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Hot chocolate base mix

Milk hot chocolate mix base

3 1/3 cups blue milk powder (whole milk)
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup vanilla sugar (make by placing a vanilla bean in caster sugar and leaving a couple of weeks)

Mix above ingredients and store in covered container. Makes 6 cups. Per serving, put 1/4 cup (65 mL) mix in a cup and fill with boiling water.

Dark hot chocolate mix base:

3 cups blue milk powder (whole milk)
2 1/4 cups cocoa
3/4 cup vanilla sugar

Mix above ingredients and store in covered container. Makes 6 cups. Per serving, put 3T (45 mL) mix in a cup and fill with boiling water.




Per recipe of hot chocolate mix add a combination of the following, to taste:

1 1/3 cups (65g) mini marshmallows
12 curiously strong peppermints (or other hard peppermints), crushed to powder
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cardamon
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 - 1 tsp cayenne pepper
3 tsp salt
crushed dried zest of 4-6 oranges