Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix is super chocolaty, so easy to mix up and made with simple ingredients!
Of course we are huge hot chocolate drinkers around here. I mean, of course. The colder temperatures have descended upon us in the Northeast and we probably won’t see shorts weather again until May…SOOOOO I call these our “Official Hot Chocolate Drinking Months.”
I’ve made hot chocolate a lot of different ways; we’ve use packages, we’ve tried the new K-Cups in our coffee maker, I’ve made it in a pinch with chocolate syrup and if I’m feeling fancy I’ve even made a rich melted chocolate version.
But this simple, inexpensive, homemade version of Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix is my favorite, let me show you how!
See how simple?
The recipe for hot chocolate is so super easy. I started with Sugar in the Raw, aka turbinado sugar.
And just pulsed it in my blender with a little salt until it became a powder.
Next I just mixed in some unsweetened cocoa powder and voila! That’s it!
You get a perfectly sweetened (but not too sweet) chocolate mix. I mixed it with some warm milk for creamy hot chocolate!
And you can’t forget the marshmallows in my house!
Looking for any other hot chocolate recipes?
PrintHomemade Hot Chocolate Mix
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Prep Time: 5 minutes -
Cook Time: 0 minutes
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Total Time: 5 minutes
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Yield: 40 1x -
Category: Beverages -
Method: Blender -
Cuisine: Dessert
Description:
Easy, homemade hot chocolate mix that can be made in minutes!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup turbinado sugar (I used Sugar in the Raw)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions:
- Combine the sugar and the salt in the blender and blend until it’s powdered.
- Add in the cocoa powder and pulse again until combined.
- Store the mix in a jar or airtight container until ready to use.
- To make hot chocolate mix 1 heaping tablespoon of mix into a mug of warm milk or water.
- Stir until blended,
Notes:
I’ve made this with cinnamon also adding in 3 teaspoons with the cocoa powder before mixing.
Keywords:: Hot Chocolate, Hot Cocoa, Cookies and Cups, DIY, Recipe
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So easy! Hot cocoa is still one of the few mixes I buy, this recipe can change that!
Now I don’t have to buy the package stuff. This is too simple.
Now, drop in a plain chocolate kiss for more of that chocolate flavor and you’ll be in chocolate heaven.
oh that sounds perfect!
I’m so happy to see that this recipe doesn’t use powdered milk or any processed ingredients. Simple and perfect! Do you know roughly how much this recipe makes?
Hello Synchronicity! Just got home from a long rainy drive. The first thing I did was to rip open a package of Dark Chocolate cocoa mix, dump it in a mug and turn on the Keurig for some quick hot water.
Yours was the first email I opened along with my first sip of cocoa.
I am looking forward to making my own mix without all the extra nasty ingredients that are often found in the instant mixes.
Thank you for recipe and the book suggestion.
BTW, I’ve made three batches of your marvelous oatmeal cookies. I can’t seem to keep them around the kitchen for too long. They are marvelous for dunking in a cuppa Earl Grey, or Irish Breakfast tea.
Thank you so so much! I hope you enjoy the hot chocolate as much as we do!
What a fabulous recipe Shelly! I have always wanted to make my own hot chocolate mix, partly because its quite expensive here and partly because it would make a great present!
how does it taste with water? can’t use milk
It will be good… not as creamy, obviously but good!
How simple! Hot chocolate makes me a little more excited for winter.
Love the recipe, love the blog! If I wanted to mix in whole powdered milk to make it easier do you know what amount I would add?
Thank you!
Perfect! Especially with the holiday season coming up.
Abbie E.
http://abulouslife.blogspot.com/
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MUCH simpler and cheaper than the homemade recipe I currently have – can’t wait to try this one!! My kids love hot chocolate 🙂
just a crazy question can this recipe be put in jars and given as gifts with a tag attached to how to mix this and how long does it keep????
awesome question and absolutely! this would keep in jars for months 🙂
A couple of drops of vanilla extract rounds the flavor out quite a bit…add it right at the end but only a drop or to it is easy to get too much LOL
This is so easy! My children send their thanks 😉
awesome!!
Can’t wait to mix this up and try it. How much do you put in say, 1 cup of milk?
yes, 8 ounces is a good place to start 🙂
Being diabetic, I make mine with Truvia
The recipe on the Hershey cocoa can is just as easy. Just mix the dry ingredients together and store in a jar until ready to use. For each of .mix I make, I substitute 2 packs of pink sweetener instead of sugaf.
Just made this mix and then had a cup. It is sooo delicious and so easy to make. I used less sugar and it was still excellent
Thank you so much.
Amazing! I added a splash of milk, chocolate syrup, and whipped cream and it was SO GOOD!!! Definetly saving this one!
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