Comments on: Homemade Sugar-Free Vanilla Cinnamon Hot Chocolate {Dairy Free Option}

By: Wenche Lasanen

Wenche Lasanen — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:40:39 +0000

Loved this!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 13:35:20 +0000

In reply to Janet. The entire recipe is about 4-1/2 cups so that's 36 ounces so dividing by 4 would give you about 8-8 ounces per serving. Dividing by 6 people would be 6 ounces each.

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 05:06:54 +0000

Can you break this down into just one serving? Like 12 or 14 ounces?

By: Lesli

Lesli — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:22:14 +0000

I didn’t have have liquid stevia, but I did have some Folger’s flavor liquid (like Mio, but for flavoring coffee). A squirt of hazelnut was perfect in mine, and I put vanilla in my husband’s.

By: Horsfive

Horsfive — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 01:23:41 +0000

Beautiful. Great recipe. Used vanilla bean and omitted second dose of stevia. Wondering how it would taste made on coconut milk and coconut cream- pretty delicious I expect!!!!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:30:17 +0000

In reply to Mary. Well it really depends on the stevia brand you used. The packets of stevia tend to vary in sweetness as does the liquid stevia. I use the Sweetleaf brand mostly but if you were using the NuNaturals that brand seems sweeter to me when I use it. Tasting it before adding any sweetener is always the best way to work with stevia.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:22:14 +0000

I made this as directed, except with vanilla extract instead of the bean ( all I had in the house). But I tasted it before adding in the additional liquid stevia and found it to be plenty sweet. Are we really supposed to use 6 packets of stevia and then 4 full droppers of liquid stevia as well, or should it be one or the other? I can’t imagine adding that much stevia. Anyway, awesome recipe. Tastes great, and I love the addition of cinnamon, really does add a “warmth” to it.

By: Lisa @ I Dream of Eating

Lisa @ I Dream of Eating — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:09:40 +0000

I make hot cocoa almost the same way. I don’t add any vanilla bean or extract, but I do use Sweetleaf Stevia. I like my hot cocoa really rich, so I will use heavy whipping cream in place of milk. Sometimes I’ll half it with unsweetened almond milk but it’s not a favorite version of mine.. just a lower calorie alternative. And, def can’t forget the cinnamon!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:43:14 +0000

In reply to Rachel C. Thanks Rachel, I just fixed it.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:36:22 +0000

In reply to Anna. I did miss adding it in, just fixed it, thanks!

By: Rachel C

Rachel C — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:51:38 +0000

In reply to Anna. Anna I suspect it was just an oversight but I'm guessing you'd add the cinnamon in step 1 in order to get it to dissolve thoroughly. Hence all the whisking in step 1 to incorporate everything. How do you typically do it Brenda? I'm typically a little less detailed when I'm not baking. With a stove top hot beverage recipe one probably has a lot more room for improvising right?

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:05:23 +0000

Is the cinnamon missing from the step by step part? I assume we just mix it in with step 1?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:46:23 +0000

In reply to veronica. I love the warm spice it brings to the hot chocolate. You can eliminate it if you wish.

By: veronica

veronica — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 06:38:57 +0000

Where do we use the cinnamon?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:27:54 +0000

In reply to Bonnie Jinkens. You're welcome and let me know how it goes when you try the subs.