Tahini Hot Chocolate (Super Dreamy, Protein-Rich!)

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If you’re looking for a decadent, elevated hot chocolate with wholesome ingredients, this one’s for you! We’ve been serving up this frothy, tahini-infused, super dreamy hot chocolate, and even cocoa connoisseurs agree this one deserves accolades.

Despite being naturally sweetened and blended with water, it’s perfectly sweet, deeply chocolaty, and velvety on the palate. It even sneaks in healthy fats, fiber, protein, and cinnamon for balancing blood sugar levels. Enjoy as is, or top with the whipped cream of your choice for the ultimate cozy treat. 

Hot water, coconut milk powder, salt, cocoa powder, cinnamon, collagen, tahini, medjool date, and maple syrup

Protein-Rich Tahini Hot Chocolate Ingredients

This is not your average hot chocolate! It’s super creamy, decadent, and loaded with wholesome ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need to make it:

  • Cocoa powder – a generous amount of cocoa powder ensures this drink is super chocolaty, almost like a drinking chocolate!
  • Tahini – not only is tahini one of our all-time favorite ingredients for its nutritional benefits (hello vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats), but it adds a gorgeous thickness, richness, and nutty flavor to this hot chocolate.
  • Sweetener – we love a combination of maple syrup (or honey) + a medjool date, but you could sub nearly any sweetener here. The date adds a caramel-like flavor and makes the texture even creamier!
  • Sea salt – a tiny pinch is all you need to elevate all the flavors here. Plus, salt + tahini + maple = MAGIC!
  • Cinnamon – adds a little extra sweetness and blood sugar-balancing benefits.
  • Collagen – if you’re into protein hot chocolate, definitely add the collagen! Along with the tahini, it gives one mug of hot chocolate a hefty 15 grams of protein. It also adds extra creaminess. If you’re vegan, your hot chocolate will still be amazing without it!
  • Coconut milk powder + water // milk of choice – when it comes to picking your milk, options abound. We love a combination of coconut milk powder and hot water to make a super creamy, rich dairy-free “milk,” but you can simply sub coconut milk in place of both, or use another milk you enjoy (almond, oat, and cashew would all be amazing).
Blender with tahini, cocoa powder, medjool date, salt, cinnamon, collagen, coconut milk powder, and hot water

How to Make Tahini Hot Chocolate

When it’s hot chocolate time, blend everything (including the hot water) in a heat-safe blender (one that has a lid with a vent to allow steam to escape, such as a Vitamix). Blending makes it extra frothy and also breaks down the date. The reason you don’t want to blend using a sealed container is that hot liquids can cause the pressure to build up and the container could explode. Yikes.

What to do if you don’t have a heat-safe blender? Or a blender at all? You could try making this drink in a saucepan on the stovetop and adding coconut sugar (or a liquid/granulated sweetener) instead of a date. Optionally, you could then use a handheld frother to make it creamy/frothy!

Blender with super creamy, frothy tahini hot chocolate

We can’t wait for you to try this hot chocolate! It’s

Rich
Creamy
Chocolaty
Perfectly sweet
Frothy
Dreamy
Fiber- & Protein-rich
Nourishing
& SO delicious!

This is the perfect cozy drink for the holiday season, for refueling after playing in the snow, or any time you want something decadent yet nourishing. It would pair beautifully with holiday cookies, especially anything chocolaty, like our Gluten-Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies or Fudgy Vegan Brownie Cookies.

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Holding the handle of an overflowing mug of tahini hot chocolate with whipped cream and chocolate

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 (12-ounce) serving

Course Beverage

Cuisine Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan (optional)

Freezer Friendly No

Does it keep? 3 Days

  • 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 Tbsp tahini (we like this brand)
  • 1 pitted medjool date (or 2 tsp coconut sugar, or other sweetener of choice)
  • 1/2 tsp maple syrup or honey (if not vegan)
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp collagen peptides (adds creaminess + protein // omit if vegan)
  • 2 Tbsp coconut milk powder* (or omit and sub the hot water called for below with warmed milk of choice)
  • 1 ¼ cup very hot water (or milk of choice)
  • For best results, add all ingredients to a high-speed blender that has a lid with a vent to allow steam to escape. If you don’t have a blender, heat on the stovetop, omit the date, and sub with additional sweetener of choice (or blend ingredients with cold water/milk, then heat on the stovetop).

  • Blend until creamy and smooth. Taste and adjust flavor as needed, adding more honey or maple syrup for sweetness, cinnamon for warmth, cocoa powder for richer chocolate flavor, or coconut milk powder or tahini for creaminess.

  • Enjoy as is or top with whipped cream of choice (we love coconut), and an optional drizzle of tahini, dusting of cocoa powder, or chocolate curls (use a vegetable peeler on your favorite chocolate bar).

  • Best when fresh, though leftovers can be kept sealed in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat on the stovetop.

*We used Native Forest coconut milk powder in this recipe, but we’ve heard good things about Dolce if you’re looking for an organic/gum-free option.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated without optional ingredients.

Serving: 1 (12-ounce) mug Calories: 352 Carbohydrates: 32.8 g Protein: 15.5 g Fat: 20.9 g Saturated Fat: 12.2 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g Monounsaturated Fat: 3.9 g Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 140 mg Potassium: 540 mg Fiber: 7 g Sugar: 19.4 g Vitamin A: 7.4 IU Vitamin C: 0 mg Calcium: 57 mg Iron: 2.8 mg