Saturday, December 20, 2014

Christmas Gifting

Friends, here is a quick amd simple Christmas gifting idea that is easy to whip up and is as pretty and festive as can be. Homemade hot cocoa mix. Add a few marshmallows, homemade or store bought and you have a simple yet festive gift that anyone would appreciate. Here is my super easy cocoa recipe.

Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix


2 cups confectioners sugar
1 cup special dark cocoa powder
 2-1/2 cups dry milk powder
 1 teaspoon salt
 1/2 cup Nestle's dark chocolate baking chips
 2 tablespoons corn starch


 Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In batches pulse through the food processor until all is incorporated and chocolate chips are fairly ground up. For gifting place hot cocoa mix in festive canning jars.  I found these Quattro Stagioni Italian canning jars at Ross. They are very pretty and were a great find.

Attatch the following instructions to the jar of cocoa mix:

For one cup of hot cocoa mix 1/3 cup of cocoa mix to 1 cup of boiling water. Add 2-3 marshmallows and enjoy!


Here are a couple of flavor variations you might like to try.

*For minty cocoa pull out your official candy candy cane smasher and smash up a few, 2 or 3 should do it. Add them to the cocoa mix.

*For cocoa with a kick add a pinch or two of cayenne pepper to the mix.



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    1. After I did the cocoa mix and posted I thought about my friends who like mocha. So I made some more mix and added 1/4 coffee granuals. Very yummy too, if you are a mocha lover.

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