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

Better than Store Bought, Beverages, Gift Ideas

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The Hungry Mouse — November 4, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Drooling now! I’ll take two, please.

+Jessie
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Erin — November 4, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Love them and will be making them this weekend!
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nutmegnanny — November 4, 2009 at 10:48 pm

I’m totally drooling over these bars! I can’t believe how easy they are:)
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We Are Not Martha — November 5, 2009 at 2:14 am

How delicious do these look?!?! I might have to try these…

Sues
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Amy I. — November 5, 2009 at 6:38 am

The ease of prep to impressiveness ratio of these bars looks extremely high 🙂 Added them to my to-do list…thanks for the inspiration!
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biz319 — November 5, 2009 at 2:36 pm

Wow, how easy is that??!! I may make those for our cookie exchange this year! 😀
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stephchows — November 5, 2009 at 3:22 pm

those things look jam packed with tastiness!
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Erin — November 5, 2009 at 11:34 pm

It’s nice to have an easy dessert recipe to turn to! I’m so glad you liked them!
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Kristy — November 9, 2009 at 12:19 am

Ummm.. AMAZING! I might have to try those ASAP!
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Mermaid Sweets — November 10, 2009 at 3:13 am

Thanks for posting, looks like a good and easy holiday addition.

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix