Nourishing Gingerbread Latte, Naturally Sweetened

By Jamie
March 7, 2016
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Nourishing gingerbread latte, naturally sweetened (with an herbal coffee option) - The Herbal SpoonWhen you think of gingerbread you may think about Christmas, but this flavor is for more than just the holiday season. You’ll want to sip on this creamy gingerbread latte every day! It makes a perfect addition to your morning routine, or as a midday treat.

I’m a big fan of the classic gingerbread cookie, but there’s something about having it in drinkable form that makes this even better. This recipe is similar to my superfood vanilla latte, but it really kicks the flavor up a notch. Of course it’s a latte so you’ll need coffee, but if you’re not into the regular caffeinated type, or you’re trying to give your adrenals a rest, then there’s another option.

A non-coffee option

My friend Jessica from Delicious Obsessions created this fantastic “coffee” blend. It’s made from herbs that are not only caffeine free, but good for your whole body. Her happy liver coffee blend is my favorite, and tastes better than any other coffee sub I’ve tried. You can get the recipe for her secret coffee blends and drinks to make with them from her ebook here.

Pack a nutritional punch

Molasses is what really gives this drink the gingerbread flavor. It has a mild sweetness to it’s thick, syrupy goodness, but it’s also packed with nutrition. Molasses is naturally high in vitamin B-6, potassium and manganese. Just 1 tablespoon will deliver 12% of your daily magnesium. It’s sweet enough on its own, that I actually don’t add any additional sweetener to this recipe.

For the flavoring in this I played around with adding powdered herbs or boiling them in the water before brewing the coffee. With the dried herbs the flavor was too subtle, or gritty. And adding fresh to the water beforehand just made things too complicated for my taste.

Flavor for you gingerbread latte

I settled on adding essential oils to the recipe since it’s simple, yet adds a punch of flavor. If you’re thinking that I’m crazy and unsafe for doing this, then you can read my post on safely ingesting essential oils here. There’s enough fat from the cream and coconut oil for the essential oils to disperse in the drink.

Word of warning here, make sure you’re using pure essential oils, nothing that’s been adulterated. Cinnamon essential oil is commonly diluted with cheaper cassia. Some essential oils are no more than synthetic fragrance oils.

Don’t forget some gluten free chocolate dipped almond biscotti to dunk in your gingerbread latte. It tastes pretty good with some grain free coconut jam thumbprint cookies too!

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  1. This sounds delicious! I love gingerbread, I’m going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing at Let’s Get Real Friday!

  2. HI Jamie,
    Sounds like a unique tasty & extremely healthy drink What a wonderful change from plain coffee.
    Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & tweeted!

  3. This looks delicious!! It snowed her in CO today so this is perfect! Thanks for sharing!

  4. Thanks for sharing over at the DIY Crush Craft Party. This looks like a delicious recipe! We’ve added this to our Pinterest board. Don’t forget to stop by on Thursday to add your tutorials to our next craft party!

  5. Thanks for linking up at Let’s Get Real Friday Party. Cool first day of spring with snow on the ground. Need something warm.

  6. I love gingerbread flavors any time of the year and need to make this soon. (Just no raw milk as I don’t have access where I live.)

    FYI, you are going to be one of the featured posts for the Healthy Living Link Party which I co-host. Thanks for participating and sharing your awesome content.

    1. jamie Author says:

      Thanks for the feature!

  7. This sounds so good! I love all of the ingredients, such a cozy, comforting drink. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Savoring Saturdays gluten free linky party. Hope you’ll join us again this week.

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