom… I can’t wait!!
I’m hoping to hit up as many musical festivals as possible (I did one this weekend and it reminded me just how much I love them!) And I may also get to go to atlanta to see my uncle!
your weather sounds like our weather! bipolar!
aHH this looks AMAZING- you could totally fool someone into thinking that was a bit ol sundae yet this one is nutritious and tastier!!!!!!
summer plans are unsure of.. college touring.. in da south! and possibly a college course on nutrition somewhere! but still trying to find one!
Mmmmm…that looks fabulous! It looks like a hot fudge sundae!
I’m having the same weather – one day its 70 degrees and sunny and the next its 40 degrees and rainy. I just want the warm summer weather to come and stay!
This looks amazing… I wonder if it’d be good if you blended part of a banana in with it??!
Looks so sinfully delicious… Like chocolate ice cream… [Must free up some freezer space to make this. ASAP.]
Finally getting warmer up here in Canada! I’d love to have hot weather all year-round… That’s how it was when I lived in Manila and in Singapore, and I’d like it again! No idea what 80 degrees Fahrenheit is in terms of Celsius, but if it’s around 40*C, I’d definitely welcome that with [very] open arms!
Summer plans… –> Work work work!
Oooh that looks amazing! I actually like pb and chocolate way better than just chocolate. Don’t hate me.
No, I love you… this just means more chocolate for me!
I am from Texas and so miss home during this unpredictable NYC Spring! This looks delicious- plan to make it after my long run today since the weather is nice here today!!!! Thx for the inspiration- the peanut butter is genious for adding protein and I might just throw a little Sun Warrior Chocolate Powder in there as well!!!
This looks so yummy!! I randomly happen to have coconut milk in my fridge- had a $2 off coupon… so I think it’s fate that I try this soon!
I wonder how my poor little cheap-o blender will fare… It has an ‘ice crush’ feature so maybe it’ll work out.
That looks delicious! Do you think a magic bullet express would be able to process the frozen cubes successfully?
It won’t get the ice-creamy texture, as you’ll have to thaw it waaaay more in order for it to blend… but it’d probably make a super-yummy slushie!
Oh, man, that looks like pretty much the greatest dessert ever, especially for a Texas summer!
Since getting my wisdom teeth pulled over the weekend, I’m so swollen I can’t even open my mouth enough to fit an olive! LOL, I’ll have to give this a try
Sounds yummmmeh!
Woah! Love the photos of the ice cream!
As one of my favorite foods is ice cream, I’m gonna do the peanutbutter Fro-co and garnish it with some maple syrup!
Here in Switzerland the weather is around 14°C. In the summer I’ll maybe go hiking in the mountains.
Ohhh my goodness. I used to love McD’s hot chocolate sundaes (I know..) but this beats the pants off of theirs!! Looks so melty, gooey, and delicious.
Do you think almond milk hot chocolate isn’t rich enough, or is it just not rich enough in this recipe? ‘Cause I looove almond milk hot chocolate
It’s a delicious ice milk treat with just almond milk. But as I wrote in my post: “I first made this using only almond milk. I liked it… but my taste-tester friends—some of whom have tasted the real thing from Serendipity—said it was more like frozen ice milk than hot chocolate.” If you’re looking for a dessert that resembles the one at Serendipity, you need to use the higher-fat milk.
You are SO right about the weather in Texas! I almost thought, “I better bookmark this for summer,” but then I realized that there isn’t so much of a spring season at all…since we’ve already hit 95 degrees quite a few times.
Frozen hot chocolate? That is the best idea ever! This sounds like a perfect treat for when the weather heats up.
This summer I am going to Michigan to visit my family! Im excited
This recipe makes me wish it was July.
The weather is warm-er in NYC, but 60 degrees is starting to feel less balmy. I can’t wait for summer—Though I do have class, volunteer stuff, and work and may be moving to a different neighborhood, I have a few weekend trips to look forward to—the Newport Folk Festival, maybe some beach time, and hopefully the National Poetry Slam in Boston! Then the late summer/early fall weddings begin…
This looks delicious! I just recently tried your mint chocolate-chip ice cream, and loved it. Even my omni husband liked it! I am definitely putting this on the list. Your desserts are so creative and yummy – thank you.
