The best paleo tahini hot chocolate

The thickest, creamiest and most delicious paleo tahini hot chocolate that is boosted with ceremonial cacao and your choice of medicinal herbs. A wonderful, nutrient-rich warming hot chocolate that is GOOD for you. 

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This tahini hot chocolate goes under the guise of many names in my house hold- ceremonial cacao, hot choccie elixir, healing hot cacao or medicinal cacao. It’s each and all of those things, and is the most delicious drink to warms the bones come Winter.

It has taken me YEARS to finally publish this as a blog post after seeing years of remakes over on Instagram, where I loved seeing so many of you make any enjoy this on repeat. 

First though, an acknowledgment to my dear friend and sister Chloe who taught me all about the joys of ceremonial cacao, how to make the best, thickest, creamiest and most nourishing drink and sharing her very own ceremonial cacao pods with me for when I am too lazy to make my own. Her website is here, and her ceremonial cacao premixed pods are to-die-for. 

What you’ll need

• Milk of choice. I love using raw milk or homemade nut milk (if you have not tried Ulu Hye nut milk bases, you’ll never go back!). You can purchase from part and parcel store, and my code for a cheeky discount is JADE10. 
• Ceremonial cacao (or dark chocolate). I LOVE the SPIRIT OF CACAO brand (it comes in a big gorgeous solid block that gives me shivers) and is available here (JADE10 also gives you a discount). Other brands I have used, and loved, are Australian Ceremonial Cacao (this is the brand that creates the cacao hearts I use) and Soma cacao. You may substitute ceremonial cacao for the darkest chocolate you can find (90%+). 
• Cacao powder– Ceremonial cacao is a bit of a luxury item so I like to blend it with some cacao powder to keep the costs a bit lower without compromising on taste. Hands down the BEST tasting raw cacao powder is Loving Earth. You can access here and use JADE10 for a discount. 
• Pure maple syrup or coconut sugar to sweetener, or for a sugar free version I use and LOVE this pure Monk fruit extract by thankfully Nourished. I purchase this from Jivita lifestyle, and ‘Jivitalove’ will give you 15% off your order. 
• Hulled tahini adds a bit of a nutty flavour that adds depth and makes the final result extra frothy and creamy. If you don’t like tahini, swap for almond butter (I have a recipe for activated almond butter) or hazelnut butter (here is a recipe to make your own). 
• Cacao butter adds extra fats to this tahini hot chocolate which helps to thicken the drink and make is super creamy. I love Loving Earth cacao butter or Cell squared cacao butter (they both have a wonderful taste), and if you’re after a substitute I recommend MCT oil. 
• Vanilla seeds or extract. Personally I don’t ever make something with cacao without adding vanilla. Its basically a taboo in my house. Vanilla is to cacao what salt is to soup! 

Then, optional extras you might like to include;

• Grass-fed gelatin. I use this one here and love adding it my hot drinks. It is TOTALLY optional, but a wonderful git-healing addition that also happenes to be tasteless and flavourless. 
• Medicinal herbs or medicinal mushrooms of choice. I encourage you to explore what each herb or mushroom is used for to find the right fit for you, but some of my favourites include reishi, chaga, tremella, lions mane, maca and ashwaghandha. 

Where I buy everything

Its kind of overwhelming buying different ingredients from so many different shops and sometimes it can feel never ending. There are 2 stores that I personally use and love and both stock products that have been consciously chosen, and stock most- if not all- of the things you need for this lush tahini hot chocolate. I choose to affiliate with small, Australian owned and run businesses, which helps me avoid the big guys (NO thank you, Amazon!).

Part and Parcel Store

Part and Parcel offers a huge array of the best party items available in Australia at up to 30% below retail prices. There is a small annual fee to access their goods (around $30) and I love that you can trust each and every product they stock. They focus on being affordable, curated, organic and convenient (shipping is so quick).

I highly recommend using they store if you already shop at healthy food stores, and JADE10 gets you an extra discount on your first order. 

Jivita Lifestyler

Jivita is a small Aussie-female run online store that offers a huge selection of the most carefully handcrafted foods, beauty items, cleaning products, detox tools, supplements and kids toys. All of my supplements come from this store, as well as many other goodies that I use on a daily basis and I love that each product is truely tried and tested before being accepted. 

My code Jivitalove will get you 15% off your first order on their store. 

Looking for more delicious and healthy cacao recipes? Try:

• Grain-free chocolate avocado muffins
• Tahini hot chocolate gummies
• No bake raspberry tart
• Hazelnut, raspberry ganache bars
• Paleo vegan chocolate bread

We hope you enjoy this luscious paleo tahini hot chocolate as much as we do! If you make it we would love for you to leave a comment or review below- your feedback helps other finds this recipe too. 

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