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December 14, 2012 Christmas Crafty Projects Food Holiday Themes Just Joy Keurig Recipes

Instant Cocoa Mix Bulk Recipe

My kiddos love hot cocoa/hot chocolate.  I’ve been buying it for the Keurig which is nice and easy but gets expensive after a while.  My husband told me that he loved the hot chocolate mix his mother made when he was a child.  He said she made it in bulk so they always had it around.  That’s all I needed to hear.  I asked her for her recipe and she sent it right over.

That’s a lot of cocoa mix!

I told you it made a lot!

Guess who made a trip to the wholesale store?

 Alright.  I know.  The recipe doesn’t use cocoa by itself.  It uses Nesquik.  I’m using the recipe as it was given to me. 😉

Instant Cocoa Mix Bulk Recipe

Instant Cocoa Mix Bulk Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound box (powdered) instant chocolate flavoring such as Nestle Nesquik
  • 8 quart box of instant dry milk 13 ½ cups
  • 5 oz (powdered) non dairy creamer like Coffee Mate
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted

Instructions

  1. Combine thoroughly and store in a tightly covered large container.
  2. To use: Mix ¾ cup hot water with 1/3 mix.
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 Mix ingredients, combine thoroughly and store in a tightly covered large container.

To use: Mix ¾ cup hot water with 1/3 mix.

I do not have man hands!  LOL!  This is my husband.

I added all of the ingredients and began stirring the mix.  Super Husband offered to shake it up instead.  I took these photos as my sons and I stood by laughing and waiting for the Glad Press n’ Seal wrap to give way and cover my dear husband like a snowman.  We waited.  He shook the container…and shook it…and we watched and waited hoping it would break for a good laugh…hoping it would not break for good hot cocoa.  Guess what?

For daily use, pour some into a smaller container.

Yeah.  The Glad Press & Seal wrap didn’t break.  No instant snowman dad for us.  Sad.  Well, we still had hot chocolate to drink!  YAY!

One scoop + hot water = yum.

I highly suggest putting some of the mix into a smaller container for daily use.  That keeps the big container from being knocked off, contaminated by winter illness and from being in the way.

What? I can still use my Keurig? SWEET!

Add 3/4 cup of hot water and then 1/3 cup of the mix and stir.  One of the first things we did was figure out what setting we could use on our Keurig to make this even faster.  I have the Keurig Platinum B70 and we found that putting it on the second cup choice was the perfect amount of water for this drink.  YAY!

Awwww….sweet!

I’m a huge fan of dark chocolate.  That’s definitely NOT what this tastes like.  I’d say…to me…this has a sort of a white chocolate flavor to it.  It’s a milder hot cocoa/hot chocolate drink.  I’m so glad I made this.  It brought back such fond memories for my husband and making this as a family created new ones for us all.

Warm winter wishes to you and yours!


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Comments

  1. Judy Dehle says

    December 14, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    I use this recipe and then I add a box of chocolate instant pudding to it. YUM
    • superjoy says

      December 17, 2012 at 8:28 AM

      Hi Judy! Our family has decided that we are definitely going to try your box of pudding idea next time. YUM! Thank you! :) ~Joy~
  2. Cricut Chick says

    December 16, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    This is great Joy! Thank you for sharing...I'm always looking for a good Hot Coco recipe :)
    • superjoy says

      December 17, 2012 at 8:26 AM

      You're so welcome, Cricut Chick! I hope you like it! ~Joy~
  3. henrymckenzie says

    June 19, 2013 at 9:50 AM

    Joy, I just found this recipe and we are wanting to make hot cocoa for our wedding favors! We are putting them in re-purposed baby food jars and they are so cute but.... About how many servings does this make altogether? I am filling 150 jars with one serving each and some mini marshmallows and a hershey kiss :) Thanks for the recipe!
    • superjoy says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:54 PM

      What a fun idea for wedding favors! I don't know exactly how many servings this makes but it did keep two teenage boys full of hot cocoa for the winter. LOL! When I really think about it though, it may just be enough for 75 of those jars. It's hard to gauge. I'm sorry that I don't know for sure. Have a great wedding! ~Joy~
  4. Jane says

    November 15, 2013 at 6:19 PM

    We are having a fundraiser with hot cocoa. I like the bulk recipe. I saw your comment about it not being very chocolaty. I really like ghardelli chocalate. Do you think I would get a richer taste if I substituted Ghardeli hot cocoa mix for the quik?
    • superjoy says

      November 17, 2013 at 10:45 PM

      Jane, I think it would. I know it sounds good! ;) Maybe do a taste test on a smaller amount first just to check it out. Let me know how it turns out! ~Joy~
  5. Margrete says

    March 12, 2014 at 9:03 PM

    great but How much do you put into the Kcup machine?
    • superjoy says

      March 13, 2014 at 7:44 AM

      We put 1/3 cup of the mix into a cup, put our Keurig, we have the Platinum B70, on the second cup choice was the perfect amount of water for this drink. YAY!
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Hi friends! I’m a North Georgia/Atlanta mom, wife, crafter, DIYer, foodie who loves to travel and spend time with my husband & 3 grown kids. Our furry housemates include, Scout, a blue & brown eyed rescue pup and a 5 year old English Mastiff, named Saban. (Roll Tide!) They rule our home. We’re currently working on updating our house after watching way too much HGTV. We’re reno obsessed!

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