Three easy ingredients to homemade Hot Cocoa Mix. Supreme hot chocolate to warm you!

My boys love ‘hot chocolate’ but I don’t like the list of preservatives and additives in the store bought kind. I came up with this recipe that they love anytime the temperature falls below 50 degrees – yeah, they’ll use any excuse to drink a big mug full. I usually mix together a double batch of this mix in the fall and store it in a handy dandy Mason Jar so it’s ready at a moments notice.

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To make Hot Cocoa: Add 3 Tablespoons of mix per 8 oz whole milk. Put mix and milk in saucepan and simmer whisking constantly to avoid scorching. Heat about 2 minutes, do not allow to come to boil. Stir in 1 tsp vanilla at this point if you want. Ladle into mugs and top with marshmallows.

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Hot Cocoa Mix

Easy and economical hot chocolate mix.

Author: Paula

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Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings: 1 cup

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Ingredients

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together and store in jar.
To make Hot Cocoa: Add 3 Tablespoons of mix per 8 oz whole milk. Put mix and milk in saucepan and simmer whisking constantly to avoid scorching. Heat about 2 minutes, do not allow to come to boil. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract if desired. Ladle into mugs and top with marshmallows.

Notes

This is the ratio, make this as many times as you need to fill your jar. For a pint jar, I made this twice.

Nutrition

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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