Easy Hot Cocoa from Scratch
My wife is usually the one who makes posts about recipes, but tonight I cooked up something of my own that was worth posting. We were wanting some hot chocolate and lamenting the fact that all we had was raw cocoa powder and most recipes we found online were fairly complex. So we improvised and things turned out really well. Here is what we came up with.
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Directions:
Combine all the ingredients into a 1 quart Nalgene bottle (obviously wide-mouth is the way to go) righten the lid and shake. After all ingredients are mixed, unscrew the lid but leave it in place. Microwave for 3-4 minutes until hot. Serve in mugs with marshmallows. Enjoy.
Of course the Nalgene just makes things easier. You could always mix the ingredients in a container of your choosing and serve it however you want.