Chocolate is the answer to every problem.
No seriously, it is.
—-Boyfriend broke up with you? Chocolate!
—-No time to make dinner? Chocolate!
—-Spilled red wine all over your tablecloth? Baking soda!
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Okay, maybe chocolate is the answer to almost every problem. (Please don’t try putting chocolate on your red wine stains. Not a good idea!)
Above, with vegan whip cream and Chocolate-Raspberry Sauce.
Yum yum yum……
But when it’s been raining all day, and you and your roommate are stuck inside (as we were yesterday), chocolate is definitely the answer.
Chocolate and Desperate Housewives.
We’re on season 7 of the DVDs, trying to make them last as long as possible.
The Perfect Hot Chocolate
(Serves 1)
Based on this recipe.
- 2/3 cup milk of choice
- 1/3 cup full-fat canned coconut milk (for notes on lower-cal options, see nutritional info link below)
- 2 T cocoa powder
- 1/16 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- sweetener, such as 1 stevia packet or 1 tablespoon sugar or agave
Combine all ingredients and stir. Either cook on the stovetop, or: microwave 30 seconds, stir, microwave 30 more seconds, stir, microwave 30 more seconds or until hot and completely mixed.
Click to see the hot chocolate’s Calories and Nutrition Facts.
And if you’re still craving hot chocolate…
Try a batch of these devilish Hot Chocolate Cookies.
Question of the Day:
What tv shows do you watch?
Emily (my roommate) and I watch Gossip Girl and Desperate Housewives on dvd, and I really liked West Wing when it was still on. But Friends will always be my #1 favorite show.
By today’s standards, I guess I don’t really watch much tv. I’ve never seen a single episode of Real Housewives or Keeping up with the Kardashians. I saw a scene from Jersey Shore once… everyone was yelling and hitting each other. It was super-weird!
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We don’t have cable anymore but have become addicted to Breaking Bad and Mad Men on Netflix. I thought I’d miss reality tv, but I actually don’t. At all.
I don’t have cable so it’s very rare I watch any tv at all. Once in a blue moon I watch modern family online with my roommates because they love it (and I do too, it’s hilarious!). Oh and guilty pleasure when I’m at home and do have cable is definitely the kardashians.
Even if you spill wine, you can fix your sorrows with chocolate! These look so insanely delicious! What great treats! Recently, my hubby and I have started watching Parks & Rec. At first we didn’t really love it, but now we like can’t stop watching it. It’s funny!
Can you substitute regular milk for the canned coconut?
Not Katie, but I just thought I’d chime in to help.
Click on the “nutritional info” link and it answers your question.
thanks Sarah!
I LOVE Friends!!!! That’s my #1 show too! There’s re-runs on every afternoon and night and I have to catch myself from sitting and watching every episode, since I’ve seen every one like at least 10 times. My husband actually is a reality show junkie, I’m not as bad as he is. We’re talking everything from Gold Rush to Moonshiners to Jersey Shore to Teen Mom 2 and everything in between. We’ve kind of tuned out of all the Real Housewives because there’s SO MUCH drama, but I’m excited for the Orange County Housewives to start. One show we can’t wait to start again is Sons of Anarchy on FX. It doesn’t start again till September
We DVR everything and watch it later to avoid commercials. Thanks for all your awesome recipes!
Ahhh you’re making me want a hot chocolate right now! I love the Office, Biggest Loser, the Bachelor, and just about any show on TLC.
I am a *huge* Desperate Housewives fan! (so is the husband!) …..Chocolate makes the world an amazing place! I am so glad I don’t ever have to live without it.
I stopped watching Desperate Housewives last season and I don’t know why! I almost want to pick up where I left off and just have a marathon day of it! I really did enjoy it, but I think at that time, I was watching too many shows and unfortunately it was one of the one’s that got the cut!
