PROTEIN INFUSED HOT CHOCOLATE

Ingredients

• 375ml (1.5 cups) full fat coconut milk
• 1 heaped tsp maca powder (optional but gives a lightly malted flavour!)
• 2 Medjool dates or 1 tbsp date paste (homemade not date syrup)
• 1/4 cup (30g) Pulsin Whey Protein Isolate
• 60g (1/4 cup) 100% raw cacao paste or 90% dark chocolate
• 1 tsp vanilla powder or seeds from 1 vanilla pod or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp (30g) all natural hazelnut butter
• Grated chocolate or raw cacao paste and chopped hazelnuts to garnish
• 2 tbsp coconut cream to serve)

Method

1. Gently heat coconut milk in a pot over a medium to low heat.
2. Once hot, add chocolate to the pot along with all other ingredients, gently whisking to melt the chocolate.
3. Leave to simmer over a low heat for few minutes If using whole Medjool dates once softened blend hot chocolate off the heat using a stick blender until smooth.
4. Pour in to mugs or heat safe glasses, place coconut cream on top, it will sink a little!
5. Garnish with hazelnuts and grated or roughly chopped chocolate and serve immediately…spoon on the side.