Hot Cocoa Mix

Knitting & Tatting, Coffee, Books November 6th, 2007

Winter is here which means that 2 things are a fairly constant reality in my life: (1) I think back on the days when I was a child and considered it slightly embarrassing to heat with wood (something I find difficult to believe now since I intensely lust after the possibility of some day having a fireplace!) and (2) Hot drinks are in season, even for those people who don’t normally drink coffee.

Knowing that this season was just around the corner, I picked up a little booklet by Goosberry Patch (Cookbooklet #19) entitled “hot cocoa.” It’s an entire booklet with recipes for making - yep you guessed it - hot cocoa. Unfortunately several of the recipes start with “chocolate drink mix” which seems to be cheating and kind of grates on me, but one of them that doesn’t is the “Spiced Hot Cocoa Mix” on page 18.

It’s not as creamy as hot cocoa “should be” and I’m all about Splenda, so here’s my revised version. Enjoy!

Mix all ingredients in a 1-gallon plastic bag:

  • 1 1/3 c. Splenda
  • 2 c. Powdered Milk
  • 1 c. Baking Cocoa
  • 3 Tbs. Instant Espresso Powder
  • 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp. Cardamom
  • 1 (10.2 oz) container of French Vanilla Coffee Mate (I use the sugar free)

Put 1/4 c. in about a cup of hot water. mmmm… Gotta love winter!

Grace and Peace,

`tim

2 Responses to “Hot Cocoa Mix”

  1. teejtc Says:
    November 6th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Just FYI… if you add 2 Tbs. of Fiber Sure to the recipe you manage to get it down to 2 Weight Watcher’s Points.

  2. kldavelaar Says:
    November 10th, 2007 at 1:35 pm

    There’s a fireplace in the parsonage of Lynnwood Reformed Church in Schenectady, New York :)

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