This hot chocolate might come in handy though for reminiscing with those girls again!
haha
Chocolate is TOTALLY the answer to almost every problem. Bad test score? Chocolate. Bad day? Chocolate. Kicked the brother? Give him chocolate. Need some mall cash? Give your mother chocolate. Dad trying to lose weight? Give him chocolate. The BEST bribe tool ever! And i had a feeling it would be hot chocolate! Over here in VA, we had some snow/ice which is gone now. But its still cold!
Tv shows i love: New Girl, Glee, 2broke girls (sometimes), and rarely Kardashians. The latter because its fun to see people who have no actual jobs act like buffoons. What. a. life. But the show i watch every single day? Little House on the Prairie. I am so cool
Also, i really need to make the hot cocoa picture my screensaver. Drool.
+1
Maybe it’s a Sarah thing?
Oh Friends is just the absolute best; nothing can ever top it! I still can reference a Friends episode for nearly every social situation. “Oh this is like that time on Friends when Joey wore all of Chandler’s clothes…” and on it goes…
Hot chocolate is just the best! While I am pretty easily contented with just warming almond milk and adding pure cocoa to it (I have no sweet tooth either), this is a great option to serve other people who may prefer something sweeter, and the whipped ‘cream’ just looks heavenly!
I’m all chocolate-d out right now! (Crazy, I know?!) But seriously, I had hot cocoa and just ate an extremely rich bitter chocolate lava cake (at least my attempt at making one..)…too. much. chocolate.
I know, you are probably ashamed of me right now
I adore hot cocoa – it’s such a comfort food/beverage isn’t it??
I am watching Burn Notice on netflix. Love the show. Also really into the new show Revenge.
Used to watch Desperate Housewives and Greys Anatomy on DVD all the time but then got busy. At least I can pick up where I left off anytime.
My favorites now are Mad Men, Dexter, True Blood, The Office…I started watching Friends when I was 10 years old. The series ended a month before I graduated from high school. My favorite episode ever?? The Thanksgiving one with Brad Pitt and the I Hate Rachel Green Club.
Hahaha love that one! The Thanksgiving episodes are the best.
“I wasn’t supposed to put beef in the trifle!”
I miss Friends so much. It was our Friday night girls evening when I was growing up. Now I love any good spy/cop show. Love the hot chocolate, I like a little chilli and cardamom in mine – sounds odd but is really yummy
Thanks for the great recipe.
I guess I’m the major weird person here
I watch Doctor Who, The Red Green Show, South Park, Law and Order (and SVU). I don’t much care for “reality” television for the most part. I don’t like drama shows, and I hate romantic comedies (with a few rare exceptions). I’m more the girl who hangs with the guys. I guess it comes from being more comfortable around guys. Guys are more straightforward than girls – most girls I know have said nice things to my face and gossiped about me behind my back. I don’t like that garbage.
Awesome recipe! I made your Fro-Co yesterday and it was SO good. I used light vanilla soy milk because I’m a post WLS patient (lap band) and I need to keep my calories and carbs down. Not that I won’t use full fat coconut milk on occasion, I just didn’t have any handy yesterday! Delicious!
I also made some homemade “mounds” bars for my husband the other day. He said to tell you thanks for the recipe for Hot Chocolate Butter (cause that’s what I put the marshmallow coconut filling between!
I still need to try that fro co!
It’s really good
Your comment makes me so, so happy! And tell your husband “you’re welcome” for me!
Oh, thank goodness, I thought I was the only geek on the site. Doctor Who and Torchwood, both starring actors who are lovely representations of masculinities that don’t adhere to gender-norm BS. Also, there are plenty of kick-ass three-dimensional female characters. And time travel!
Yum! I make something similar, but yours looks even better with the addition of full-fat coconut milk.
What is your favorite brand of cocoa powder to use?
I really like Dagoba Organic… but it’s much more expensive, so I usually just buy the cheap stuff, especially for recipe testing.
Um, that looks amazing! Full-fat coconut milk? I think I just died a little.
