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6 cups chilled unsweetened almond milk (or hazelnut milk)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup agave syrup (or honey)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Chill or drink immediately.
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Milk Chocolate Ice Cream Topping
makes about 1 cup

1/3 cup cream (from a can of unsweetened coconut milk — not light)
1/3 cup agave
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 to 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Mix all ingredients until smooth. For a thinner glaze, add unsweetened almond milk (or coconut milk) to achieve [...]

DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING
Dairy-free
Makes about 3/4 cup

1/3 cup cream (from a can of unsweetened coconut milk — not light)
1/3 cup agave
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Mix all ingredients until smooth. For a thinner glaze, add unsweetened almond milk or unsweetened coconut milk to achieve desired consistency.
Variation: Milk Chocolate Ice Cream [...]

Here are chocolate chunks that I made using agave as the sweetener. These are not overly sweet either, like the xylitol sweetened chocolate chunks. One could reduce the coconut oil and increase the agave to increase the overall sweetening.

1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon coconut oil
2/3 cup raw agave syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond [...]

We long ago gave up chocolate chips because of the dairy in them. Then we gave up the dairy-free chocolate chips because of the sugar in them. Until recently, we were buying and eating grain-sweetened chocolate chips. Then I realized that even those don’t work for us, because the grain sweetening comes from barley malt, [...]