Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

I think it's wonderful, especially with a squirt of whipped cream on top, but my husband recently told me it tastes bad. He prefers dark chocolate to milk chocolate and I disagree, so our teachers are still getting it as Christmas gifts anyway.

You'll need:

2 c nonfat dry milk
3/4 c sugar
1/2 c unsweetened cocoa
1/2 c mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c powdered nondairy creamer
1/8 t salt

(if you want a giant giant batch*, use these quantities

9 1/2 c nonfat dry milk
3 c sugar
2 c unsweetened cocoa
2 c mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 c powdered nondairy creamer
1/2 t salt)

How you'll make it:

~sift all ingredients except the chocolate chips into a huge tupperware container (or a small one if you're not making a giant giant batch)
~add the chocolate chips
~close the lid
~shake it like a polaroid picture (until well mixed)

If you're extra frugal (read: cheap) like I am, you'll save plastic peanut butter jars throughout the year and use them as your containers.

If you're extra frugal and OCD, you'll get the knock-off-Kroger brand Nutella spread and save those instead of the peanut butter jars because they are a cuter shape and the top doesn't say Skippy on it. And let's be honest, Nutella is waaaaay better than peanut butter.

Actually, I save them all. That's a lot of Nutella for one family to eat in a year.

Tie a pretty ribbon around the jar with a label- one side say what it is (hot chocolate mix) and on the other side write something like:

Add 1 - 2 heaping T to hot milk or water. Enjoy!



Just try to tell me you don't want a steaming cup of that all snuggled up by the fire.

*who doesn't want a giant giant batch? Well, maybe not my husband.