“How I Met Your Mother” gives me that same fix that “Friends” gave me in the 90s.
“I’ve never seen a single episode of Real Housewives or Keeping up with the Kardashians.” <– I've seen them all
And watched 1 episode of Friends in my entire life. Never have seen Gossip Girl, Lost, or any shows lots of people talk about.
I'd like to watch tv with this hot chocolate. Delish!
Wow that looks delicious! I love Gossip Girl too, and I agree, the yelling and fighting on Jersey Shore is not appealing! Ha
My tv guilty pleasures are Gossip Girl, Teen Mom 2, Dexter, and True Blood. I really wanna try this hot chocolate it looks super yummy!
That melted chocolate on top looks amazing! i could use a big cup of hot chocolate right about now!
That’s how I felt when I went through Buffy The Vampire Slayer on Netflix. I didn’t want the final season to end! This hot chocolate looks delicious!! Perfect for winter
However, if you do spill red wine on your tablecloth, you should still eat chocolate … because that stain’s probably not coming out. And rather than stress, you should just eat chocolate.
As for TV, right now, my friends and I are watching the entire Twin Peaks series. I’m also watching Weeds, Big Love, True Blood, and Breaking Bad on Netflix.
Yes!!
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I love your thinking
I love the show Bones!
Hear hear!
That is exactly how I make hot chocolate! Nothing beats almond milk and cocoa powder!
just leaving a comment to remember you how much we like your posts…
ah yes, and to tell you that in yesterday’s post you look like a diva from the 50s!
Just sayin’
btw I don’t watch TV at all (except the news sometimes…)
I reckon that if I did I wouldn’t have all this time to surf on the Internet and STILL having a social life xD
Awww thanks, Gi!
Omigosh this looks fabulous! I tried to make hot chocolate one day with just cocoa powder, water and stevia and it was not very good- this looks infinitely better and perfect for a cold day! And ohh I LOVE gossip girl- I just watched this week’s episode last night! I’m also a big entertainment junkie so I watch a lot- Revenge, 90210, Modern Family, Glee… I could go on…
Your pictures are gorgeous!! I wanted to let you know that I had your “Never Ending Oatmeal Bowl” recipe for breakfast this morning and it is now my favorite way to have overnight oats! When I took the bowl out of the fridge this morning, I was shocked and really excited to see how big the oats had gotten! Those chia seeds are magical
Thanks for the great recipe!
You are so welcome!
Am all about HGTV and my guilty pleasure, American Idol, whIch I watch with my eight-year-old son. We’ve a bit of a track record when it comes to picking finalists
Question Katie about coconut milk please. Have you by chance found a company that uses BPA=free cans?
Thanks as always the yummy recipe – those chocolate cookies are definitely on my radar!
A google search told me that Native Foods cans are BPA-free
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Color me embarrassed Katie. I can Google too but thanks for covering it.
Also found that Aroy-D and Trader Joe’s Light coconut Milk come in bpa free cans.
Thanks again!!
Isn’t the main difference between hot chocolate and hot cocoa that hot chocolate uses melted chocolate? You named this hot chocolate, but it sounds like hot cocoa to me …
Um, first of all cocoa IS chocolate. And secondly, who the heck cares? It’s her blog, she can call it whatever she wants!
CCK, it looks AWESOME! Your photography just keeps getting better and better, and I’m definitely going to try the recipe as soon as I get my hands on a can of coconut milk.
Wow Lesie, way to be rude. That was a genuine question because I’ve often wondered about the difference and I was sure Katie would know, considering she’s a big fan of chocolate.
FRIENDS IS THE GREATEST SHOW THAT IS AND WILL EVER BE!!!! LOVE IT!!!
So funny that you posted this recipe because this is exactly what I’ve been craving and actually thought about making all day. Except I’m going to add the “frosting shots” chocolate whipped cream on top
)) Yummmmm!
I’m feeling a How I Met Your Mother Marathon sesh.
