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Fresh Ginger Skim Milk Hot Cocoa

A smooth, deeply chocolatey cocoa with a gentle warming bite of fresh ginger and a hint of brown sugar sweetness.

Fresh Ginger Skim Milk Hot Cocoa

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (470 ml)480 gSkim milk
  • ¼ cup20 gUnsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1½ tbsp packed24 gBrown sugarpacked
  • 1½ tbsp grated10 gFresh gingerpeeled and thinly sliced
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gGround ginger
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract
  • a pinch0.3 gSalta small pinch

Steps

  1. Peel and thinly slice the fresh ginger before you start.
  2. Pour the skim milk into a small pot, add the sliced fresh ginger and warm over medium-low heat until steaming with small bubbles at the edges, about 5 minutes; do not let it boil.
  3. Take the pot off the heat, cover and let the fresh ginger steep for 5 minutes, then lift out and discard the fresh ginger slices with a slotted spoon.
  4. In a small bowl, whisk the unsweetened cocoa powder, brown sugar, ground ginger and salt together, then whisk in about a quarter of the warm milk from the pot to make a smooth cocoa paste.
  5. Whisk the cocoa paste back into the remaining three quarters of the milk in the pot and return it to medium-low heat, whisking until steaming and the sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes.
  6. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
  7. Whisk briskly for a few seconds to froth, divide between two mugs and serve hot.

Contains: Milk.

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

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