I love hot chocolate but I refuse to pay upward of $4 for a cup of hot chocolate, particularly when I can buy a litre of milk for a dollar. I decided to create my own mix when I looked on the back of a commercial bought hot chocolate mix contained over 65% sugar.
I spent hours looking into recipes on line and found that a number of the recipes contained cinnamon. I made a single serve with cinnamon and was hooked! If you aren’t a fan of cinnamon feel free to leave it out. This mix contains milk powder, so all you need is hot water.
This recipe make a lot! You will get roughly 5 litres of dry hot chocolate mix, this is enough for you and a friend (pop it in a pretty jar) to give away. I made a jar of this for my eldest son’s teacher for her birthday present. If you don’t want to share (and who could blame you) place all the mix into a large canister.
I want to dedicate this recipe to a dear friend of mine who I have known for almost 20 years. Clare this is for you! Here’s hoping your cravings aren’t too bad with baby number two.
Recipe:
3 cups Nestle Coffee-Mate (Coffee Whitener)
2 cups dry milk powder (full cream or skim)
2 cups icing sugar
1 cup Cadbury cocoa powder
2 packages Cottees chocolate pudding mix
1 bag of mini marshmallows
1 tablespoon Masterfoods cinnamon
In an extra large bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well with a whisk (I found a spoon didn’t work as well as I had hoped).
Place into a large canister and use as follows:
Place two heaped tablespoons (not dessertspoons or teaspoons) of mixture into a mug.
Pour hot water over the top (about 1 cup) and let sit for 2 - 3 minutes.
Let the mini marshmallows melt and stir.
Enjoy!
Happy cooking!
Elizabeth x
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