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First posted 11/22/13
These last couple of weeks, I have been craving hot chocolate. Unfortunately, all the trim, healthy recipes I tried fell short of my expectations for a good cup of hot chocolate. I was excited to see the Hot Chocolate Trimmaccino posted on the official THM Facebook page; I tried it and loved the foam on top, but I thought the drink tasted a little watery. I’m used to making hot chocolate with milk, which gives an added creaminess. So I experimented a little. 🙂
I replaced half of the water with almond milk (I heated the water and almond milk together in the same cup in the microwave). I left out the teaspoon of butter to cut down on calories (because I wanted to add some real whipping cream to the top for a garnish). Since I wanted to use the hot chocolate as a light snack before bed, I used half a scoop of protein powder instead of just a teaspoon. The star “creamifier” in my version is a heaping tablespoon of cottage cheese. You could still keep the recipe basically Fuel Pull by using only the coconut oil or the butter and using 0% fat cottage cheese. Adding cream makes this an S.
So….
Hot Chocolate Trimmaccino + unsweetened almond milk + cottage cheese = creamy, made-with-milk hot chocolate.
(This drink is gluten and peanut free if using non-contaminated ingredients.)
I suggest pairing this hot chocolate with these cream cheese brownies for a great snack.
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I don’t see the recipe for the Better-Than-Starbucks-Hot Chocolate. I see all the other text and picture, but no recipe?
Did you read the text? It’s just a written out adaptation of another recipe, which is linked in the post. This blog post is nearly 10 years old – maybe you’d like to try something newer. 😉
I recommend this if you want to make a mix to keep on hand: https://www.briana-thomas.com/hot-chocolate-and-chocolate-milk-mix/
OR this if you want a single serve drink: https://www.briana-thomas.com/velvety-hot-chocolate/
I can not access the hot chocolate trimmacino link
Thanks for letting me know! It looks like they may have removed it from their Facebook page, but I found it here: http://trimhealthymama.freeforums.net/thread/2203/hot-chocolate-trimmaccino-serene-pearl
This is the yummiest hot choc recipe, finally I can drink hot choc again and LOVE IT ! Three cheers for cottage cheese. Pretty sure that’s what makes this recipe special . So glad you tried it and shared.
Did you whip this up in the blender before heating? (Thoughts of cottage cheese floating in my hot chocolate!)
Yes, it gets blended just like a trimmacino! This is a super old recipe…maybe you’d like to check out some of my other hot chocolate recipes as well? They’re in a more traditional recipe format since I wasn’t working off of someone else’s recipe. 😉
https://www.briana-thomas.com/velvety-hot-chocolate/
https://www.briana-thomas.com/brianas-hot-chocolate/
https://www.briana-thomas.com/5-ingredient-hot-chocolate/
https://www.briana-thomas.com/drinkable-chocolate-custard-fourth-bloggiversary/
I came across your blog from workingathomeschool blog site and I have been enjoying your photography and your recipes thoroughly! I’ve been doing THM for over a year now and had a baby in that time…I’ve lost 50 lbs and hope to lose 30 more. I was wondering if you could send me this whole hot chocolate recipe. I don’t have any social networking so it won’t let me go to the facebook page to find this trimaccino recipe….thanks so much! I’ve been craving hot chocolate myself:)