Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

Monday, December 20, 2010

I’m definitely not the first food blogger to post a recipe for homemade hot cocoa mix. And I definitely won’t be the last. That’s because it makes such an easy and fun homemade gift, and I just couldn’t resist.

I used Ghirardelli chocolate and cocoa in mix. Of course, Hubby loved having an excuse to eat more homemade marshmallows and threw quite a few in his cup of hot cocoa!

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Two Years Ago: Snickerdoodles and Candy Cane Kiss Cookies
Three Years Ago: Chocolate and Peanut Butter Biscotti

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

Yield: 76-2 Tbsp servings

Ingredients:

2 vanilla beans
4 cups granulated sugar
24 oz high-quality semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
9 oz dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups Dutch process cocoa

Directions:

Split and scrape vanilla beans and place in a large bowl or jar with the sugar. Work seeds into the sugar with your fingers. Bury the pods under the sugar. Cover tightly and let stand overnight (or up to months–vanilla sugar keeps forever) at room temperature.

In a food processor fitted with metal blade, process semisweet chocolate and dark chocolate until finely ground, using 4-second pulses. Process in batches, if necessary.

Remove pod from sugar. Add ground chocolate and cocoa powder to sugar and whisk to blend, making sure to combine well. Store mix airtight at room temperature for up to six months.

Assemble your gifts:
Scoop 1 1/2 cups of cocoa mix into a medium sized bag. Attach a tag with the following note: Heat 8 oz milk on med-high heat until scalded. Add 2 Tbsp cocoa mix and whisk until smooth. Top with a marshmallow. Makes 12 servings.

Recipe as seen on Confections of a Foodie Bride, originally from Gourmet

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11 comments »

12 Responses to “Mint Chip Ice Cream”

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Ashley Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine) — July 24, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Ohh I love that it’s an all-natural mint flavor. So much better than the fake stuff.
- beantownbaker — July 24th, 2013 @ 12:53 pm
  
  I agree. Hubby likes to give me a hard time by calling me a food snob for trying to avoid fake stuff in everything we eat. I figure, it’s worth the effort. And the name calling 😉
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Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers — July 25, 2013 at 5:54 am

Ohhh, I love mint chocolate chip! Love that you used coconut milk in it!
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Nutmeg nanny — July 27, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Yummy 🙂 my mother would love this, mint chip has always been her favorite! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
- beantownbaker — July 30th, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
  
  I can’t believe you’re commenting on blogs while at a blogging conference. Overachiever 😛
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madscar — July 29, 2013 at 3:28 am

Love it! This is amazing 🙂
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Shannon — July 31, 2013 at 12:01 pm
for some reason your blog stopped updating in feedly 🙁 corrected and now to catch up on all the deliciousness! i just made a fresh mint ice cream as well, but i like how you used coconut milk. will be doing that next time 🙂
- beantownbaker — August 1st, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
  
  I know – I realized that too. But it’s working again now. Not sure if it was a Feedly issue or something on my end…
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Allison — July 31, 2013 at 8:14 pm
Really good! I may have steeped the mint too long.. A little earthy. Will try again!
- beantownbaker — August 1st, 2013 @ 3:18 pm
  
  Oh bummer! I’ve never had ice cream that I’d call “earthy”…
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TF620 — August 9, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Would you consider doing a mint chocolate chip ice cream with goat’s milk? Or do you think the “goaty” would show through too much?
- beantownbaker — August 10th, 2013 @ 9:36 am
  
  Interesting idea. I think it would be good. This ice cream was very minty, so I think it would mask the goatiness of the milk.

Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix