When the weather is cool like this, I love nothing more than a chocolatey cup of hot cocoa, warm fuzzy socks, and a good book. I’m always looking for simple homemade gift ideas for my friends and family. I thought it would be fun to put a twist on my favorite hot cocoa mix recipe and surprise my friends with a fall flavored treat. I added some candy corn to the mix to spice things up a bit.
Hot chocolatey goodness…..
This homemade hot cocoa mix recipe is the best I have ever tried. The mini semi-sweet morsels give it that extra punch of chocolate. It’s simply divine!
Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients:
3 cups nonfat milk powder
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 1/2 cups cocoa powder, sifted
dash of salt
1 1/2 cups mini semi-sweet morsels
In a large bowl, combine first 4 ingredients. Mix well with a whisk, until all ingredients are combined. Stir in mini chocolate chips.
What You’ll Need for Hot Cocoa Gift Bags
clear disposable pastry
twist ties
ribbon
2 bags mini marshmallows
2 bags candy corn
To create the gift bags you’ll need clear disposable pastry bags. I purchased mine from Amazon, because the ones at my local craft store have a Wilton label on them.
Carefully spoon about 1/3 cup of mix into the bottom of the bag. Add about 1/2 cup mini marshmallows on top of the mix. Sprinkle approximately 1/4 cup candy corn on top of the marshmallows. Seal the top with a twist tie and tie on a pretty fall colored ribbon.
I was easily able to get 12 gift bags from my mix, after setting aside some for my personal use.
To serve, add approximately 1/3 cup hot cocoa mix to a mug and stir in 1 cup very hot water or milk. If desired, top with marshmallows and candy corn. Enjoy!
What do you think? Do you make your own hot chocolate?
Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients
- 3 cups nonfat milk powder
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder sifted
- dash of salt
- 1 1/2 cups mini semi-sweet morsels
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine first 4 ingredients. Mix well with a whisk, until all ingredients are combined. Stir in mini chocolate chips.
We make our own hot chocolate mix ourselves too! It is on my to-do list for next week 🙂 Love adding a little bit of color too, they are so cute!
My boys are really loving hot cocoa as the weather is turning colder. Nothing tastes better than homemade and your recipe is so simple! Thanks.
what a creative idea. this would be a great favor for my playgroup Halloween party. maybe with a little pumpkin pie spice?
The pumpkin spice would be an awesome addition! Wish I had thought of that!
Love this idea! What a great gift for neighbors or teachers!
that sounds so yummy I will get the ingrediants and definitely try it.
I love how pretty they look when pulled together.
That is such a cute idea for a gift!
Yummy! We just purchased hot cocoa mix last week. My 4 year old loves it. I will have to show her this one, she’ll want to make it for sure. I shared this on Pinterest as well. Very nice!
What a great idea for little gifts at family christmas parties. It would be nice to send everyone home with a gift of hot chocolate. The recipes sounds yummy too.
Great gifts for teachers, and our scouts.. Love the idea! the packaging is so cute!