Aww I am so glad! I think my omni mom would like it… but she won’t even try it because it’s green! Your husband’s much braver
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That’s so funny, considering if you buy mint chocolate chip ice cream at Friendly’s or Ben and Jerry’s, it’s probably bright green. But from gross food coloring!
LOL so true! I always wonder how people can be grossed out by something like tofu, and yet they are perfectly fine eating flesh and blood… I mean, tofu’s a bean! People are so backwards! (I’m sure I’m backwards in some ways too!)
OH EM GEE! This looks absolutely amazing! I wish I could make it, but alas, my blender is incapable of blending anything not soft (sadness). But, on a happier note – I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and have just created my own blog and today I posted my own fudge baby flavor, so I linked back here, but I’m not sure I did it correctly, and I just wanted to let you know. Thanks for he inspiration
awww cute post! I’d leave you a comment on your site, but it doesn’t allow me to do so (since I’m self-hosted). But please do know I read it… and smiled
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Ohhh this looks awesome. I’ve had the Serendipity version before and it’s to die for, so I feel like the coconut milk is absolutely necessary!!
Oh my gosh you’re killing me! I gave up chocolate for Lent- now that its so close to Easter I’m going crazy with anticipation of eating chocolate!
Oh gosh, I did that once… I was a little girl, though, and my mom said it was ok to cheat on Sundays. Can you imagine the chocolate fests that went on in my house on Sundays during Lent?
This looks so yummy! It’s the perfect treat for the blazing hot Miami weather. I don’t mind it but yesterday it was raining and the humidity was horrendous. Bad hair day lol
I have all the ingredients! I win =)
Love how you say not to omit the salt. Haha. I am so guilty of omitting salt from recipes at will and for no good reason.
Hehe I said it because I KNOW it sounds weird and out of place to be in such a recipe… but it really does make the sweetness pop!
Your sweet tooth cracks me up!
Yum Katie– this looks absolutely DELISH! And you know it does
You’re so creative when it comes to dessert and food, too! Sadly the weather is quite cool here right now, but once it starts to warm up, i’ll put this yummy cold treat on my radar. Reminds me of protein ice- cream 
Fro co!? you should make a CCK Co! seriously though
New York is one of the best cities in the world! You MUST see a Broadway show. I was up there recently and saw How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. So good! Daniel Radcliffe is the main actor, and he is a fantastic singer/dancer. It should still be running this summer, so try to get a ticket ahead of time. It was hilarious, and I will remember it forever!
Oh I definitely want to see that! Thanks for the recommendation! To see DR in something other than Harry Potter… too fun!
This looks tasty
I wonder if you can just toss this in the ice cream maker… I’ll have to try that!
I am going to Germany this summer for an 8-week language immersion program. Yay!
Ooo let me know if it works! I don’t see why it wouldn’t!
Do you eat this stuff too?
Every time you post something especially yummy-looking, I scroll down and you’ve given the good stuff away to someone else!
LOL I definitely don’t sit there and eat nothing while my friends devour their chocolate treats! Yesterday, I ate plain fro-co while Erika had pb. I love peanut butter, but just didn’t feel like it for my fro-co that day.
OMG, Katie! That looks so good! Peanut butter and chocolate is the food combo of the gods.
This sounds fantastic!!!! And so easy to make!! Will definitely be on my weekend cooking list
Hehe, if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. We have the same saying in ohio. The weather’s not as drastic here as where you’re at, but it gets pretty crazy lol.
Your frozen hot chocolate looks delicious
Anything with PB and Choc has my name all over it!
You’re going to NYC? FUN!!!!
Summer plans for me…well, I’m going away for 3 weeks in just a couple weeks, so May. Does that count as summer?
Totally bookmarking this for summer! We’ll be doing a ton of traveling this summer. Summer is always busy with weddings, family events, etc.
haha, the Texas weather saying is the same as Vermont’s! Out weather is pretty…uh, bipolar, for lack of a better description.
This looks like the perfect summer treat! Now, I just need sun and heat…
Woah! I didn’t realise how crazy the weather is in Texas! That looks gorgeous….can’t wait o feed it to Phil over the easter weekend
perfect movie-watching treat methinks 
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I’m liking this frozen hot cocoa idea! I was pumped to make it literally right now, and then I realized it has to freeze (duh!) and I was instantly bummed. I’m like a child with no patience!
Morning’s are freezing here, and then of course it warms up during the day which makes getting dressed appropriately near impossible.
