Monday, December 13, 2010

DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE DRINK

Hot chocolate, Hot cocoa almost everyone's favorite comforting drink for this cold weather and festive season.  Ok when talking about hot chocolate and Hot Cocoa, these terms are often used interchangeably, but there’s a big difference between two, especially nutritional properties. Hot chocolate or Drinking chocolate is made from chocolate bars melted into a cream or ground into a powder. Hot chocolate has a very high sugar, fat content and low cocoa content.  Hot cocoa is made from raw cocoa powder, which is pressed chocolate which removes the fat of the cocoa butter. You can just mix the hot cocoa mix just with hot water as it contains non-fat dried milk powder, Cocoa powder, sugar etc.  The nutrition in Healthy hot Cocoa can be very good for us, especially if you minimize the sugar and fat.   

Ok but today I am not posting both hot chocolate and hot cocoa.  Something special!!! in which you can feel and taste the heavenly chocolate flavor. Wondering what’s special in it???? Yah a delicious, heavenly and lip smacking chocolate drink with very less sugar, no milk, healthy but tasty.  Yah Chocolate drink using coconut water.  I got this clue from some magazine which I registered in my mind few months back, from then I am making this often.  I bet you will feel the richness of chocolate in every sip :) Try it !!! Sure you will fall in love with this healthy chocolate drink. Here is the recipe for healthy drink for your chocolate craving.....




DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE DRINK

Ingredients:


Coconut water - 500ml (Preferably sweet coconut water, since my coconut water was sweet. I did not add any extra sugar)
Bitter sweet chocolate (60 % Cocoa) - 1/3 cup ( You can use Dark chocolate if you want)
Sugar - add based on your sweetness of coconut water
Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp
Marshmallow - few for topping


Method:

1. Pour coconut water in the pot warm it.
2. Now add the bitter sweet chocolate to it.
3. Whisk it once it is melted and blended with coconut water.
4. Add a Tbsp of good quality cocoa powder.  Whisk and let it come to a boil.
5. Switch of the flame.  Pour hot in your serving cup. Top it with few marshmallows when it is hot. 

Enjoy warm delicious healthy chocolate drink!!!

71 comments:

  1. Oh my god very tempting love it.I mostly love u pics.Become mad abt ur ccreativity Pavithra.

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  2. looks fabulous.....nice clicks...

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  3. doesn't this look lovely...I love all the clicks!

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  4. oh with coconut water def sounds healthy am sure it will have special flavour, being honest i never knew the difference love both depending on my moods....lovely pictures always ..and thanks a ton Pavitra for pointing the gram flour out, very misleading lol now i replaced it will all purpose flour, more better, very kind of you :)

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  5. Would love to sit by the fire with this delightful concoction containing outright tasty ingredients!!! Never would have thought of this combo! And needless to say your pictures are divinely tempting!!!

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  6. Mindblowing clicks, very tempting chocolate drink..

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  7. O my, is it just me or the pictures in your site are getting bigger? My eyes fairly popped looking at it! And you have such good taste.

    I love the stainless steel mugs! They look fabulous including the drink! Umm heavenly indeed!

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  8. hehehe..same pinch :-)Beautiful idea of adding coconut waterand just like CL said I'm in love with those steel mugs :D

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  9. OMG droolinggggggg chocolate drink, yummmmm..hummmmmm :))

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  10. Is Chocolate heavenly ? A big yes after seeing all these drool worthy picts. Coconut water n marshmallows with chocolate sure sounds like a deadly combination. Luv all the clicks

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  11. Loved the clicks and the drink as welll

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  12. I wrote a nice comment, it was just somehow didn't get posted and kind of blew up. Anyways, Wanted to say, I am surprised by addition of coconut water to the drink, very unusual and I am blown away by your clicks and those cute marshmallow toppings.

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  13. I have never tried the coconut water based HC. Just made some for my daughter for her after school drink. Looks amazing as usual. Loved the close up one 4th from the top. Looks so picture perfect.

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  14. love love love the pics..stunning to say the least.

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  15. Pics r too gud....I loved them...BTW where did u buy the cups n spoons...they added a lot to the pics....

