OT: hot chocolate mix

[Wen4379836]

Does anyone have a recipe to make hot chocolate mix. I would like to make it
suger free, and am tired of paying almost $2.00 for 8 packets of /Swiss Miss.
I know it involves instant dry milk, cocoa powder and equal, but how
much of each? TIA, Wendy

[Liz / Cozit]

You could always follow the direction on a cocoa box (they're almost always
there). Substitute what you feel the equivalent of nutrasweet to the sugar given
is (some want it sweeter, some not so sweet), and add the amount of dry milk that
will reconstitute to the amount of milk recommended on the cocoa box.

Best bet is to start with that... then keep paper and pencil handy as you
experiment... if you do cup by cup to begin with, you'll get your "ideal" down
faster... then just multiply it out to make multiple cups, and store it in a
small airtight container.

Oh... personally, if I were going to use the dry milk, I'd add it separately to
the cocoa/sweetener (and maybe salt...depends on the cocoa blend and your taste)
blend. That way if you want to make the cocoa with real milk sometimes you can
still do that. Doesn't take too long to measure out the dry milk as well...even
less if you tape a note with how much to add to the container with the cocoa
mixture in it.

-Liz

[Elbg23]

<< Does anyone have a recipe to make hot chocolate mix. >>

Sorry, can't find my directions and checked on the Equil site. They don't have
it, but they do say to add the Equil to a already hot food or drink. Heating
the hot chocolate with the equil in it would make the Equil less sweet.

[Debra]

I'll ask my mom if she still has her recipe and send it to you if she
does. By the way, you might look for a new product called Splenda to
use instead of the Equal if you live in the US. Splenda tastes like
sugar, measures like sugar, and heat does not make it turn bitter the
way Equal does. Best of all, my DH loves the stuff and will only buy
soft drinks that have it instead of nutrasweet or saccarine. This
from a man who formerly said he would never drink diet sodas because
of the taste.

Debra in VA

[Karen C - California]

From Make a Mix Cookery, HP Books:

25.6 oz. box dry milk
6 oz jar powdered creamer
2 cups powdered sugar
16 oz can instant chocolate drink mix

Makes abou 17 cups. Add 3 tbsp of mix to 1 cup hot water per serving

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