With allergies to soy and tree nuts, it is dang near impossible to find a pre-made hot cocoa mix that you can have. Don’t get me wrong, I have found one, but it’s just so easy to make it homemade, why not? With 4 simple ingredients you can have hot cocoa in 1 minute and 30 seconds. Seriously!

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Thank you Minimalist Baker for this recipe!!

What do you need?
1 cup milk (or any milk substitute of choice, vanilla almond milk is glorious here, if you can have it)
1 1/2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips – Enjoy Life brand is super allergy friendly!
1 tablespoon cocoa – We adore Trader Joe’s!
2 teaspoon sugar

What do you do?
Heat your milk in a microwave safe mug.
Pour your semi-sweet chocolate chips, cocoa, and sugar in. Give it a good stir.
Put your drink back in the microwave and heat for an additional 30 seconds.
Stir once more and enjoy!

The Best and the Easiest Homemade Hot Cocoa

Author Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh

Ingredients

1 cup milk or any milk substitute of choice, vanilla almond milk is glorious here, if you can have it
1 1/2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips - Enjoy Life brand is super allergy friendly!
1 tablespoon cocoa - We adore Trader Joe's!
2 teaspoon sugar