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  16. Stunning pictures, I wanna have them right away...tempting:)

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  17. Thank u visiting my blog pavithra, i am big fan of ur pics and presentations..cool work..nice and creamy chocolate....i am ur follower

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  18. Pics are very tempting....Luks very delicious and yummy...

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  19. WOOOOO!!! Truely a treat to our eyes watching ur pics..they looks soooo heavenly pavi..I can't staring at them :)

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  20. A very unique recipe with coconut!! and some lovely lovely photographs.

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  21. Yummy and healthy drink,great clicks as usual.

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  22. As usual tempting clicks...Can i come to your house...

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  23. Tempting and wonderful as ever. Drooling here

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  24. Looks absolutely tempting. I am drooling right now :) yummmmm.. The marshmellow topping is the highlight :)

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  25. Choc drink could never be better than this dear! I'm totally drooling over..wish to get a sip! :D

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  26. wow beautiful clicks,very tempting choco drink

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  27. Coconut Water and Chocolate sounds like a divine marriage of flavors. Absolutely love your pics.

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  28. yummy drink...sounds new to me. Coconut water and chocolate yum combo

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  29. oooooooooooh! Pictures are sooo good anni! The coffee mug is very pretty too! Its soooooooo tempting!

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  30. The pictures looks awsome...

    Saw hot chocolate in Namitha's blog... collaborative curry few minutes ago.

    Today seems to be a lucky day.. to witness favorite drinks and clicks...

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  31. wow, awesome click. u made me drool :)

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  32. looks delicious and very tempting dear...
    awesome clicks :)

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  33. Yesterday I was doing some recipe search and zoom I landed here!..was thinking what a wonderful blog this is and then only realised it;s yours!! ..silly me!!!..:)

    Your blog is poetic!..I am falling in love with the pictures and everything with it!

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  34. heavenly drink..heavenly pictures..

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  35. This is a novel idea Pavithra! I can imagine how this would taste- chocolaty with just a hint of coconut... sounds great for a comforting drink on a cold winter evening. Superb pics as usual!!

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  36. looks yummy & lovely clocks .......

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  37. Awesome clicks and such a lovely idea...just loving the hues !

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  38. Love hot chocolate before bed....gorgeous snaps and makes me drool:)

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  39. what a beautiful pictures! looks wonderful!

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  40. Gal awesome pictures!!!!
    the choco drink looks so tempting !!

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  41. I loved your cups they are beautiful.

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  42. Making Chocolate drink out of coconut water sounds too cool. Ur pict are stunning!

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  43. Pavi, thanks for your comment. once i get comfortable with baking i will start trying out recipes from your blog :) Btw, the chocolate spoon looks awesome and all the pictures are super good :)

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  44. There is an award waiting for you at my space. Please accept.

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  45. Wow...very lovely blog..Happy to follow your blog...

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  46. Amazing pictures! That cup of hot chocolate look so tempting right now! Thanks for stopping by my blog :)

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  47. hey, nice blog. please also take a look at my blog.. In The Journey Called My Life
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  48. Remarkable clicks. Truly fell for your pictures at the first sight.

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  49. Thanks for the explanation between hot chocolate and hot cocoa. Your version with coconut juice sounds very interesting and yummy.

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  50. sinfully delicious. gorgeous presentation

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  51. Lovely collage of photos. I'm very fond of silver with brown. It you don't stop me, I will take a bite out of each of those spoons. ; }

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  52. beautiful pictures ...not a fan of marsmellows but the way you presented them am drooling over here. love

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  53. I tried this out... but another method... do check it...

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  54. I'm drooling (literally) by the sight of that hot chocolate! Yummy! Will definitely try this out. Great pictures by the way. Thanks.

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  55. Coconut water and chocolate never heard and a unique combo.Surely would tasted divine.Lovely pics and loved your cup and saucer.

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  56. Wow! Wow! no words! so yummy and lovely combo chocolate drink... Beautiful pics Pavi
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  57. Heavenly is the right description for the hot chocolate.Love your photographs so much that I had to see all of them first before reading your recipe.

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