Recipe: Superfood Mexican Hot Chocolate

Melissa Corkhill

By Melissa Corkhill

01st November 2016

Happy Day of the Dead! Here's a tasty spicy hot chocolate recipe packed with superfoods to celebrate.

Melissa Corkhill

By Melissa Corkhill

01st November 2016

Melissa Corkhill

By Melissa Corkhill

01st November 2016

Cayenne pepper stimulates the circulatory system, aids digestion and helps to regulate blood sugar. Just imagine what magic can happen when you marry it with antioxidant and magnesium rich cacao! Just as healthy as it is tasty.

• 600ml hot water • 4 pitted Medjool dates, or 10 pitted dates, soaked for 4-6 hours • 2 heaped tbsp. almond butter • 2 tbsp raw cacao powder • 1 tbsp manuka honey • 1 tsp ground cinnamon • ½ tsp cayenne pepper • ¼ avocado (optional)

Blend all the ingredients in a blender, pour and enjoy!

You might also like...

Happy and Healthy

Sarah Creighton runs Veggie Kids, a site dedicated to helping families eat more healthily, and to steer towards a plant-based diet. We asked her about life in a family where some members are vegan, and some omnivore

Eight Favourite Curry Recipes

In celebration of National Curry Week (my favourite food ever), we've rounded up eight of our favourite recipes.

Recipe: 6 Ways with Pumpkins

There’s something about the shortening days that seems to cry out for the warmth and comfort of pumpkin recipes. Perhaps it’s the gloriously vibrant colour of a pumpkin that glows on the dullest days, or the fact they lend themselves to both spicy soups and sweet puddings that warm dark evenings. Harvest time can often produce a glut of pumpkins so it’s time to get busy making tasty treats to freeze for winter warmth. We’ve rounded up our favourite pumpkin recipes from around the net to get you savouring this delicious orange globe:
Load the next article...
loading