As for summer plans, I am hoping to go up north to New Hampshire to visit some family friends
It’s feeling like summer here! Highs in the 80s all week…and I love it. However, if I were able to run right now, I’m not so sure I would like the heat wave!
This is ridiculous!! I MUST make this. It’s been warm here- a little chilly today, but it stays hot here until about October, so I know what I’ll be drinking for the next six months
Holy amazingness! I live in NYC and still haven’t had the chance to go to Serendipity. DEF come here and make some of that delish frozen hot chocolate
. No plans yet for the summer. Hopefully some races!
That looks sumptuous. Chocolate + peanut butter = love. Before I went vegan, my favourite chocolate bar was Snickers. I also loved peanut M&Ms. Since I don’t eat either now, I make vegan chocolate-peanut butter ice cream
Just as good, and no animals harmed!
While on the subject of stevia, I bought a stevia plant today from the nursery and blogged about it! Katie, it’s BRILLIANT. My grandmother, who is diabetic, was so happy! I also ordered the Nunaturals stevia drops a while ago, and I’m waiting for those to come. Hopefully they’ll be just as good!
I’m still trying to figure out how to do a healthier, vegan m&m… no ideas yet lol!
This look absolutely delicious. It doesn’t get better than PB and chocolate
Thanks for posting this. I can’t wait to try it!
Incredible! Is it wrong if I want this at 9am?
Confession: I have actually eaten fro-co as part of breakfast before!
Oh this looks so delicious, Katie (as always)! I’ve been to Serendipity and actually tried their PB frozen hot chocolate, so I definitely look forward to making this!!
Oh lordy, this looks so tasty, my mouths just flooded!
Hi Katie! I really enjoy your blog and have bookmarked numerous recipes to try out. Although I’m not a vegan or even vegetarian, I’ve always had a terrible sweet tooth and am a chocoholic. I was on a gluten-free, dairy-free and most sweetener-free diet (except stevia) for almost a year in hopes of improving my very long-term IBS symptoms. Unfortunately, the strict diet did not really help my symptoms and I completely went off my diet (until my next diet experiment ) about a month ago and eating a bit too much chocolate, ice cream, cookies etc. due to my deprivation. I like how your recipes are much healthier versions but still look so decadent. I really want to try this frozen chocolate soon as I have most of ingredients. Do you use coconut milk from a can or from a carton such as So Delicious brand for your recipes? Thanks!
Hi Veronica! I’m so glad you found me
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When I specifically say “coconut milk” in a recipe, I mean the full-fat kind. If I just say “non-dairy milk” you can use so delicious coconut milk or whatever else you choose (I usually use Silk unsweetened almond milk). For the fro-co, you can definitely do it with just nondairy milk (as opposed to full-fat coconut milk). But, as I said in my post, it will be more like ice milk than the stuff called Frozen Hot Chocolate you’ll find on restaurant menus (like Serendipity in NYC).
Thank you! I can’t wait to try this recipe and others!
Katie, do the frozen cubes of hot chocolate need to thaw a little first? I am having a very hard time getting them to blend in my Vita.
Yes, definitely thaw them a little first. Lately, I’ve been freezing the whole thing in one container, microwaving it for 20 seconds, and then blending.
I just slipped the ice tray filled with luxurious chocolate pools into the freezer. I used Silk (plain) which has some fat in it as I didn’t have coconut milk. I added about a 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (didn’t have syrup) and roasted almond butter as I’m out of peanut butter. OK, so I slipped into my Queen of Substitutions role, but I don’t want to go to the store so I had to improvise and am having chocolate cravings galore! I tasted it (naturally) as I scraped the pan….YUM….I can’t wait to have some later. It’s hot as hammered hell (I believe that’s a Texas expression?) here, so this will be perfect! Thanks, Katie…..will be trying more recipes of yours soon!
Haha oh Texas phrases… y’all it might could be hot as hammered hell. Time for some chocolate!
And the verdict is….Delicious! This was such a treat. I hate paying so much for the coconut ice creams and everything I have tried thus far has turned out more like sorbet. I know this was supposed to be frozen hot chocolate, but it could pass for ice cream. Only if that is THE most amazing ice cream on the planet, that is! Thanks so much, Katie! I am a believer in your concoctions! Can’t wait to try more.
