Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Homespun Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Mix

I just made this hot chocolate mix and I'm so excited about it! It is every bit as good as Starbucks. (There I said it!) I used another recipe I found online that was all complicated and involved cooking! Yuck. I adapted this for my food processor and even made it so that you can just add hot water instead of heating milk.

2 1/2 c granulated sugar
1 1/2 C good quality Dutch cocoa powder
1 to 3 Tbsp sea salt (I lean towards 3 - heavily!)
5 c dry milk powder (if you are adding to milk - only use 1c)
3/4 c packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Grind the chocolate chips in the food processor to make them more like chocolate shavings.  Then in an enormous bowl - mix everything else together.  Add the chocolate shavings and mix again.

Add 1/3 c of mix to hot water! Viola!

(If you opt for the version to add to heated milk - 3-4 Tbsp should suffice!)