Bake Believe’s Vegan, No Sugar Added Chai Hot Chocolate (Allergen Free)

Yield: 4 servings

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Bake Believe^® Dark Chocolate Baking Chips
• 6 cups rice milk
• 4 chai tea bags
• 3 tablespoons monk fruit sweetener, (not monk fruit extract) such as Lakanto
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• â…› teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• â…› teaspoon black pepper
• pinch of salt (optional)
• ½ teaspoon xanthan gum

To Garnish:

• 4 cinnamon sticks (optional)
• 2 tablespoons coconut cream (optional)
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Instructions:

1. Pour the rice milk into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the chai tea bags, cover, and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags and discard.
2. Place the dark chocolate chips, monk fruit sweetener, cinnamon, ground ginger, coconut oil, black pepper, and salt in a blender. Add the hot rice milk mixture to the blender and blend on a low speed. While blending, pour in the xanthan gum and continue blending for 30 seconds.
3. Pour the blended chai hot chocolate back into the sauce pan and place over medium heat, stirring frequently, until your desired temperature is achieved.
4. Pour into 4 mugs. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and top with coconut cream and ground cinnamon, if desired.