This creamy and sweet homemade vanilla hot cocoa mix is a great addition to a cool evening, when you are looking to curl up and relax with a warm drink.

Vanilla Hot Cocoa Mix

Incredibly easy to make and have stored in your pantry, this homemade vanilla hot cocoa mix is delicious and so much more satisfying with than store-bought products.

With this recipe, you will make over 4 cups of mix, though you can easily double or triple the recipe.

Variations

Use hot chocolate powder or milo powder instead of the cocoa powder
Add around 3 Tablespoons bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or chopped up chocolate to the recipe as it is
The sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla bean powder can be adjusted to your taste

Hot Cocoa Mix Ingredients

To make this delicious hot cocoa mix, you will need:

1 ½ cups milk powder
1 cup icing sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup castor sugar
3 TBSP vanilla bean powder

Making the Mix

Add the milk powder, icing sugar, cocoa powder, caster sugar and vanilla bean powder to a bowl and mix together.

Pour the mixed ingredients into an air-tight glass jar.

Store until ready to use.

To Use: Place ½ cup of hot cocoa mixture into a mug and pour over hot water or hot milk.

Another way to make a silky hot cocoa drink is to add the hot cocoa mixture to a saucepan with water or milk and gently heat over low heat, whisking frequently until warm. This method is a good way to make a hot cocoa, especially if using chocolate chips.

Hot Cocoa Mix Notes

It is easy to make your own vanilla bean powder, or you may be able to some from the store. If using your homemade vanilla bean powder in this recipe, some of the vanilla bean powder, you will find that it will not all completely melt in the drink, so there will be some residue and small pieces left over.
You can make and add some vanilla sugar to enhance the flavour too.
Pure vanilla extract is an easy substitute for vanilla powder, especially as it is more commonly available. Vanilla powder has a more concentrated flavour, so us 1 teaspoon of extract to every ½ teaspoon of powder.
If using vanilla extract in this mix, don’t add it to the dry mix. Add it when you are making the hot cocoa, when you add the hot water or hot milk.

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