With only a few days left of Grateful November, I need to pack in some big ones before the end of the month!
So today, I’m thankful for my parents. Because they are such amazing people, and the older I get, the more I see that. That they aren’t just good parents, they’re good people, through and through.
They’ve always been so encouraging of everything I’ve ever set out to do, even blogging. Taking the time to learn about it, about the different aspects that are important to me like page views, re-pins, and followers. It’s been really impressive. And a little intimidating… I have no idea how to be that kind of a parent.
My husband’s a natural. But me? I spend the day counting the hours down until bed time. Despicable, I know.
I have no idea how my parents have had the patience to parent 6 kids. I’m not even sure Emma and I are going to survive potty training!
Possibly my Mom won us all over early with her homemade hot chocolate. It was difficult to do anything but acquiesce when you had a mouthful of smooth and creamy hot chocolate.
It’s amazing. And life changing.
And I’ve honestly judged every other hot chocolate I’ve ever tried as being completely sub-par in comparison.
So, I guess what I’m saying is… good parenting = homemade hot chocolate.
Ingredients
- 25 oz. Powdered Milk
- 32 oz. Nesquik Chocolate Milk Powder
- 16 oz. Powdered Creamer
- 1 lb. Powdered Sugar
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together in a very large mixing bowl.
- Use about half a cup to one cup of boiling water (remember, a good portion of the mix is powdered milk and creamer-- that's why you use so much!). Mix well and enjoy!
Notes about this recipe:
- I highly recommend serving this with a huge dollop of whipped cream. The chocolate syrup is more optional– I just added that here for presentation’s sake. Although, chocolate syrup makes everything better
- This makes a fairly large batch. I haven’t measured out how many servings, but it’s enough to last a family for a few weeks. And that’s if you’re drinking it a lot.
- This is a really awesome neighbor Christmas gift!!
Suggested Variations:
- Use a flavored powdered creamer, like hazelnut!
- Try using strawberry Nesquik Mix for Strawberry Hot Chocolate.
- Substitute half of the powdered sugar for Truvia or other no calorie sweetener for less sugar
If you’re a hot chocolate fiend, check out these recipes:
- Hot Cocoa Cupcakes by Crazy For Crust
- Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate by Something Swanky
I loooooove this. I’ve been wanting a good recipe for cocoa mix, and well. Nesquik – can’t go wrong there!
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Oh, and I count down the hours too. TOTALLY.
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Sounds and looks incredible. Pinned, so I don’t forget to try it.
I saw this on Pinterest and thought, it can’t be better than my mom’s hot chocolate recipe…and it IS my mom’s hot chocolate recipe! How funny! It truly is the best. Mom’s recipe was from a church cookbook from the late 70s/early 80s and the powdered creamer of choice at that time was “Pream”. My mom passed away 7 years ago and I haven’t had it in a long time. Thanks for sharing and for this wonderful reminder of my mama. Think I’ll make some for my little ladies!
So funny! When I titled it, I was like– I hope people really believe me! Because a lot of people claim to have the best, but this recipe seriously is!!!
Don’t feel bad about the whole countdown thing. My oldest {at home} is 19 and the youngest is 10. I STILL do the countdown! This hot chocolate mix is so different than any I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to try it! I have a feeling I’m really going to like it.
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Maybe if I had some of this homemade hot chocolate every day I wouldn’t do the countdown to bed every.single.night! Love that this makes such a big batch…we go through way too much of the packaged stuff!
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Umm..YUM??? Making this – tell Mama Epps I said thanks
and you’re a great mom, too, just FYI.
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Hahahahaha I count the hours until my family goes to sleep too! Lol, they’re like my children in a weird way and trust me, I definitely enjoy my alone time when they’re all at work or in bed. It’s wooooonderful, lol. And this hot chocolate looks fab! Usually I bypass hot cocoa because it looks so blah to me.. but this looks creamy and chocolatey and wonderful.
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yum yum yum yum yum yum yum!
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I t sounds just wonderful, the pics are so pretty I could eat them. LOL
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SO Yum! The best all winter Long!
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Girl, I’m always on the countdown, too. Sometimes I feel bad about that, but it’s how we keep our sanity!
And a big batch of this hot chocolate mix wouldn’t hurt, either.
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HI
I was wondering how much of the mix do you add to the cup pf boiling water? Thanks and Happy Holidays
Gina F;
Half a cup of mix, to one cup of boiling water
Hi! I just wanted to let you know I am including this in a 35 Christmas party appetizers and drinks collection over at Mommy’s Sweet Confessions. Thank you!
This looks delish!! Would instant milk work in this or do you think it would taste better with powdered?
Instant! That’s actually what I meant by powdered milk– I’ll go back and edit that
Your comment on the older you get the more you appreciate your parents talents struck a chord with me. I am 71 and when my children and grandchildren were growing up I liked to quote something Samuel Clemmens (Mark Twain author) once said: “When I was a boy of 16 I used to think my father was the dumbest, most ignorant man on the face of the earth. By the time I was 21 I was amazed at how intelligent he had become”. All of my kids and grandchildren have told me since they got the “message”.! I will make up this hot chocolate mix for Christmas. Have a safe and healthy holiday season.
