Creamy, Cozy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

Creamy, Cozy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

The BEST for gift-giving!

When I was younger my mother always made sure we made our teachers something for the holidays. One year we made up batches of homemade hot chocolate mix and placed them in these cozy looking mugs. My teachers LOVED it. When I came back from christmas break all I heard about was how good that homemade hot chocolate mix recipe was and they begged me to ask my mother to give them the recipe.

I'm not sure if I ever gave them the recipe or not, but when I went home for Thanksgiving last month and ran into one of my old elementary school teachers. I couldn't believe she actually remembered me. The first thing she asked was "Does your mama still make that homemade hot chocolate mix around the holidays?" LOL Sometimes the most memorable gifts are the simplest things.

Let me tell ya, Swiss Miss has nothing on this recipe! This is a REALLY good homemade hot chocolate mix. Everyone I've made it for loves it. It is creamy, chocolatey and has that classic comforting homemade taste. Al you recipients will have to do is:  Just add milk! (I've made it with water as well but milk does the trick!)


Ingredients (Make 6-8 serving)
1 cup of dry nonfat, powdered milk
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (use a good quality brand)
1/4 cup of dry vanilla creamer ( I use vanilla caramel and it is delish! Use your fav. kind.)
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
4-5 regular size chocolate candy bars, chopped (I normally use Dove milk chocolate bars. I've also used crushed peppermints or crushed Andes mint chocolate as well)
1-2 cups of marshmallows

Note * Make sure all utensils (measuing cups, bowl, etc ) are completely dry. Any wetness will cause clumping

Step 1.) In a large bowl, mix dry milk, cocoa powder,  sugar, creamer & salt in a bowl. Use a whisk to combine well. If you the milk granules annoy you and you want it to be fine powder put it in a food processor.

Step 2.) Cut up chocolate bars into chunks

Step 3.) Slowly pour the hot chocolate mix into a clear bag. Use a paper towel to wipe the inside of the bag if the mix gets on the bag. You want to keep things nice and neat (unlike how I did it). It may be neater to roll the bag down and then pour the mix in there.

Step 4.) Place the mashmallows in the bag and then top with the chopped chocolate bars.

Step 5.) Gather the bag tightly and secure with a twist-tie. Add a festive ribbon and attach a cutesy homemade ingredients and directions label (whether or not you want to include the recipe or keep it for yourself is entirely up to you ; )  This looks so cute placed inside of an oversized mug.

 To Make: Bring 1 cup of milk to a boil in a mug. Add in 3 Tablespoons of cocoa mix. Stir in a few chunks of chocolate and top with marshmallows and additional chocolate chunks!