Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

This is also the season for hot chocolate! I find store brands a bit too sweet for my taste, so when I found online recipes for homemade hot chocolate mix, I concocted my own using tips and ingredients from Alton Brown and also some from Martha Stewart. Find some good quality unsweetened cocoa, confectioner’s sugar and a few other spices and you’ll have a batch that will last you the whole month.

The important thing to know is that: For 1 cup of milk , use 2 tablespoons of your mix. How about making some of our marshmallows to impress your family with gourmet homemade marshmallows and hot chocolate mix?

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Yields almost 4 cups of hot chocolate mix

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 1/4 cups confectioner’s sugar

1/2 tablespoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons corn starch

1 good pinch of cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients until well combined.
Place mix in an airtight container to store.
For 1 cup of hot chocolate, heat 1 cup of milk and add 2 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix.
Enjoy!