10 Surprising Recipes with Chocolate Milk

If you're only using chocolate milk as an after-school snack, you don't know what you're missing! Here are 10 ways to swap out plain ol' milk for something sweeter.

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Chocolate Thumbprints Cookies

Double-Chocolate Cookies

To crank up the chocolate flavor, swap out the regular milk in your recipe for chocolate milk. It should give you an added boost of sweetness, too. Start baking with our most delicious chocolate cookie recipes!

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Tres leches cake served with a hot chocolate
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Tres Leches Cake

This light, custardy Spanish cake gets its name because of the three milks used: sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk or heavy whipping cream. For a sweet upgrade, use chocolate milk and chocolate cake mix instead. Try this easy tres leches cake, that starts with cake mix, if you are short on time.

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Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie
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Smoothies

Pour chocolate milk (or a chocolate nondairy milk alternative) into a fruity smoothie or shake for a chocolate-covered flavor. You can also replace regular milk with chocolate milk in any dessert-inspired drink, featuring other sweet ingredients like bananas and peanut butter.

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Chocolate Bundt cake with chocolate glaze on an old wooden table background.
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Bundt Cake

Take an already rich Bundt cake up a notch by baking with chocolate milk instead. You won’t regret how moist and delicious your Bundt cake turns out to be! Give our best Bundt cake recipes a try.

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Pecan Chocolate Waffles
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Waffles

Your breakfast deserves to be decadent—especially on a Saturday morning. You can replace the 2% or whole milk in any recipe with chocolate, or make our drool-worthy pecan chocolate waffles. (The chocolate butter that goes on top will send you to your happy place.)

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Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate swirl icing
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Cupcakes & Frosting

For a subtle cocoa flavor, you can doctor up a box cake mix by using chocolate milk instead of regular milk. To transform a delicious vanilla frosting, use a splash of chocolate milk and some cocoa powder. It will be even more sweet and delicious than your usual treat.

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Fluffy hot chocolate
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Hot Chocolate

No matter the weather, a comforting cup of hot cocoa is always a sweet way to end the day. Double up the chocolate by making your next batch with chocolate milk instead of regular milk. Here’s how to make the perfect cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Soy Pops
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Ice Pops

You can sweeten up a frozen chocolate pop even more by using chocolate milk. (This collection of homemade popsicle recipes should give you some inspiration.) Whether you’re using a dairy alternative or the real thing, your family won’t be able to eat these fast enough.

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Blueberry and banana breakfast overnight oatmeal in a mason jar
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Overnight Oats

The best part about making your breakfast in advance is that it’s all ready to go when you wake up in the morning. The second best part—you can use chocolate milk to make a healthy breakfast special!

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Ice coffee cup with cream.
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Coffee

Instead of adding a splash of flavored cream, grab the chocolate milk from your refrigerator. It’s a sweet way to start your morning, whether you drink your coffee when it’s steaming hot or prefer a cold brew. Here are more ideas for unexpected things you should add to your coffee.