**Side note/question: I’ve always steered clear of canned chickpeas cuz I find they taste canned. I used to make hummus all the time and I’d buy the bag and soak them with a much tastier result. You seem to have some recipes using the canned version. Do you feel it tastes as good in the recipes you’ve tried them in?
Ooops…sorry, I sent that anonymously on accident!
Honestly, I have not really experimented much with dry beans! I am lazy and just open the can! One thing you should make sure to do, if using canned beans, is to drain and rinse very well. And maybe you’d like organic canned beans better… although they’re more expensive, they have less of a canned taste.
Katie!! What an AMAZING recipe! I just made it on Sunday for my family, and they loved it. I used almond butter instead of pb, just because I was out of pb, but it was really great! Thanks a bunch!
Aww I’m SO excited you made it!
So I live in MN and right now it is so damn hot and humid that the only place the weather guy says it is comparable to is the Amazon. BLECH!!! This recipe has been my favorite way to cool off….it combines my two favorite things: chocolate and peanut butter!
I threw in some chocolate chips and then discovered after looking at the package they technically aren’t vegan. Oops. I’m new to veganism and I don’t know that I’d go so far as to call myself one….more vegan-ish if anything. But I love that your blog helps me to be healthy and indulge at the same time! What’s life without chocolate??
Life without chocolate? *Shudder!!!*
But life with chocolate AND peanut butter? Much, much better
. Hope you’re staying cool… it’s super-hot in TX too (although not humid, thank goodness!).
Tried this last night. It was so super yummy!! Thanks for posting. I love that your recipes are single-serving or just a few servings. Perfect for a single gal like me
Forgot to mention that for the 1/3 C coconut milk I used the thick cream from the top of the coconut milk can!
Yum! LOL I love that thick cream. It’s like a pool of pure coconut!
OH MY!!!!
I LOVE YOUR BLOG!
All of these wonderful photos are making me hungry!
Oh my heavenly Lord Katie!!! I just made this dessert, with my own home-made nut butter and topped it with cashew cream and roast peanuts. I believe that you eat with your eyes so I served it to myself in a beautiful hand-painted bowl from India…. well… if anybody needs me I’ll be in the corner having a love affair with this dessert! I live in Australia and it is a balmy 28*C here today so this is going down smooth as ice! Love your blog!!!
You are too funny!
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And thank you so much for your sweet words
Oh and I did I mention that I drizzled it with a dash of maple syrup – come to Momma!!!
Is this the post we leave the comments on for the chocolate giveaway? If so, my answer to the question is: I’ll eat the chocolate! That’s how I’ll use it. I also might chop it up for baking or something.
I can’t get over how delicious this looks! Peanut butter and chocolate go so well together!
I just made this recipe and i am amazed that i have never thought about making ice-cream like that before. I have frozen fruit, coconut flesh, raw cheesecake and all kind of things in the freezer but had never thought of making cold hot chocolate. thanks katie- made my day
Aww you are so welcome!
Well you can sign me up for this
It looks delicious. Obviously.
What’s on top? Is it some vegan whipped cream? Can you share the recipe please?
Soyatoo… I really like their new Extra Creamy one. It doesn’t get stopped in the nozzle like the old one.
Katie, I have to say this is my favorite recipe of yours that I’ve tried so far! It gives me the ice cream I’m craving without all the sugar and high calorie count. You’re amazing!
I have hot chocolate in the ice cube tray, in the freezer RIGHT NOW!! Double Choc Fro-co for me tomorrow!!! I have no ABC spread (I had an incident with the jar when I took it camping, resulting in an empty jar and a BIG mess!), so I had to settle for double choc rather than the choc/nut mix hahaha.
katie, you are my hero. truly. i have made a decision:
I am going to be your Julie from Julie and Julia! (: my goal is to make all of your recipes by the end of this summer, and i am SO excited to try it! (so is my family, haha:)) thank you so much! (btw, this is my new favorite ice “cream”)
You are the best in the world…You saved me thousands of calories and summerlong heartache! Ice cream is my downfall when the weather here in New England gets warm (and it has been very warm already!). This, to me, tastes better than anything at any ice cream place….I hate the sugery sweetness of ice cream/frozen yogurt……this is perfect!
When you use the cans of full-fat coconut milk, do you dump in the entire can, or do you just use the cream that separated from the liquid?
I usually stir it all together, so the watery part incorporates with the cream. But if you’d prefer to just use the cream that’s ok too!
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