I didn’t watch much until all of these new shows came on this season. And I’m getting super excited to try out Smash (since it’s Glee-like) and I’m liking Alcatraz from the creators of Lost. Then there’s Touch that just started too. And I was already watching Revenge, Ringer, Glee, Modern Family, Teen Mom 2, Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, Mike and Molly, and a few reality shows. I watch WAY too much TV!
FRIENDS!!! It will always always be my number one favorite show. So many life lessons
I am also currently obsessed with The Big Bang Theory – but I only get to watch the reruns since I’m never home when the current season is on.
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER!! I’m an addict, to that and carbs and chocolate.
I’m with you–Friends is definitely my all time favorite show!
I also am a big CSI fan though. And (embarrassingly) I still love Degrassi.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who embarassingly loves that show.
I have one word for you..”Pulling.” An awesome british tv show that is hilarious (and on netflix or youtube.) Not as soapy as DH but sooooooooooooo funny.
Mmm… hot cocoa!! What does the salt in the recipe do? We’ve never tried adding it to hot cocoa before. I’ll have to give it a try!
We don’t have cable or satellite at home, but I check in on some of the new shows via DVD or whilst visiting my family. I agree, there aren’t many good shows on lately. We are big Star Trek fans, and have been borrowing DVDs from the library. We occasionally watch CSI (the original one) or Extreme Home Makeover on rainy days at the lake. We made it to season three of Lost before it got too weird to follow. Mostly, we prefer movies!
Because of the glass I think, when I first saw this, I thought it was a cold/blended drink. Like the “Frozen Hot Chocolate” from Serendipity 3 in New York. Hmmmmmmmmmm
Mmm I could definitely go for one of those, even in the dead of winter!
And I just used the last of my coconut milk! Will have to make this when I get more c:
“Chocolate is the answer to every problem.” Yes, yes it is!
This looks great. lovely pictures too.
Oh yum…this is just what I want right now!
Oh Kate, Kate, Kate! Dear Chocolate Covered Kate. I am a Pinner, Foodgawker and small blogger. You have sucked me in. I love your blog. I just discovered it tonight and have been here for over an hour! This full-time working mom of six doesn’t havre the time needed to read every single one of your posts!! I am impressed. I love your humor too. Congratulations on such a successful big. I very you wrk be on the Food network our Cooking channel very soon. – from your newest filter on, this blog, pinterest, foodgawker and facebook.
Awwww Tammy, thank you for such a sweet comment!
*Sending you chocolate hugs*
I’m going to have to make this, this weekend. Oh it looks so good! Like yourself, I’m a huge Friends fan. For some reason it just never gets old. I’ve seen reruns about 10 times. I could never get into the Kardashians, Jersey Shore or Real Housewives crap. I don’t get the appeal.
I forgot to answer your daily question! BONES, parenthood, unforgettable and two broke girls and several cooking shows… These are all getting recorded on my dvr!
No joke, I’m watching The West Wing this very second! It’s my third time watching it start to finish, oh how I love! I’ll be stopping at 6pm to watch Friends reruns. Other than that, favourite shows are Firefly, SeaChange, and Buffy
Chocolate totally is the answer to a red wine stain. It’ll make me feel better to eat it while I pack the tablecloth up to give to my mum to fix on the weekend
We love Last Man Standing, The Office, The Firm, and our guilty pleasures are Jersey Shore, Real World/Road Rules Challenges, Real World, Ridiculousness. I love everything on TLC, HGTV, and Food Network, especially Hoarders, When Vacations Attack, Chopped, Driver’s Diners and Dives. There’s a show on National Geographic called Taboo that’s always interesting if you need a good DVR idea!
Just wanted to say that this was the perfect “wake me up” treat this morning. It’s so cold here, but I’m all warm and toasty now, after drinking what can only be called the world’s best hot chocolate recipe! Really, really good.
I watch Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, and Up All Night. I am working my way through The Wire on dvd.
