December is all about being cozy and festive! And what better way than a cup of Hot Chocolate with marshmallow. This easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix is my favourite as it takes just 5 minutes to make. You will love it!
Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Yes, it is easy and it is homemade so you have the complete control over how much sugar you add to the mix.
You can also call it Hot Cocoa!
Most Hot chocolate mix I tastes from the store tastes extreamly sugary. Now I like mine less sugar. So making it homemade is the best option.
While I like to sometime stir chocolate in pot along with aromatic spices to make a gourmet Hot Chocolate. But most days I look for something quick and easy to whip.
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix makes a perfect addition to edible Holiday Gifts! You can add some marchmallow too in the bottle along with some chocolate chips or bar on the side.
What you need
- Good quality cocoa powder
- Sugar
- salt
How to make
All you have to do is mix all the three ingredients and store in an airtight jar. How easy is that! Once done, you are good to go for the whole season.
Flavored Hot Chocolate!
You can mix it with your choice of milk. Coconut milk or almond milk works fine too. Flavor it up with cinnamon powder or nutmeg powder.
If you like spices, you can add some paprika cayene powder for a mild heat, or chai masala, or drued rose petals.
I like mine with vanilla, so I added homemade vanilla sugar in the mixture.
Vanilla sugar
It's just regular white granulated sugar that has a vanilla beans and pods. I just slit the vanilla bean, scrape the seeds out and mix it with the sugar. Then dip the slit beans too in the sugar.
If you never made vanilla sugar before, go ahead and give it a try. You will love it, not only in this drink but also in other sweet treats!
I always have a sugar jar with couple of split vanilla beans in it and once the sugar gets over, I just pour in more sugar in the jar. It smells heavenly!
Cocoa Powder in Hot Chocolate Mix
Here is a piece of health information for you that you might or might not know. Cocoa contains a large amount of antioxidants which is said to helps prevent cancer or any heart disease.
Believe it on not, there was a time when hot chocolate was served as a medicinal drink. How cool is that huh!
To make it extra chocolaty, you can add some chocolate too when you are warming your milk along with the chocolate mix.
So, wait no more and give this extremely easy hot chocolate mix a try. It won’t create a intense rich drink but more of a light flavorful one and not overly sweet. No chocolate, less guilt!
Try the Chai Spiced Hot Chocolate
Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cup vanilla sugar (It's just sugar with vanilla beans and pods mixed with sugar)
- 1 tablespoon salt
Instructions
- Pour all the ingredients in a bowl and give it a good whisk.
- Store in it an air tight jar.
- While making hot chocolate, heat a cup of milk in microwave or stove top.
- Mix 2 teaspoon (more or less, depending on the size on the cup), swirl and drink.
Notes
Flavored Hot Chocolate!
You can mix it with your choice of milk. Coconut milk or almond milk works fine too. Flavor it up with cinnamon powder or nutmeg powder. If you like spices, you can add some paprika cayene powder for a mild heat, or chai masala, or drued rose petals. I like mine with vanilla, so I added homemade vanilla sugar in the mixture.Nutrition
Rekha
Mention anything chocolate and my brain starts sending hunger signals ... Going to make this one soon.
indugetscooking
Absolutely stunning pics! I am sucker for hot chocolate, this one looks so warm and yum...
Angie@Angiesrecipes
I would love one now! Beautiful presentation and as always, your photos are amazing.
Sarvani
In the interest of good health and medical advisory issued by 'sunshine and smile' on the benefits of cocoa, I say we have a mug of this everyday!!! haha!! brilliant photographs too!!
Mallika
This is such a warm treat, both to the eyes and to my tongue. Who doesn't love chocolate flavour and if it is hot chocolate, I sure you'll have many takers! Those pillow-y soft toasted marshmallows floating on the hot chocolate will surely add to the decadence. Heavenly!!!
Reem | Simply Reem
Kankana,
Your post just warmed me inside out... God! This was exactly what I needed to calm my self down after yet another crazy day...
Stunning Pics!
Ella-HomeCookingAdv
Great post, from a long list of posts this was the first that really kept my attention:) I love hot chocolate. This is the way I am doing it too, with cocoa powder instead of chocolate. I love the taste. Whenever we prepare to go outside we just take our thermoses filled with hot chocolate and the road is just so more pleasant:)
Rosa
Divine and so wonderfully presented/photographed! I love hot chocolate, but like to make this drink with nearly no added sugar (a matter of personal taste ;-D)...
Cheers,
Rosa
Kankana Saxena
Oh yes, at times I like it that way too! No sugar at all 🙂
Charul @ Tadka Masal
OH MY GOD! those pics.. and imagine me watching them the first thing on a chilly morning! Oh, how much I love you for this post! Made my morning. 🙂
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
Gorgeous, I wish I had a steaming mug this evening!
Archana
Wow is not enough for the photography. Beautiful kankana.Awesome and easy recipe too.Keep them coming.
Funwidfud
Wow...love it...warm and cozy drink for these cold days..Awesome clicks as always...
chinmayie @ love food eat
I love chocolate in all forms and hot chocolate is just perfect right now. Unfortunately my body can't take too much cocoa, if not i would be having this instead of tea every morning 🙂 Beautiful photos as always. I love the color theme here.
nags
cocoa powder is super photogenic. love the deep colour. i have some vanilla pods rotting (or drying up, rather) in my fridge. shame no? now i have some ideas on what to do with it 🙂
Kankana Saxena
Vanilla Pods rotting! NOO. Make that vanilla sugar or just drop these in bottle of vodka and make vanilla extract. I do that too and smells soooo better than the store bought ones.
Grishma
love it! So wintery n cozy cozy...Love all the pictures 🙂
Anamika | madcooking
WOW love it! Super shots...Happy New year Kankana, looking forward to many more such beautiful posts from you :)!
Radhika @ Just Homem
Gorgeous! Hot chocolate, any wintery day!
wok wiht ray
My jaw just dropped with amazement. This is a beautiful shot, Kankana!
Kankana Saxena
You are always so kind Ray 🙂 Thanks!
Soma
Love Love Love every sip (and bite and sight) of it.
Happy New Year Kankana and congrats on this beautiful blog turning two. I missed a lot of posts all around and slowly catching up. Seems like I have been away for too long. TC
dishesfrommykitchen
I want to sip right now 🙂 yes I do mix this and keep it in my pantry.. Satisfy the chocolate craving anytime isn't it. My son loves it to the core. This was the Christmas present we gave to his class....:) Nothing to say abt your pics...it is stunning !!!