Before ever I made vegan salted caramel sauce, I made this salted caramel chocolate milkshake. It’s delicious and completely satisfies any sweet cravings I have. Yet it’s made with raw ingredients, is refined sugar-free and is loaded with various superfoods. It puts a real spring in my step along with a self-satisfied milky smirk.
How to Make a Salted Caramel Chocolate Milkshake
I used my homemade hemp milk for this drink, but any milk of your choice would work, even cow, goat or sheep’s milk, if you’re not vegan or dairy intolerant. It’s a simple process of bunging everything into a blender and blitzing. If you’ve got a good blender, you’ll get a super smooth drink. I use my Froothie Optimum 9200A power blender which does just that. If you can’t find mesquite powder, maca powder works in this salted caramel chocolate milkshake almost as well. Using raw cacao powder gives the benefit of additional nutrients, but if you’re not fussed, cocoa powder would be fine.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Milkshake – The Recipe
Salted Caramel Chocolate Milkshake
Ingredients
- 250 ml plant milk of choice - I used hemp milk
- 3 medjool dates - pitted
- 1 tsp mesquite powder
- 2 tsp raw cacao powder
- pinch of sea salt (I used grey sea salt)
- 100 % chocolate - grated (optional)
Instructions
- Put everything, except the chocolate, into a power blender and blitz for 30-40 seconds - I used a Froothie Optimum power blender.
- Pour into a tall glass and top with a grating of chocolate if desired.
Notes
Other recipes for vegan milk drinks you might like
- Coconut, banana & matcha-ccino via Fuss Free Flavours
- Date tahini smoothie via Rough Measures
- Middle Eastern inspired almond milks via Nadia’s Healthy Kitchen
For other cocoa inspiration, head over to my chocolate drinks board on Pinterest. You’ll find plenty of ideas there.
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I love adding dates to smoothies/milkshakes – it gives a lovely sweetness and if there’s any bits not quite blended, it’s like a bonus toffee bit 🙂
Mmmm. so very true. I love dates and when I eat them I always think of Laurie Lee walking to Spain with his pack of dates.
Sounds delicious and quite easy to make. Will definitely give it a go.
Thanks Isabel. It’s very easy to make and tastes good too 🙂 Do let me know how you get on.
Not sure what is mesquite powder but this sounds absolutely delicious!
Hi Diana. Mesquite powder is the ground up pods of the Mesquite tree which comes form the US & Mexico. It can be bought in health food shops, but you could always replace it with maca powder.
Seriously healthy and looks delicious Choclette. I’ve made a few smoothies with added cacao powder recently. It gives a serious flavour hit!
Do the dates in this really break down to a paste so that there are no ‘lumpy’ bits??
Thanks Kate and apologies for the delayed reply. I’ve been away on holiday, to your part of the world in fact or close by. Just catching up now. I guess it depends on the power of your blender as to whether you get lumpy bits or not. Mine blends pretty much anything to total smoothness and there were definitely no bits of dates to be found.
Sounds utterly delicious – anything with salted caramel is a good thing!
Join the club. Salted caramel is up there with my all time favourites.
You had me at Salted Caramel… I am intrigued by this and definitely want to try it out sometime!
There’s nothing quite like a delicious drink you can feel really good about consuming 😉
Love the idea of a healthy chocolate caramel milk shake – delicious.
I tend to stick to water, tea or a morning smoothie when it comes to drinks, so this felt like a bit of an adventure 😉
I love salted caramel and if it’s in healthy milkshake then even better! Pinned for later 🙂
Thank you Sylvia. Healthy salted caramel for a guilt free treat 🙂
I love the idea of a super food chocolatey milkshake! m dairy intolerant but I’ve never tried hemp milk, Im so curious now 🙂
Thanks Andrea. Of all the non-dairy milks I’ve tried hemp is one of my favourites, though coconut is good and homemade almond is hard to beat. What do you tend to drink?
Wow this looks so good and is made from such healthy ingredients! I’ve never tried hemp milk but I love date caramel.
Ah yes Lucy. It was you that got me thinking about dates having a caramel flavour. They do of course, but I’d never really thought about it until I saw your post.
totally in love… would it be wrong to have a bath in this? I think not but as the chocolate expert I bow to your decision!
I’m not sure it would be wrong, but you’d need an awful lot of ingredients 😉
I am very intrigued by the mix of ingredients you have here! The milkshake sounds absolutely amazing. Homemade hemp milk?? You are incredible!
Haha, thanks Lucy. I’ve always enjoyed experimenting with unusual ingredients. Then I get used to them and assume everyone else uses them too 😉
I love dates for sweetening, I use them a lot in smoothies. This looks so indulgent and yet healthy too!
Yes, dates are king. I grew up on them as a healthy snack; sugary sweets were frowned upon.
Hmmm… I’m not 100% convinced by the dates, as I don’t usually like them. However, this does look very tempting, so I may just have to give it a go! If you say it’s delightful then I will take your word for it 🙂
Well each to their own of course Emma, but it’s worth trying dates as a sweetener; they do transform into something different when blended and give a flavour of caramel.
This looks lush, I must try plant milk as I’ve no idea what it tastes like!
Some taste a lot better than other Camilla. I’m not particularly keen on soya milk.
What a unique chocolate milkshake! I love hemp milk..even more than almond milk.
I think I’m with you there Angie. It’s certainly one of the nicest non-dairy milks I’ve tried.