Hot Chocolate Mix

Hot Chocolate Mix is a handy homemade premix made using milk powder, sugar, cocoa powder and dark chocolate as main ingredients. Hot Chocolate Mix is handy to make hot chocolate instantly. Learn to make the best hot chocolate mix with step by step pictures and video.

Hot Chocolate Mix is easy and quick to make. This is one of the edible gifts that you can gift for Christmas or make at home and store too. We all love hot chocolate so i make this batch often and store it and it comes handy when you want to make hot chocolate instantly.

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• About Hot Chocolate Mix
• Hot Chocolate Mix Video
• Hot Chocolate Mix Ingredients
• How to make Hot Chocolate Mix Step by Step
• Expert Tips
• Serving and Storage
• FAQS
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About Hot Chocolate Mix

Hot Chocolate Mix is a homemade premix made using available ingredients in your pantry. It is made using milk powder, sugar, cocoa powder, corn flour, vanilla, salt and dark chocolate. This premix is very handy to make hot chocolate quickly.

Have your hot chocolate mix ready and make delicious mugs of hot chocolate. This is perfect to store for winter ahead. The main advantage of making homemade premix is you know exactly what goes into the making also no preservatives and added colors.

Hot Chocolate Mix keeps good for months together if stored in an airtight container. Nothing warms up like a big mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows, it is perfect for this weather. It is a great gift for this holiday and perfect drink for winter. This recipe is so easy to make and tastes incredibly delicious.

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Hot Chocolate Mix Ingredients

• Milk Powder – Dry milk powder is used so that you can make hot chocolate even using water.
• Icing Sugar – Confectioners sugar also known as icing sugar is used which dissolves much easier than coarse sugar.
• Cocoa Powder – Use good quality unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Corn flour – Corn flour is used to thicken the hot chocolate, but add very little.
• Salt – Salt lifts the sweetness so I prefer adding.
• Dark Chocolate – Use good quality dark chocolate which is the main ingredients that makes this drink tastier.

Homemade Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is a creamy hot chocolate drink which is rich and delicious. Homemade hot chocolate can be made using hot chocolate mix and without it too. Using real dark chocolate or milk chocolate with less cocoa powder and corn flour makes this drink more delicious.

A perfect hot chocolate is creamy, thick and absolutely delicious and is a must have in the winter that you will crave for more. My family loves hot chocolate so I make it often so make many healthy variations too.

Why you’ll love this recipe?

• Easy and quick to make.
• Made with available ingredients.
• Great holiday gift.
• No preservatives and added colors.
• Better than store bought.

How to make Hot Chocolate Mix Step by Step

To prepare hot chocolate mix

1.To a mixer jar add 1 cup milk powder, 1 cup icing sugar, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon corn flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 cup dark chocolate.

2.Blend it together to a fine powder.

3.Transfer to a bowl.

4.Give a quick mix. Cool down completely.

5.Transfer to an airtight container.

6.Close and store in room temperature.

To prepare Hot Chocolate

7.To a sauce pan add 1 cup milk, 1/4 homemade hot chocolate mix.

8.Give a quick mix using a whisk so that there are no lumps.

9.Boil for 2-3 minutes or until slightly thick.

10.Switch off and add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence.

11.Transfer to serving mug.

12.Serve hot with marshmallows.

Enjoy hot!

Expert Tips

• Adding milk powder is not mandatory but helps when you want to make hot chocolate even with hot water, also enhances the taste.
• Using good quality dark chocolate is a must for best hot chocolate mix.
• You can replace icing sugar with granulated white sugar or powdered sugar too.
• Use good quality cocoa powder preferably dutch processed.

Serving and Storage

Hot Chocolate Mix keeps well in room temperature for about a month. To retain freshness I would suggest to store in fridge which stays goof even for a year.

FAQS

1.Can I make hot chocolate with mix and water?

Yes you can use this hot chocolate mix with hot water, cook for few minutes and serve. AS it has milk powder it tastes great even with water.

2.What can I replace milk with to make hot chocolate?

You can replace milk with almond milk, oats milk, soya milk, cashew milk or any other dairy free milk of your choice. You can also use water instead.

3.Is the hot chocolate mix gluten free?

Yes this is gluten free hot chocolate mix.

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