Tasty Tuesday: Hot Cocoa Mix

I don't know about y'all, but as soon as the weather gets a little chilly I'm ready for hot cocoa!  The recipe below is tried and true and makes A LOT.  Like you should make it with plans to give some away...  It's great to package and give as a gift, or you and your family can drink cocoa daily until next summer.  Either option works! 

The Ingredients

• 14 quarts dry milk (this is a powder for those of us not used to buying this sort of thing)
• 2 pounds Nestle chocolate mix (aka Nesquick)
• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 2 pounds instant creamer (aka Cremora)

The Directions

Combine ingredients.  To serve, stir 1/3 cup cocoa mix into 1 cup hot water.   Top with marshmallows, whipped cream, or any other yumminess of your choice.  Enjoy! 

Packaging & Presentation Ideas

Create a hot cocoa bar at your next get-together... 

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(Apparently this is a thing.  There's like 18 billion of them on Pinterest, and some of them are insane. I think I gained 5 pounds just by looking at them.  Consider yourself warned.) 


Make little cocoa reindeer...

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Super cute to give away to neighbors or kids' classmates, and your kids can "help" put them together.  


Use mason jars to package great gifts...

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There are lots of other ideas out there, but no matter how you wrap it this cocoa is DELISH!