Every time we go the Big box warehouse store we pass a wicked invention called Stephen's Hot Cocoa. Mrs. MC always gets wide eyed and covetous of this can of evil goo. Evil, you ask? Ok it is deliciously evil but there is also a hidden evil. Have you ever looked at the ingredients? From what I remember since I can't find them online I was not impressed with some of the unpronounceable or at least distasteful sounding fillers added to make this cocoa perfect every time. So since I enjoy simple pleasures and love to make stuff that costs a lot at home for cheaper I played around with a recipe for a homemade cocoa mix that I rather enjoy. It may need some tweaking as time goes on but here it is.
4 Cups of Powdered Milk (Oh no its the powdered milk man, oh no from the powdered milk can!)-Boy does that date me!
1 1/4 cup powdered Sugar
1/2 cup + 2 TBLS Cocoa (Hershey's is what I used)
1/4 tsp of salt.
Put the ingredients in your blender in the order they appear and blend until mixed and uniform in color.
I mixed about 4 TBLS of mix to 8 oz. water. Make the water good and hot and let it sit for a minute after mixing. It gets better after the starches in the milk activate. I think adding marshmallows to the top makes it perfect so you may want to adjust the sugar if you don't like marshmallows. At first this seemed a little weak but after sitting a couple of minutes it was heavenly. You could add some powdered creamer to it if you like. I made two batches and put in my container for later. Enjoy.
3 comments:
How much of this creation was inspired by your daughter's hot cocoa recipe?
No this one was powder only no honey involved! Plus I only had to clean the counter after not the whole pantry.
Okay, this is totally off the wall, but I wonder if I could use powdered baby's formula instead of powdered skim to make this? Who cares about dieting, right?
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