Homemade Hazelnut Almond Milk with Raw Chocolate Recipe
Combining almonds and hazelnuts, I created a nutella inspired homemade hazelnut almond milk with raw chocolate. This vegan nut milk drink far exceeded my expectations and was quite a hit with everyone!
Prep Time1 dayd
Total Time1 dayd
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American, Global, Tropical
Servings: 4people
Calories: 201kcal
Ingredients
½ cuphazelnuts
½ cupalmonds
2tbspcacao nibs/ cocoa powder
10pitted dates
¼tspsalt
Instructions
Soak the almonds and hazelnuts in cool filtered water. The water should be enough to cover the nuts so they are immersed.
Let them soak between 12- 24 hours. Preferably in the fridge.
Once the nuts have soaked for at least 12 hours, they would have absorbed the water and gotten a little plump. At this stage, drain the nuts and rinse them lightly under cool water.
Put the soaked nuts in a blender with the cacao nibs or cacao powder, 10 pitted dates, salt and 4 cups of filtered water.
Blend the nuts until they have completely broken down.
In a fine mesh strainer draped with a cheese cloth, with a nut milk bag, or with a clean straining cloth, drain the blended nut milk to separate the nut pulp from the nut milk.
Be sure to squeeze the cheese cloth, nut milk bag, or straining cloth to get as much milk out of the nuts as possible.
Notes
Cacao is raw unprocessed chocolate and can be replaced with cocoa powder.
If you are using cacao, your chocolate milk might look paler than if using cocoa powder. Do not be alarmed and add more cacao to your chocolate milk. It will only make it more bitter. 2 tablespoons of cacao nibs is quite the chocolaty hit, it just doesn't get quite as brown because it is unprocessed
Homemade Hazelnut Almond Milk with Raw Chocolate Nutrition