Monday, December 20, 2010
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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

I’m definitely not the first food blogger to post a recipe for homemade hot cocoa mix. And I definitely won’t be the last. That’s because it makes such an easy and fun homemade gift, and I just couldn’t resist.

I used Ghirardelli chocolate and cocoa in mix. Of course, Hubby loved having an excuse to eat more homemade marshmallows and threw quite a few in his cup of hot cocoa!

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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

Yield: 76-2 Tbsp servings

Ingredients:

2 vanilla beans
4 cups granulated sugar
24 oz high-quality semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
9 oz dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups Dutch process cocoa

Directions:

Split and scrape vanilla beans and place in a large bowl or jar with the sugar. Work seeds into the sugar with your fingers. Bury the pods under the sugar. Cover tightly and let stand overnight (or up to months–vanilla sugar keeps forever) at room temperature.

In a food processor fitted with metal blade, process semisweet chocolate and dark chocolate until finely ground, using 4-second pulses. Process in batches, if necessary.

Remove pod from sugar. Add ground chocolate and cocoa powder to sugar and whisk to blend, making sure to combine well. Store mix airtight at room temperature for up to six months.

Assemble your gifts:
Scoop 1 1/2 cups of cocoa mix into a medium sized bag. Attach a tag with the following note: Heat 8 oz milk on med-high heat until scalded. Add 2 Tbsp cocoa mix and whisk until smooth. Top with a marshmallow. Makes 12 servings.

Recipe as seen on Confections of a Foodie Bride, originally from Gourmet

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    Eva @ Eva Bakes — March 4, 2013 at 8:50 am

    These are so festive – love them!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Sprinkles make everything festive 🙂

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    Krystal R {Mrs. Regueiro's Plate} — March 4, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    What festive looking cookies! Looks fantastic!

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm

      Thanks! Love your new picture!

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    Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — March 4, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Love that you were able to adapt them from an already favorite cookie

    • beantownbaker — March 4th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm

      I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve adapted those cookies to fit my needs. They’re awesome.

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    bETH — March 6, 2013 at 10:06 am

    Mixed the dough last night, can’t wait to get home and bake these tonight!

    • beantownbaker — March 6th, 2013 @ 8:38 pm

      Yay! I hope you love them 🙂

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    Vera Zecevic-Cupcakes Garden — March 7, 2013 at 10:22 am

    I’m a huge fan of all sorts of cookies, I am always glad to find new,creative recipe.

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    Sues — March 8, 2013 at 7:48 am

    I love making Funfetti cookies, but have never added chocolate/white chocolate chips. The more the merrier!! 🙂 And they’re super pretty!

    • beantownbaker — March 9th, 2013 @ 3:02 pm

      Thanks! Funfetti makes everything better.

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    Katie — September 4, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Can this dough be frozen?

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    google — June 14, 2025 at 11:55 pm

    Wonderful write-up… This is very insightful.
    Keep up the good work

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