This one is my favourite, but I’m obsessed with chocolate and orange as a flavour combo. If you feel the same way I do, then you’ll want to drink this every day.

Ingredients:

3 cups of milk (26 fl. ounces)
60 g dark chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp grated orange zest

Directions: melt the dark chocolate into a saucepan of milk on
medium-low heat. Stir in sugar, vanilla extract, and then add the orange zest and let simmer on low heat for a few minutes, stirring constantly. Then pour into cups and enjoy!

Notes: I recommend using organic oranges, if you can find them. Otherwise really scrub it down well before zesting to avoid a lot of ‘food grade’ wax in your hot chocolate.

Substitutions:

• use vanilla flavoured soy milk instead of regular milk; omit additional vanilla and reduce added sugar
• use 1/3 cup cocoa powder instead of dark chocolate. Not as smooth, but still good!
• use 1/3 cup of agave nectar if you are avoiding refined sugar