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Date-Sweetened Cardamom Oat Mocha

A velvety, gently spiced mocha with dark cocoa, caramel-like dates and a creamy body from freshly blended oat milk.

Date-Sweetened Cardamom Oat Mocha

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups300 gWatercold
  • ⅓ cup30 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 date24 gMedjool dates, pittedchopped
  • 2 tbsp12 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround cardamom
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt
  • 4 shots120 gEspressofreshly brewed, hot
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract

Steps

  1. Brew the espresso and keep it warm while you make the oat milk.
  2. Put the cold water, oats and dates in a blender and blend on high for about 45 seconds until smooth and creamy; this is your homemade oat milk.
  3. Add the unsweetened cocoa powder, cardamom and salt to the blender and pulse a few times until no dry cocoa powder remains.
  4. Pour the cocoa oat milk into a small pot and warm over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes until steaming and slightly thickened; do not let it boil.
  5. Take the pot off the heat and whisk in the hot espresso and the vanilla until frothy.
  6. Divide the mocha evenly between two mugs, half in each, and serve hot.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Allergens: none in the ingredients as written. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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