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What do you do with a jar of hazelnut butter besides spreading it on toast or eating it by the spoonful… a question I asked myself while standing over a jar with a spoon ready in hand. Ideas of hazelnut chocolate chip cookies, hazelnut chocolate mousse and molten hazelnuts puddings came to mind… until I looked down at my jar of hazelnut butter and realised I’d eaten almost half the jar.

Suffice to say, the best recipe for a jar of hazelnut butter is a simple one such as this epic, hazelnut hot chocolate. 

Even though this hazelnut crunch & raw cacao hot chocolate is a ridiculously decadent hot chocolate, this recipe is completely plant-based and low in sugars with a decent helping of protein, and is guaranteed to satisfy chocolate cravings. It can be whipped up in mere minutes and the toppings, as they say, are only limited by your imagination.

Hazelnut Crunch Hot Chocolate with Raw Cacao

Makes: 1 large mug
Prep time: 10 minutes

250ml plant milk of choice
2 tsp raw cacao powder
1 Tbsp Hazelnut Butter (I used Forty Thieves Hazelnut Crunch)

Optional Extras
Chopped roasted hazelnuts
Chocolate shavings
Extra hazelnut butter
Raw cacao powder
Marshmallows

Heat the milk until steaming using either a steam wand, nespresso milk frother or in a pan on the stove.

Place the raw cacao and hazelnut butter into a mug and pour one third of the steaming milk in. Stir well until you have a thick chocolately paste then add the remaining milk. Taste for flavour and if desired, add a sweetener of your choice (I don’t use any as think it’s sweet enough).

Garnish with any of the optional extras of your choosing and serve warm.

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