LPT: Hot water with protein powder = hot chocolate

Don’t know why this never occurred to me until now. My first attempt was hot water with cocoa powder and sweetener, which tasted delicious but wasn’t really thin, obviously. I tried thickening with corn starch but it never really seemed to help (could be I was doing it wrong somehow). But then I had the real lightbulb moment - use protein powder. And boy is it good. Thick and creamy as if it were made with half and half. As chocolatey as you like. You can even do other flavors - add some vanilla, or my favorite which is half chocolate protein powder and half peanut butter protein powder.

Basic recipe is a mug of hot water, heaping spoon of cocoa powder, 3-5 heaping spoons of protein powder (or more), and sweetener to taste

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