Thanks for the recipe.
-S
I have to say, Friends is also MY all-time fave. I used to watch Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice, but quit cold turkey this season. The ONLY show I watch now is Castle.
That does look like the perfect hot chocolate…mmm:)
That hot chocolate looks fab. You amaze me with your coconut milk skills.
What shows do I watch?
Hart of Dixie
Terra Nova
Alcatraz
Castle
Hawaii Five-O
Up All Night
New Girl
Whitney
Are you there, Chelsea?
Last Man Standing
Big Bang Theory
Hot in Cleveland
Person’s of Interest
Bones
Gifted Man
Grimm
Once Upon a Time
Was wondering if you use fair trade chocolate in your recipes? CNN has issued a challenge to make a chocolate dish from fair trade chocolate and thought you might be interested! http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/733442
I really like Dagoba fair-trade… and of course my favorite chocolate bars are Endangered Species
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I just uploaded my Chocolate Bar Pie to the CNN link. Thanks for sharing!!
Mmm these look SO tasty! I admit when I’ve been wanting hot chocolate lately I’ve been skipping the cocoa+fat method and just melting a couple of tablespoons of chocolate chips, then heating up unsweetened almond milk and vigorously mixing the two together until it resembles mexican drinking chocolate… droool. I haven’t been watching much TV, either… but the hubs and I always watch our cartoons (Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Futurama), our cooking competitions (Top Chef, Chopped), and our political humor (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher). I am pretty religious about True Blood when it’s on!
This hot cocoa is awesome! I feel compelled to feature you in my Friday Food Fetish roundup and on Pinterest. Let me know if you have any objections and keep the amazing food coming…
Aww I’m honored
I made homemade hot chocolate with coconut milk and Hershey’s special dark cocoa – it was nice ‘n’ rich! Would have been superb with some whipped cream, which I don’t usually keep in the house. Last time I tried coconut whipped cream, the coconut milk never separated when I put it in the fridge – bummer!
We don’t watch that much TV here either. We have a few shows that we DVR, but that is really just a handful. I could live on HGTV and Food Network though!
I love this drink, all the chocolate drizzling down the side. Perfect for a rainy day!
I love hot chocolate.
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No love for 30 rock yet? I just finished the latest season of 30 rock out on DVD and I’m working my way through the Sopranos. I’ll also always watch Star Trek TNG. Love Mad Men, many funny cartoon/stop animation shows (Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken, South Park), Glee, New Girl, Raising Hope… also still watching Fringe, even though it’s gotten a bit silly. The one foodie show I watch is Check Please! for the Bay Area.
Can you tell I’m an entertainment junkie? I also loved The Wire and most of Alan Ball’s other tv series, Six Feet Under. Thanks for letting me blather about tv on your food blog Katie!
This is SOOOO GOOD!!!!
No TV, but am currently hooked on NCIS and The Good Guys on Netflix. Can’t wait to try this recipe–sounds great!
Okay, I’m totally curious… What kind of chocolate sauce do you make/buy?
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/06/16/chocolate-raspberry-sauce/
I always wonder how u make the whipped cream. I always see A delicious looking whippedcream or blue buttercream on your recipes but i couldnt find out how u make that healthy? Or do u use regular (soy?) cream????….
That one in the photos is actually Soyatoo Extra Creamy. I love it! I stopped buying regular soyatoo because it always stopped up in the can, but I’ve had no problem with this new one.
can’t wait to make this! favorite shows: Downton Abbey hands-down favorite show. i’m so glad season 2 is online. and Ringer, The Voice, and The Amazing Race (when it’s on)… also, Once Upon a Time.
If this already was asked, sorry, but I have not enough time to read all comments – gotta go to the gym to work off the Mayan Hot Chocolate my daughter bought yesterday to share with me – OMG – it had Cayenne Pepper and Pasilla Chiles – Cinnamon too. Anywho, where do I find the recipe for Vegan Whip Cream – searched but no find.
