How to Make Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix Recipe

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Hot Cocoa Mix Recipe

My kids love hot chocolate. When they come home from school. And after being outside playing, or just because it’s a cold winter day. IT can get expensive buying the containers of cocoa. But making my own hot cocoa mix recipe, I could handle. 

And this is a large amount of mix, making it perfect to make some for yourself and make some for holiday gift bags. It doesn’t cost a lot and is something most kids love to drink hot cocoa on the colder nights (and you can control the amount of sugar). 

cocoa mix

Preparing to Make The Mix

You will want to get a huge bowl (I used one that was about 26 cups) to mix all of the ingredients together.

Hot cocoa mix recipe

What Ingredients Are Needed?

  • powder milk
  • NesQuik
  • powdered sugar
  • sugar
  • cocoa powder
  • powder coffee creamer (plain or flavored)
  • mini marshmallows
bagged cocoa

Making Hot Cocoa Mix

These would make great party favors as well.  A little thank you for the delivery people in your life too.

You can make delicious mocha coffee or hot chocolate from candy too.

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Homemade Hot Chocolate

Hot cocoa is so much better when you make it yourself. Server up a delicious cup of hot chocolate or put it in your holiday gift baskets.
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Author: Regina Sober

Ingredients

  • 10 cups powder milk
  • 2 cups NesQuik
  • 3/4 cup powder sugar
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 cup powder coffee creamer plain or flavored
  • 8 cups mini marshmallows

Instructions

  • In a big bowl, add all the ingredients EXCEPT the marshmallows! Mix the ingredients slowly or you will have a big fluff cloud in your kitchen.  You can mix ingredients as you go or wait and mix once all the ingredients are in the bowl.
  • Taste test the hot chocolate by mixing 1 cup water with 1/4 cup hot chocolate mix.  Want a more chocolaty taste, add more cocoa.  Want it sweeter, add more sugar.  I found it to be not to sweet, and chocolaty enough to make my kids happy. You can also make this with milk for extra creaminess.
  • Once you have it to your liking, it’s time to bag it up.
  • I put five 1/4 cups in each treat bag with 1 cup of marshmallows on top.  This gives each person 5 cups of hot cocoa to serve in a standard size mug. Got a larger mug?  You will need to add more mix.

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Hot cocoa is so much better when you make it yourself. Server up a delicious cup of hot chocolate or put it in your holiday gift baskets.

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  1. Mmm!! What a great gift idea!! I love that you took the time to make it at home and not just buy it with all the yucky additives!

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