Chocolate milk is one of the ultimate comforts of childhood. Whether it was bought in an artisanal container from a bougie supermarket, or made from that old dependable powdered stuff, it was still good; especially if it came with a marshmallow as well.
But instead of having to deal with that vaguely chemical flavor of the cheap, store-bought stuff, what if you could make it from home?
Here’s how to make an incredibly easy and delicious chocolate milk in your own kitchen.
How Can I Use My Homemade Chocolate Milk?
Homemade chocolate milk is the perfect thing to enjoy on a cold evening, but it can also be drunk pretty much at any time of day if you feel like something sweet.
You could also use it as an ingredient in things like smoothies or as the liquid base in something like a chocolate cake!
What Kind Of Special Equipment Do I Need To Make Chocolate Milk?
Making chocolate milk at home is surprisingly simple, and really doesn’t require any kind of complicated equipment other than a blender.
However, one thing that is pretty handy for making chocolate milk from scratch is an immersion blender, also called a stick blender.
This lets you not only avoid using a blender, which is notoriously difficult to clean but also allows you to blend your chocolate milk quickly and easily and helps break apart any clumps that form super fast.
You can absolutely make your chocolate milk without it, but using one is definitely a big help!
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Ingredients
1 cup milk (any % fat is fine, but at least 2% will taste better. You can also use dairy alternatives if you prefer.
2 teaspoons cocoa powder (ideally Dutch-processed)
1.5 teaspoons icing sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch of cinnamon
How To Make Homemade Chocolate Milk
Step 1 – Gather all of your ingredients, and then add them all into the blender, starting with the milk.
Step 2 – Blend everything together in your immersion blender cup, or just in your regular blender, starting on low speed and increasing it to high.
Step 3 – Once everything has turned a chocolate brown and no bits of icing sugar remains, pour everything into a glass and enjoy! Top it with a few extra chocolate chips for added visual appeal as well!
Troubleshooting Tips
• If you are the type of person that doesn’t bake all that often, you might find that the old packet of icing sugar in the back of your cupboard has begun to clump pretty badly.
If this happens to you, don’t worry! Since you’re using a blender to mix everything together, the clumps of icing sugar should break apart with no problem. If your icing sugar clumps are super large, though, and making it impossible to measure anything out, just crush them in a mortar and pestle a few times and they should break apart super easily.
• Some people might struggle with finding pure cocoa powder at their local supermarkets, as these days, they are usually sold with powdered sugar and other flavorings alongside.
If you really cannot find pure Dutch-processed cocoa powder, you can definitely just go ahead and use the stuff that comes with sugar pre-mixed in. Just make sure to reduce the amount of icing sugar you use by about half, to ensure that everything isn’t too sweet!
Nutritional Facts
For the health-conscious out there, here are the nutritional details for 1 cup of chocolate milk:
Calories: 151
Total Fat: 5.5 grams
Saturated Fat: 3.3 grams
Trans Fat: 0 grams
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0. grams
Monounsaturated Fat: 0grams
Cholesterol: 20 milligrams
Sodium: 116 milligrams
Total Carbohydrates: 18.2 grams
Dietary Fiber: 1.2 grams
Sugars: 15 grams
Protein: 8.7 grams
Potassium: 235 milligrams
FAQs
This recipe uses icing sugar to help sweeten your chocolate milk, and it is an absolutely necessary ingredient because otherwise, your chocolate milk would have that dark, almost bitter flavor characteristic of raw cocoa powder.
However, there’s nothing stopping you from playing around with the exact type of sweetener in your chocolate milk!
Icing sugar is great for adding to liquids for mixing because its incredibly small size makes it really easy to incorporate, but you could also just use something like honey or maple syrup instead. Just make sure that the relative sweetness of whatever sweetener you are using stays the same, as otherwise, your chocolate milk will end up way too sweet!
Any kind of milk will work perfectly for this recipe, though probably something like 2% is going to be the best option because of its natural fat content. In fact, if you really want a bit of luxury, try using whole milk, or even half and half instead!
If you are dairy-adverse, you could just as easily substitute any kind of dairy-free milk that you prefer, so long as you pay attention to its natural sweetness and fattiness. Some dairy-free milks reinforce their products with extra flavorings and sugar, so just keep adjusting everything to make sure that it is to your liking.
This recipe calls for some simple Dutch-processed cocoa powder, but if you wanted to really up the chocolatey-ness of your chocolate milk, you could also use some actual chocolate instead.
To ensure that it properly blends into the milk, make sure to grate the chocolate to ensure that it doesn’t clump up when you blend it!
How to Make Chocolate Milk at Home
Who doesn’t love Chocolate Milk? But instead of using the cheap supermarket stuff, why not learn how to make your very own chocolate milk at home?
Ingredients
1 cup milk (any % fat is fine, but at least 2% will taste better. You can also use dairy alternatives if you prefer.
2 teaspoons cocoa powder (ideally Dutch-processed)
1.5 teaspoons icing sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
Step 1 – Gather all of your ingredients, and then add them all into the blender, starting with the milk.
Step 2 – Blend everything together in your immersion blender cup, or just in your regular blender, starting on low speed and increasing it to high.
Step 3 – Once everything has turned a chocolate brown and no bits of icing sugar remains, pour everything into a glass and enjoy! Top it with a few extra chocolate chips for added visual appeal as well!
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 1
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