Thanks – love the recipes and most especially the small servings that make indulging possible here and there. xo
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/08/16/vegan-cool-whip/
I love Gossip Girl too! I’ll watch basically anything on CW and I also love Castle and Once Upon a Time, to name a few… The only problem is that I’m living in a dorm where I have to watch all of my shows online which just eats away my bandwidth! I love the hot chocolate idea! I might just go make some now…
This hot chocolate should come with a warning! I decided to be really naughty and make myself 2(!) servings. I feel ill now, but it was worth it! So delicious and rich! This was like heaven in a mug!
Aw lol that’s always how I feel when I eat too much coconut butter… the stomachache is worth it! Of course chocolate’s the same
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You know it’s “whipped cream,” right… and not WHIP cream. As in, it is cream that has been whipped. What is WHIP cream?
Sorry, Angie, but if you want to get technical… I use Soyatoo and it says “whip” right on the can
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Katie, I am just starting to try your recipes with my meat-and-potatoes family and am NOT telling them what they are eating
So far the choc chip cookie dough got an “it’s good” rating, but I still have some several days later. I did use chunky pb though, and that may have messed with the texture. The fudgy brownies was perfect – not scarfed up in one day, but gone in two, taking care of everyone’s need for a chocolate dessert. Soy is a problem for me but the soft tofu didn’t seem to cause me any pain, so I’ll do that one again for sure.
I’d like to try this recipe using coconut milk, but for the most part we don’t like the flavor of coconut. Do you get a coconut flavor with the coconut milk? I know that cooking with coconut oil rarely leaves a coconut taste.
Thank you for sharing your successes, and congratulations on all of your recent accomplishments!
I don’t taste it… but I like coconut so maybe I am biased!
I made the hot chocolate this morning and it was perfect! I used almond milk and the lite coconut milk and it was super rich and creamy! A staple for sure!
Castle …. You have GOT to watch the show Castle. I borrowed the 1st season of DVD’s from my neighbor and had to go buy the next 2 immediately. Now I am trying to watch only one at a time to make them last longer. But the truth is, it is tough. I get so excited to see the next one that sometimes the self control just isn’t there and I watch 2 or 3. But anyhow, you have GOT to see it! And, start from the beginning … SO GOOD!
Putting it on my list. After all, if a Friends-addict says it’s good, it must be good!
Oh and one more thing … I also GINORMOUS <3 Friends! Whenever I go to a social gathering where we have to wear those "Hello My Name Is" tags … I always write Regina Falange or Princess Consuela Banana Hammock … Just to see who notices. LOL!
Hi. This hot chocolate looks delicious, but I saw on this recipe and other that somethings had a
T next to it; I don’t know much about cooking so I was wondering what the T means.
tablespoon. Sorry for the confusion!
Thanks a bunch! Can’t wait to try it!
Oh my goodness, Kate. I just found your blog tonight and I think I’ve repinned most of the recipes! If I weren’t “watching a movie” I’d probably have to go make something! I also shared it on my personal timeline and on my bus. page – I’m just so excited to have found the chocolate recipes I’ve been searching for. Hm, I can’t believe none of yours came up when I was searching for a GF, vegan chocolate cake/pie the other day…
I haven’t noticed anyone mention Gilmore Girls – my absolute favorite show. Also love West Wing, Friends, How I Met Your Mother, So You Think You Can Dance (a reality show where the participants are actually kind!), and when I need info – Rachel Maddow!
Aw thank you, Joni! That really means a lot to me.
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Haha one of my favorite recipes on here is for a gluten-free chocolate pie
Last night I had a go at making your hot chocolate and I have put pictures of the results up on my webpage – I hope you approve!
http://craftygeogopher.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cck-hot-chocolate.html
It was fun to make!
Couldn’t leave a comment on your blog because I don’t have a google account or open id. But I love the mugs… and the photos
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