This homemade hot cocoa recipe with free printable chalkboard labels is sure to top the list of favorite holiday gifts!
One of my family’s favorite things to enjoy during the cold winter months is hot cocoa! It’s one of the first things Kate asks for when she gets home from school, and it’s become an afternoon ritual for us to catch up on our day over a mug of hot chocolate…she enjoys hers with a candy cane and marshmallows, while I opt for marshmallows and crushed peppermint sprinkles! A few years ago, we started making our own hot cocoa mix. It’s soooo much better than the store bought mixes in our opinion, and makes a great Christmas gift too! Today, I want to share our homemade hot cocoa recipe!
Ingredients
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- 1 Cup Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 2 1/2 Cups Powdered Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Mix ingredients and store in an airtight container. Add 1 - 2 tablespoons of the hot cocoa mix to a mug of hot milk or water and stir well. Serve with marshmallows and a sprinkle of crushed candy cane for the most delicious hot cocoa ever!
Doesn’t it look delish?
If you are making it to give as a gift, you can add one of these cute little Chalkboard Mason Jar Labels to the top for a little added touch! I also like to tie a candy cane and a sprig of rosemary onto my jar lid using red and white baker’s twine. I think it just gives it a lovely touch! To download and print the labels above, click HERE! Simply right click the image to save it once you click over. The image above will not print out the correct size.
Now, who wouldn’t want to receive such a sweet gift?
This hot cocoa recipe would look super cute as a Mason Jar Snowman too!
Yesterday, I shared this fabulous recipe for Peppermint Sugar Scrub…one more simple holiday gift idea!
I hope you and your family have a beautiful holiday season!
Just so you’ll know and hopeful that you might be able to fix it, there are three of the letter “r” in your “Merry Christmas” hot cocoa printable chalkboard tags. Love this idea – THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for pointing this out to me, Penny! I fixed it! I guess all of those R’s just ran together for me…Merry Christmas! ~Jess
What is the amount of Hot Chocolate mix to use per cup?
We use two large spoonfuls…so yummy!
So do you just add water to the two spoonfuls?
Teaspoons or tablespoons? Also, milk or water?
Are your large spoons tablespoon and is this for 1 cup of water?
Thanks Jess
How much of this mix do you use to make a cup of cocoa? And do you use water or milk? Might be helpful to add to the directions.
2 heaping tablespoons with hot water works well – great for glamming.or early mornings in a hotel room!
One of the ladies in my Sunday School class gave me this recipe in with all the ingredients.
(Snowball Soup).
Make your hot cocoa and put it in a mug.,
Then add a kiss and maybe a hug.
The next thing you do will be the trick.
Stir the soup with your peppermint stick.
But wait a minute …. that’s not all.
Cover the top with some snowballs!!
Now the soup is finished and you’re all done.
Stir occasionally and sip, YUM! YUM!
Remember this recipe when the weather takes it boll.
Enjoy this magic soup from the North Pole!
Merry Christmas
In a small treat bag, she had an individual cocoa, a Hershey kiss, a peppermint stick and marshmallows. When I saw your homemade cocoa recipe, I thought this would be nice to attached to the jar. (Although, you would need some Hershey kisses. Be I don’t think anyone would complain even if they did not use in the “soup”
2 heaping tablespoons with hot water works well – great for glamming.or early mornings in a hotel room!