This vegan Gingerbread Hot Chocolate is full of Christmas spice. It’s the is the perfect warming drink for the holidays!
Gingerbread Hot Chocolate
Every Christmas season Matt and I drive around our town and look at Christmas lights. We’ve been doing it for years and I look forward to our ride as soon as the lights are in full effect.
We usually go to Starbucks or something like that for a drink prior to heading out but this year I wanted to create something special – something I could make ahead and we could share together. Hot chocolate is always fun but I wanted to add a little more holiday-ness to it so I came up with the idea of a Gingerbread Hot Chocolate.
I’ve always liked gingerbread (I think that has to do with my childhood bunny who I named him Gingerbread after my favorite My Little Pony Doll) so creating a hot chocolate with the same hints of flavors sounded like something I needed to do. I used cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg to spice up some vegan hot chocolate. It tastes like Christmas in a cup!
I can’t drink hot beverages too fast. They always seem cold after a few sips so I’m really glad I found the Thermos brand bottles. I was impressed with how long the Vacuum Insulated 40 oz Stainless King Beverage Bottle kept my Gingerbread Hot Chocolate hot. It can actually keep any drink hot (or cold) for 24 hours. It’s so big a whole family could use it if you’re going out for a long car ride to visit family for the holidays. I’m excited to fill up my Thermos® bottle for the holidays and bring it when we go look at Christmas lights!
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond milk
- 2 TB cacao or cocoa powder
- 3 TB vegan mini chocolate chips (I used Enjoy Life)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- Toppings: cinnamon, vegan whipped cream, vegan marshmallows (I use Dandies)
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in a saucepan and mix until combined.
- Bring to light boil then pour into cups, add toppings, and serve.
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I can’t wait to try your Gingerbread Hot Chocolate recipe! I love hot chocolate. And I entered the giveaway, so fingers crossed I’ll win a cool Thermos!
“Every Christmas season Matt and I drive around our town and look at Christmas lights. We’ve been doing it for years and I look forward to our ride as soon as the lights are in full effect.”
We do this too!! Well, we walk around since our town is on the small side and most of the lighted houses are closeby.
I want some Christmas in a cup! This sounds awesome! I will totally be making this soon =) Thank you for sharing.
That thermos sounds like serious business!
Aw, that would be so cute to walk around! I wish we cold do that it’s usually way to cold to walk too far in our town in the December evenings.
Thanks Kimmy, I hope you like it when you give it a try! That Thermos is no joke, it’s a big papa!
I love going out for a walk in the evenings to look at the Christmas lights and then coming back home and making a nice, hot drink. This looks perfect for those nights!
Christmas light night is always so fun. Thanks so much Dianne!
We go light looking every year too! Now we live in a close enough neighborhood that we can walk from house to house! We make hot chocolate too! Thanks for the entry for the Thermos! I love their brand and have had several of their thermoses as well!
I wish we could actually walk around to look at lights but they’re too spread out – it sounds like such a cute thing to do. Love that you make hot chocolate too! 🙂
This drink sounds so cozy and delicious. I love gingerbread flavors and I love looking at Christmas lights! I would also love to sip this all snuggled under a warm blanket watching mindless tv. 🙂 That Thermos sounds awesome and I’m pretty sure I need one!
Thanks so mucho Jenn! Ooh, sipping this under blankies watching tv ore maybe Christmas movies sounds perfect!
My eyes bugged out on this recipe 🙂 It sounds so good.
Thanks so much Ginny! 🙂
This sounds fantastic and your photos are gorgeous! I love gingerbread spices, but I’ve never had it in a hot chocolate. I’m missing out! That Thermos would be perfect for me. I hope I win 🙂
Thank you so much Melissa! I appreciate it! 🙂
I look forward to evening runs this time of year just to check out all the decorations. This looks greats – think I’ll have hubby meet me at the marathon finish line with next month since it will be cold! 😛 Thanks!
That sounds fun! Thanks so much! Good luck in the marathon!
This is delicious, i wonder if i can make it with the ginger syrup i have….
Thanks so much Shaheen! If you try it, let me know how that goes!
This hot chocolate looks so delicious! I love the idea of using gingerbready spices in it. I adore Christmas lights. Where we live a list and map is published every year of all the best light displays and we download it every year and go see them all. It’s such fun!
Oh wow! That sounds so fun! I wish they did that by me!
What a delicious looking treat this is! Cannot wait to give it a try!
Thank you so much Annemarie! 🙂
I love love love gingerbread hot chocolate too! This sounds wonderful and has inspired me to go and make my husband and I hot chocolate right this moment! Thanks! 🙂
I really hope you like it Alix! I love hot chocolate during the holidays!