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!

I thought we'd never use all these bulk supplies. I should think again!

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 Recipe

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

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

Thought for sure he's be covered in this!

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?

Darn. I wanted to see him look like a hot chocolate snowman. Oh well.

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!

I bought those coffee mugs before I ever met my husband. Oddly, I bought 5 and we have 3 kids. Nice.

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!

Comments

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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

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  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~
  
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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

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  superjoy says
  
  December 17, 2012 at 8:26 AM
  
  You’re so welcome, Cricut Chick! I hope you like it!
  ~Joy~
  
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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!

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  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~
  
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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?

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  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~
  
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Margrete says

March 12, 2014 at 9:03 PM

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

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  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!