Easy DIY Hot Chocolate Mix gift

 Looking for an easy DIY gift for Valentine's day?

This will warm your Valentine's heart.

Target made it so easy, they are a one stop shop and we found everything we needed there.

Such as, this wonderful jar and wooden spoon, its versatile for Valentine or Christmas.

It has a wonderful wide mouth that makes it prefect for this hot chocolate mix.

On the back of Good & Gather Instant Nonfat Dry Milk we found the Festive Hot Cocoa Mix recipe to folllow. 

We measured out all the ingredients.

Combined all the dry ingredients.

Blended them together.

But found we had a few lumps in our powder sugar and cocoa.  

So, we did a quick run though our sifter. 

Then we were able to add our mini chocolate chips.

Transferred it to our jar.

Added our Favorite Day Mini Heart Marshmallow.

Our Valentine just needs to add four tablespoons per 8oz cup of hot milk or water.

You can even customize your Hot Chocolate with different versions. 

We used the Wondershop Dark Chocolatey Hot Coco toppers in one jar.

For Christmas we found at Target Nestle Toll House Morsels & More!

These have everything you need for a Peppermint Hot Cocoa cup.

We filled condiment cups with the Nestle Toll House Morsels & More and placed them in the jar to customize your cup to your taste. 

Stay warm!

Up-date:  Found this twin pack of jars in the dollar spot at Target. 

Not quite big enough to add the marshmallows but perfect size for the cocoa mix. I used the Avery 22808 labels and template. 

 

Christmas Waffles

Here is a waffle for the season, with fresh cranberries and spices of the holidays. If you enjoy cranberry sauce, you have to try this dish. 

This sauce is full of holiday flavors and a great way to start your morning. 

Cranberry Sauce

2 12oz bag fresh cranberries

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons Vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 cups water

Combine all in a sauce pan and cook on medium high heat until the berries start to burst stirring occasionally.  Once sauce has thicken remove from heat.    

Server sauce warm over your favorite waffles and a dollop of fresh whipping cream.

Let me know if you try these.