By
eHow Food & Drink Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Vegan pure dark chocolate, cocoa powder, or hot chocolate powder
- Soy milk
- Medium-sized saucepan
- Double boiler
- Vanilla extract or vanilla syrup
Step1
Buy pure dark chocolate, cocoa powder, or hot chocolate powder without the following non-vegan ingredients: butter, butter oil, butterfat, milk, milk powder, cream, whey, casein and caseinate. Watch for special bolded allergen notices warning "contains milk ingredients or dairy products."
Step2
Buy soy milk. Use either sweetened vanilla flavored, chocolate flavored, or unsweetened.
Step3
Steam the soy milk on the stove top.
Step4
Melt the vegan dark chocolate on a stove top double boiler (if using bar chocolate).
Step5
Remove the soy milk from heat. Stir in the melted chocolate or vegan powdered chocolate or cocoa.
Step6
Add a few drops of vanilla extract or vanilla syrup and whisk or stir to blend.
Step7
Serve in mugs garnished with finely grated dark chocolate or sprinkled cocoa powder.