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Coconut Hot Chocolate

Nothing beats chocolate for dessert, or at any time of the day! Our Coconut Hot Chocolate is a delicious high calorie sweet treat. Made with good-for-you ingredients, our Coconut Hot Chocolate can help you reach your calorie intake goals. High calorie drinks are a great way to help those who suffer from unintended weight loss.  

Coconut Hot Chocolate Ingredients

This Coconut Hot Chocolate is filled with good-for-you, high calorie ingredients and is easy to whip up when you want something sweet!

• Water
• Coconut milk creamer or Coconut Milk
• Cocoa powder
• Cinnamon
• Coconut essence/extract or Vanilla Extract 
• Maca root powder
• Brown sugar

This drink a delicious treat and it contains hydrating ingredients! Water is a great source of hydration, and so is coconut milk! Coconut milk is high in potassium which is an important nutrient in our body and in our diet.

Potassium helps regulate our fluid balance and muscle contractions.  

Even cocoa powder contains beneficial nutrients like minerals including zinc, iron, selenium, and magnesium. Magnesium is helpful for muscle contraction and regulating nerve functions. 

Iron and zinc play important roles in your immune system and help your body function. Selenium is an antioxidant that helps protect us from free radicals. It also is important for thyroid gland function and DNA function. 

Brown sugar is a fantastic high calorie ingredient and makes this drink sweet and delicious! Cinnamon and coconut essence or vanilla extract add flavor and depth.  

High Calorie Ingredients 

High calorie ingredients are helpful when creating recipes for those who suffer from unintended weight loss or have a hard time gaining or maintaining weight. 

Recipes like our Coconut Hot Chocolate use high calorie ingredients to keep the calorie count high. This makes it easier to consume a larger amount of calories in a day which is helpful when someone suffers from a reduced or no appetite. 

Drinks that are high in calories are great for people that cannot chew or swallow due to surgery or certain chronic diseases. Many older adults also have a hard time chewing or swallowing and high calorie drinks and smoothies are a great option! 

If you are looking for high calorie smoothie recipes check out this ebook from The Geriatric Dietitian!  

What to Eat with Coconut Hot Chocolate 

Our Coconut Hot Chocolate is a great snack or treat! Pairing it with a small meal or additional snack can help you get more calories in at one time. Try it with breakfast, after dinner, or in the afternoon!

Pair our Coconut Hot Chocolate with something salty like pretzels and some strawberries to balance the flavors. You can also have it with peanut butter toast in the morning, and add some bananas and honey on top of the toast! 

After dinner, enjoy the drink with your favorite cookies to dip while you are sipping on your Coconut Hot Chocolate. 

If you are looking for more high calorie drinks to pair with your favorite snacks or meals, check out our Vanilla Tea Latte!

What is Maca Powder?  

Our Coconut Hot Chocolate is filled with good-for-you ingredients including maca powder! Maca powder is used for medicinal and other purposes for over 3000 years. The Peruvian root grows in the Andes. 

The Peruvian native population that lives in the central Andes has been using Maca root, after naturally drying it, for centuries. Maca is popularly used to help with fertility; it is believed that it has fertility enhancing properties.  

Some more potential benefits of Maca powder are for sexual wellness, osteoporosis, and memory and learning. Maca is a root vegetable and belongs to the mustard family. Related plants to Maca are turnips, mustard, cabbage, and watercress. 

Maca has a similar smell to butterscotch, which makes it a great addition to our Coconut Hot Chocolate! 

Maca is beneficial for certain health complications and contains many nutrients like fiber, protein, carbohydrates, iron, and calcium. The root is also rich in essential amino acids including, leucine, arginine, alanine, and others! 

The process of how maca is prepared makes a difference in how it works for biological effects. Maca is boiled or extracted with alcohol before it is consumed. 

There is still more research to be done on the benefits of maca as a nutraceutical. Still, it currently has evidence to support some effects on sexual health, fertility, mood, memory, and metabolism.

Maca is an excellent addition to your weekly smoothies or drinks like our Coconut Hot Chocolate for added fiber and protein and potential health benefits! 

How to Make Coconut Hot Chocolate

Boil your water and add it to a mug. Next, add your coconut creamer/milk, cocoa powder, maca powder, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Stir the ingredients until they are mixed. Add whip cream if you would like, and enjoy!  

This recipe makes one hot chocolate drink. 

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