Is it plain creamer? Could you use vanilla?
As long as it’s a powder, you can use any kind you’d like!
Hi—–I made the recipe this AM. It is very good indeed. I bought all the ingredients at Sam’s so had to use my trusty kitchen scales to give me the right quantities. For anyone who likes to use measuring cups, I transposed the recipe to:
7 & 1/2 cups powdered milk
8 cups Nesquick
3 cups powdered creamer
3 & 3/4 cups powdered sugar
I figured your ozs., and they came to 89. If that is correct, and one calculates 1/2 cup of mix is 4 ozs., you should yield 22 servings.
I still have a love affair with my old standby cocoa recipe from the cocoa can, but this is so very nice for a made up batch, and for gift giving. Thanks so much. PLEASE, if anyone has an issue with my calculations, bring them on. Math was never my strong suit !
Thanks!! Looks great
Hi… I just made a batch of this (truly delicious!) and wanted to mention that the calculations listed in this comment are actually incorrect. (Although thank you so much for trying to convert them!) I didn’t figure all of them out, but I did measure my 25 oz of powdered milk and it came to almost 11 cups (not 7 1/2 cups!). I should have measured the rest to see what it came out to, but just wanted to hopefully catch anyone before they tried the above measurements. You can even note on the side of the 25 oz milk box that it states there are 32 servings and each serving is 1/3 cup… so that would be just shy of 11 cups in the box.
Thanks for the recipe!
But yes… this is so yummy and is going out as Christmas gifts to teachers and friends.
Yes– all of my measurements are simply entire containers of each ingredient. Easy peasy!
I was wondering if I was reading this right. Use 1/2 of the coco mix per one cup of water? I want to make this and pass out to a few neighbors and want to make sure I tell them right! This looks and sounds very tasty!!
Yep! Remember, a good portion of the mixture is creamer and milk, so you have to use a lot to get the chocolate flavor. Trust me– it works
I have the same recipe and have made this four my son since he was a child ( he is 20) still had to make it this year. We love it Happy Holidays
To me, this recipe makes no sense. Use a half-cup to a cup for that entire recipe? Please be specific.
Use half a cup of the mix to 1 cup of boiling water to make the hot chocolate….. I think maybe your question confuses ME!
I have no idea if my reply helped at all….
Your recipe looks so good! I will definitely make this. No kiddos of my own but one can never be too old for hot chocolate, and I imagine my friends and their families will be happy to help me consume this deliciousness if I gave them a can or jar of it.
I tried a different recipe for homemade hot chocolate last night that was way too bitter for me–it tasted like dark chocolate, and I like milk chocolate. Before I “waste” more ingredients, I wanted to ask–does this mix taste like dark chocolate or milk chocolate? Thanks!
Milk chocolate
There’s no actual cocoa at all in this, so you won’t get any bitter taste.
This is very similar to one I make. I add some cocoa to mine to make it a little chocolatier!!
Funny about there being no cocoa in this recipe–I thought I’d look for a homemade version of Nesquick to see if I could save money on that part, and the recipe calls for 2/3 c. sugar, 1/3 c. cocoa, and a pinch of salt. But I’m not sure if it tastes like the real thing (although commenters said it did) because I have actually never had Nesquick! So I am wondering if I should just bite the bullet and buy the Nesquick or make my own homemade version–but it sounds like a lot of cocoa! Hmmm, dilemmas…if you or anyone else has tried the homemade Nesquick and can vouch for its authenticity, let me know so I can proceed!
I haven’t ever tried homemade Nesquik as I grew up a complete Nesquik junkie! But, just by looking at the recipe…. It doesn’t look like it would taste like nesquik…. but that’s just from eyeballing it.
So, I just made up a glass of the “homemade Nesquick” and I was pleasantly surprised. I don’t know if it tastes like the real thing, but it wasn’t as bitter as I suspected. I just put 1 T sugar, 1/s T. cocoa and a tiny pinch of salt in a cup, added a few T hot tap water, mixed it up, and filled the cup with milk (and mixed it up). It was actually pretty tasty, and not terribly bitter, so I’m thinking this ratio mixed with powdered milk, powdered sugar, and powdered creamer would reallly work. I’m going to try it and I’ll let you know if you are interested–might be cheaper than buying the Nesquick! Thanks for the recipe!
I just made and tried this. It was so good. I plan on giving it along with marshmallows and mugs for Xmas gifts! Thanks.
So…. here’s my question. Math wizard I’m not. I want to make this hot chocolate & serve premixed w/ the water from a large coffee server for a reception. How much water would I add to mix the entire batch correctly?
So you want to use twice the amount of water as you use of the mix. That’s about as mathematic as I can break it down
This recipe serves approximately 20
Thanks so much, that’s a huge help! I’m making a megapot of this hot chocolate for my son’s wedding reception – can’t wait to try it.