Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix
One of my favorite things about the onset of cool weather is an excuse to enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa. If I’m able to do that while sitting in my cozy living room admiring our Christmas tree then it’s even nicer. I’m sharing this delicious recipe for Homemade Hot Cocoa….with some free printable tags, of course.
Last year for my daughters’ teachers I put together jars of homemade hot cocoa mix for their Christmas gifts. I made adorable tags to go with them but I never actually got around to blogging about it. They went over really well so I thought it would be fun to finally share that hot cocoa recipe (and printables). I made a big batch of it and it was enough to fill {4} wide mouth 16 oz mason jars with some room for mini marshmallows on top!
Ingredients:
3 cups of Powdered Sugar
2 cups of Instant Dry Milk
1 cup of unsweetened cocoa
Instructions:
Combine all 3 ingredients together in a bowl and then store in a jar of your choosing.
1/3 cup of mix will make a tasty 8 oz cup of hot cocoa. If you want to mix things up a bit (pun totally intended) you can stir your drink with fun chocolate peppermint spoons.
I picked up the Wilton silicone spoon mold a few months ago and couldn’t wait to use it. I used the Candy Cane Candy Melts and the Bright White Candy Melts melted together.
I piped it into the mold using a pastry bag and allowed them to set in the fridge for about 15-20 minutes before carefully removing the spoons from the mold.
These candy cane spoons are super fun to use if you set up a hot cocoa bar for a party or just for fun. I put them right in a jar. I recommend wrapping each spoon in a clear cellophane bag if you intend to include them in your hot cocoa jar gift.
As promised here are the printable gift tags. Print onto white card stock and cut out as many as you need.
Click HERE to download.
If you’re looking for more simple Christmas Gift Ideas, these Christmas Signs would make great gifts in a frame.
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Oh, my gosh, this is wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I just made 48 jars. I changed it up a bit adding some cayenne and cinnamon to make Mexican hot chocolate to some and instant coffee granules pulsed in a food processor to make mocha. What a wonderful, easy to make and fun to give holiday gift. Thanks!
YES, HOW DO YOU MAKE THE HOT CHOCOLATE? YOU DID NOT MENTION THE AMOUNT OF WATER TO ADD.THANKS
The instructions say that 1/3 cup of mix will make a tasty 8 oz cup (1 cup) of hot cocoa. Hope that helps!
What’s the best approach for actually making the hot chocolate drink using your mix?
The instructions say that 1/3 cup of mix will make a tasty 8 oz cup (1 cup) of hot cocoa. Hope that helps!
Do you use hot milk or hot water?
Has anyone tried using this as the filling for hot chocolate bombs (which were all the thing last year – hoping to make some this year for granddaughters’ stockings)?
Those spoons are brilliant!!! Where did you get the mold? Michaels and Joann are out of stock and I simply must get one ha ha!
I can’t answer for Diana who wrote this post but amazon has them! https://www.amazon.com/Wilton-2115-0229-Spoon-Shaped-Silicone-Purple/dp/B00TM6WJCA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481082583&sr=8-2&keywords=spoon+mold
Do you have amazon prime? I’m sure walmart has them too.
Sorry to respond so late to this! I got my spoon molds at Walmart. 🙂 I had been keeping an eye out for them for a long time so when I saw them I finally snatched them up. 🙂
That is a really creative way of making cocoa at home! And the tags are cute too!
how to make simple really .. so want to try at home ..
Yum! We love making our own cocoa mix at our house! Yours looks delicious!
Paige
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