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Home » Healthy Recipes » Sugar Free Keto Hot Chocolate Recipe

Sugar Free Keto Hot Chocolate Recipe

Last Updated July 18, 2022. Published July 10, 2022 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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Enjoy Sugar-free Hot Chocolate in just a few minutes using this easy four-ingredient recipe. With only 1g net carb, it is perfect for those who need a low-carb and keto hot chocolate option. Enjoy this recipe on holidays like Christmas. Or, use it as a starting point to make other hot chocolate without sugar like my keto white hot chocolate and keto peppermint mocha.

Sugar-free Hot Chocolate on a glass

Why Make Sugar-free Hot Chocolate

  • Hot Chocolate Minus the Sugar: If you grew up drinking Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate like me, you know it’s far from sugar-free. In fact, according to Swiss Miss’ website, their milk chocolate version has 34 grams of net carbs. This recipe has all the flavor of hot chocolate, but is 1g net carb.
  • Quick & Easy: All you need are a few ingredients, including your favorite sugar substitute, and a microwave to put this drink together

Ingredients in Keto Hot Chocolate Mix

  • Unsweetened Almond Milk: You can use any milk or milk alternative that you prefer. I’ve also tested this with coconut milk
  • Sugar-free Milk Chocolate Chips: I prefer to use sugar free chocolate chips. But, you can also make keto hot chocolate with unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Truvia: This is a stevia and erythritol blend, all-natural sugar substitute. But, you can sweeten this drink to taste with any sugar replacement that you prefer
  • Unflavored MCT Oil: this is optional and great for making keto hot chocolate that is also bulletproof
unsweetened almond milk, sugar free choco chips, truvia and cocoa powder on separate bowls

How to Make Sugar-free Hot Chocolate

Keto hot chocolate is very easy to make. It involves measuring the ingredients and heating up your preferred milk. After that, you can use a frother or a hand mixer to incorporate all the ingredients.

  1. Warm the milk: Add the almond milk (and chocolate chips, if used) to a microwave safe mug. Warm for 90 seconds
  2. Add the rest of the hot chocolate mix to the warm milk
  3. Make it bulletproof if you wish by adding MCT oil
  4. Blend: Use a hand blender or coffee frother to incorporate
steps to make Sugar-free Hot Chocolate

Top Cooking Tips & FAQs

  • MCT Oil is optional: if you want to make your sugar free hot chocolate more keto-friendly and bulletproof, then you can add MCT oil as an easy way to increase the fat.
  • Make it pretty with toppings: You can add a dollop of sugar free whipped cream and sugar free chocolate syrup to make this drink more like a Starbucks copycat!
  • Keep it dairy-free by using vegan unsweetened chocolate chips, unsweetened cocoa powder, and coconut whipped cream as a topping.

Best Sugar Free Sweeteners

In this recipe, I use Truvia but you don’t necessarily have to use it. Some other sweeteners you can use that are keto friendly and sugar free include:

  • Powdered Monk Fruit Erythritol
  • Stevia
  • Monk Fruit
  • Xylitol

Keto Hot Chocolate Variations

If you love hot chocolate, there are several variations you can try.

  • Replace 1/4 cup of the almond milk with coffee (cold, hot, or instant) like I did in my Keto Pumpkin Spice Latte
  • Add peppermint extract to make peppermint mocha
  • Use white chocolate for keto white hot chocolate

Is Cocoa Powder Keto-friendly?

Cocoa powder is a keto friendly ingredient as long as you buy a product that is just made of cocoa powder.

Products like Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate use cocoa powder in their mix, but since they add so much extra sugar, their mixes are not keto friendly. 

You should look for cocoa powders that do not contain extra ingredients.

Can you use heavy cream?

Heavy cream is keto friendly and you can use it in my hot chocolate recipe. There are two ways I use heavy cream:

  1. I use it at the end. You can finish the recipe off by adding heavy cream and using the frother to give it some extra body.
  2. I use it in place of MCT oil when I make the hot chocolate bulletproof

Since heavy cream has a lot of calories, I would not recommend using it as, say a substitute for the almond or coconut milk that I’m using in this recipe.

Is sugar-free hot chocolate good for weight loss?

Cutting sugar is helpful for reaching a range of health goals, including weight loss. However, weight loss depends on your overall eating and fitness plan.

More Sugar-free Hot Chocolate Recipes

  • Sugar-free Peppermint Mocha
  • Keto White Hot Chocolate

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Sugar-free Hot Chocolate with choco syrup on top

Keto Hot Chocolate Recipe

A super easy recipe for making keto hot chocolate using cocoa powder or sugar-free chocolate chips.
Prep: 2 mins
Cook: 1 min
Ready in: 3 mins
Cuisine: American
Course: Drinks
Servings: 1
Calories: 217kcal
Author: Davinah
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk, or coconut milk
  • 1/4 cup Sugar-free Milk Chocolate Chips, use DRDAVINAHS for 10% off, or use 1/2 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp Truvia, or more to taste, this is about 3 packets
  • 1 tbsp Unflavored MCT Oil, optional to make the drink bulletproof

Instructions

  • Add the almond milk, sweetener, and sugar-free milk chocolate chips to a microwave-safe mug
  • Warm the mixture in the microwave for 90 seconds
  • Add the MCT Oil if using
  • Use a hand blender to incorporate
  • Top with keto whipped cream, whipped coconut cream, and/or more sugar-free chocolate chips if you wish.

Recipe Notes

If you’re using Unsweetened Cocoa Powder then you should just add it to the warm milk. You should also use 1-2 tbsps of sweetener.
  • MCT Oil is optional: if you want to make your sugar free hot chocolate more keto-friendly and bulletproof, then you can add MCT oil as an easy way to increase the fat.
  • Make it pretty with toppings: You can add a dollop of sugar free whipped cream and sugar free chocolate syrup to make this drink more like a Starbucks copycat!
  • Keep it dairy-free by using vegan unsweetened chocolate chips, unsweetened cocoa powder, and coconut whipped cream as a topping.

Nutrition Details

Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 1mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg

The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!

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