Hot Chocolate for a Crowd

It's been nearly 3 years since we made hot chocolate mix.  Yes, you heard right.  We last made hot chocolate mix in December, 2017.  Have you ever made so much hot chocolate that you mix it in a garbage bag?  That's how we like to do it.  It's also great if you're having a party or looking for a fun gift.  Just add some mix to a bag, put it in a mug, wrap in cellophane and tie it in a bow.  This year we tweaked the recipe a bit to try to make it a little more chocolaty.  Keep scrolling and I'll tell you how we changed it up.

The original recipe is something that I found on the internet years ago and I have no idea of the original source. If if you know where I found it, I will be happy to link to the original source.

13 oz. malted milk (change alert #1)

22 oz coffee creamer

4 lb. powdered milk

32 oz. powdered sugar

2 (28 oz.) chocolate milk mix (change alert #2)

2 (1 lb) bags of mini- marshmallows (change alert #3)

Mix in a large trash bag.  Now you don't need a leaf sized garbage bag like we used.  Unfortunately, our current kitchen garbage bags are scented and we didn't want to add that to our drinks.

You want to shake and smoosh and really make sure you get everything mixed well.  Be sure to have storage containers ready.  I always save the creamer, malted milk, and chocolate milk mix containers to start with.  I happened to have an extra large chocolate milk container in my cabinet.  The containers from the various ingredients will not be enough to hold the finished recipe.  In this case, the large containers are completely full and the malted milk container is about 1/2 full.  See why I only make it every 2-3 years?

Add to a mug of hot water.  The amount of mix used varies for personal taste and the mug size you choose, but don't be surprised if you use at least 1/4 cup of mix per mug - or even more.

So what about the changes?  One change that we make is that we never add the marshmallows.  We did one time and it was fine.  However, like the mixes you buy with marshmallows, the marshmallows will harden.  We prefer to add them when we mix up a mug.

Change #2 - This year we added a little bit of extra chocolate milk mix.  It wasn't a lot extra, but we opened up a large container (41.9 oz) from Sam's Club and added a full 16 ounce container from the grocery store. It was definitely NOT worth measuring to get the perfect number of ounces.  

The final change was completely accidental, but will boost the chocolate power even more.  Instead of regular malted milk, I mistakenly bought chocolate flavored malted milk.  I think at the end of the day, we will like it even better.  Why?  Well we have always enjoyed the creaminess of this recipe, but felt it could use a little more chocolate.  I'm hoping this will push it over the top.

How about you?  How do you like your hot chocolate?  With candy canes?  Whipped cream?  Let me know in a comment below.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Remember to take some time to enjoy the little things.