Mexican Spiced Black Bean Hot Chocolate - Alberta Pulse Growers

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 (560 mL) 1% milk
• 1 cup (250 mL) cooked or canned black beans, drained & rinsed (see notes)
• 1/2 cup (125 mL or 3 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 Tbsp (30 mL) Dutch process unsweetened cocoa powder (see notes)
• 1 Tbsp (15 mL) packed brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cinnamon
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
• cinnamon sticks, optional