Name: 4-Ingredient Chocolate Chai Latte
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cups hot water; 4 bags chai tea; 1 cup milk; 2 tablespoons honey; 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa powder

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

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Here’s an easy chocolate chai latte recipe that combines your love for chai and chocolate together in one mug. It’s a simple spice-flavored drink that you can easily make at home with just 4 ingredients. It’s as easy as steeping the tea, mixing the other ingredients in, and serving hot!

Hot chocolate chai tea in white teacup on clay dish with lace napkin next to tea bags and a honey dipper.

Why Chai and Chocolate?

If you love chai and chocolate, you will love this easy, delicious treat. But first, let’s talk about chai. Chai is a tea blend from India with spices like cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cardamom. These spices are commonly steeped with black tea to create what we know as chai tea.

In Hindi, the word chai translates to “tea.” For them, it’s not a flavor profile or specific type of tea like in America. They would hear chai tea as “tea tea,” a seemingly redundant phrase because, in Indian culture, chai is the standard way of making tea.

Chai latte is a beverage made with these spices plus added sweetener and frothy milk. It’s a delicious and smooth drink with just the right balance between spicy and sweet.

Now, add another level of flavor with chocolate, and it’s out-of-this-world delicious! When these 2 flavors are paired together in a warm mug of comfort, it’s absolutely delightful! Think of this warm drink as hot chocolate with a spicy chai spin. It’s subtly sweetened with honey and blended with frothed milk.

This drink comes together in under 10 minutes and is an excellent drink to share with friends and family. If they’re big coffee drinkers, perhaps a dirty chai tea latte will tickle their fancy. A chocolate chai latte mix would make a fantastic DIY gift for your loved ones.

Save your usual matcha tea for another time and your favorite winter cocktails for the evening. Warm up to this latte during the cold winter months when you want a simple treat.

It’s incredibly warming and is best enjoyed with butterscotch brownies, a slice of chocolate fudge cake, or blueberry buckle. You can also make it with some dirty chai earthquake cookies for the total package!

Chocolate chai tea in white teacup on clay dish garnished with cinnamon.

How to Make a Chocolate Chai Tea Latte

Chocolate chai latte takes just 15 minutes to make from start to finish. To ensure the chai flavors shine, we’ll brew extra strong chai by using several tea bags. Then the hot chocolate chai comes together quickly from there.

Ingredients

Hot water
Chai tea bags: Use your favorite store-bought tea brand like Tazo chai or substitute with loose leaf tea and steep 2 teaspoons in a mesh tea ball.
Milk: Use a milk frother wand on your milk if you want a rich, velvety texture. Get one if you don’t have one yet as there are lots of creative milk frother uses for other delicious drinks like hot chocolate, matcha, milkshakes, and cocktails!
Honey: Can be substituted in equal parts with maple syrup or another sweetener of choice. Choose raw honey for the best flavor and quality. You can also use stevia as a sugar-free alternative.
Cocoa powder: Cacao powder or any unsweetened chocolate powder will also do the job.

Step-By-Step Directions

Follow these simple directions, and you can’t go wrong! This chai hot chocolate recipe comes together in 4 easy steps.

Step One: Steep tea

Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan or tea kettle. Steep the tea bags for 5 minutes.

Step Two: Froth milk

Prepare the frothed milk by steaming it and whisking briskly by hand or using an electric frother or the milk frothing attachment on an espresso machine. Alternatively, warm the milk and pour it into the tea (in step 4) without frothing.

Step Three: Sweeten and add chocolate

Hot chocolate chai tea being poured on a white teacup.

Remove the tea bags and discard them. Add the sweetener and cocoa powder. Mix well to combine. Divide between two mugs.

Step Four: Finishing touches

Divide the milk between the two cups and fill to the brim. Garnish with cinnamon if desired.

Serve hot. Pair with Ritz Bits Churros to dunk or maybe with a slice of banana bread, apricot cheesecake, red velvet cake, or a few magic cookies. Yum!

Chocolate chai tea in teacup next to lace napkin.

Just want a chocolate tea recipe?

Skip the milk and make a warm mug of chocolate tea instead. Milk is the star ingredient in a latte, so technically, omitting milk would make this drink a chocolate chai tea, which is still a very delicious option.

In fact, without the milk, the flavor is more concentrated and darker, with a hint of sweetness and a spicy aroma. Chocolate tea is also an excellent option for those who have to be dairy-free but still want to enjoy the flavor of chocolate and chai.

Plus, a chocolate chai recipe is much simpler to make. There’s no frothing needed or extra tools to wash. And the process couldn’t be any easier. All you need to do is steep the tea and add the sweetener and chocolate. Pour into mugs and enjoy. That’s all there is to it!

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4-Ingredient Chocolate Chai Latte

Author: Jessica Haggard

Here’s an easy 4-ingredient Chocolate Chai Latte recipe that combines your love for chai and chocolate together in one mug. It’s a simple spice-flavored drink that you can easily make at home with chai tea, milk, honey, and chocolate powder. It’s as easy as steeping the tea, mixing the other ingredients in, and serving hot!

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings (1.5 cup servings); 3 cups total

Calories 150 kcal