Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

Monday, December 20, 2010

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!

One Year Ago: Green Bean Casserole
Two Years Ago: Snickerdoodles and Candy Cane Kiss Cookies
Three Years Ago: Chocolate and Peanut Butter Biscotti

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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11 comments »

9 Responses to “That’s FIERCE”

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slush — March 4, 2008 at 2:31 am

Very, very cool looking cupcakes. Incredibly artsy. I love the flavor combos too. I will give them a go.
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CB — March 4, 2008 at 4:26 am

Very Mo-Dern cupcakes! Love me some chocolate art! Those are definitely fierce. Thanks for entering! Hope you had fun!
-Clara
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Jaime — March 4, 2008 at 4:53 am

very cool!
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Cara — March 4, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Very nice, Jen!
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Amy — March 4, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Wow! Chocolate with some heat! That sounds awesome 🙂
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PheMom — March 6, 2008 at 1:18 am

Hi again! So, I think with the vanilla in this, minus the chocolate and the almond this might work well for preemie’s first birthday cake. Thanks for the help!
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Mary — March 6, 2008 at 1:43 am

What a cool blend of flavors! It’s totally DIVA! And I love the chocolate swoop too!
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kendrita — July 18, 2008 at 4:11 am

Sounds awesome! Are the PB cups used in the recipe dairy-free? Are there PB cups dairy-free that exist?
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Faye — February 7, 2021 at 11:53 pm

How would you store these and for how long?

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix