Wash and pit the cherries*.Chop them into small pieces.Muddle them.Mix with sweetener of choice (if using granulated sweetener, let the mixture rest for around 15 minutes, to allow the sugar to dissolve).
Make a chocolate milk by mixing unsweetened cocoa with milk. Optionally, sweeten to taste (not included in the ingredients).
Assemble the drink:-If you want it layered, put ice cubes over the cherry layer and pour the liquid carefully aiming at the ice-If the layers aren’t so important, just pour the chocolate milk in
Optionally, decorate to taste with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Notes
*If using fresh cherries, you may find this easy trick to pit them useful**You may use cherry preserves or high quality cherry jam instead of fresh and frozen cherriesEstimated calories without whipped cream