Hot Chocolate Mix in a Jar

Copyright © 2004-2011 by Jane Lake

A popular jar mix that is easy enough for children to prepare as Christmas gifts for their teacher, babysitter or grandma.

This recipe also makes a lovely jar gift for your office colleagues or co-workers, neighbours, the paper boy or the superintendent of your apartment building.

Hot Chocolate Recipe - Ingredients:
1½ cups skim milk powder
1½ cups white sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
¾ cup non-dairy creamer
printable Hot Chocolate Jar Mix label (optional)

To Make this Jar Gift:
Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir well. For a finer mix, combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and mix well.

Store in an air tight container.

Recipe Directions:
Place 2 or 3 tablespoons in a mug and add boiling water.

If desired, print the hot chocolate directions label shown above. Attach the label to the jar with white glue, or tie on around the lid with ribbon and a couple of short cinnamon sticks.

Decorate the jar lid with a circle of fabric or lace, tied on with ribbon or raffia.

Variations:

• For Mocha Hot Chocolate, place 2 or 3 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix in a mug and fill with hot coffee.
• After processing all other ingredients in the blender or food processor, empty mix into a bowl and stir in 1 cup of mini marshmallows.
• Replace the plain non-dairy creamer with a flavored creamer such as French Vanilla or Hazelnut.
• For spiced hot chocolate, add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon to mix, or ½ teaspoon nutmeg and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon.
• For raspberry hot chocolate, add one package of raspberry koolaid to the mix and increase the sugar to 2 cups.

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