One thing I fondly remember doing as a kid is drinking chocolate milk. The chocolate milk powder in the yellow package was my favorite. I loved taking a spoon full of that powder and sliding it into the cup of milk, letting bubbles form as the milk was saturating the chocolate powder. Then I would eat that glob of chocolate goodness! Hmmm, I can taste it now.
I think as kids chocolate is probably one of the main food groups! However, when you have a kid with food allergies chocolate milk isn't all smiles anymore. The sadness in your kids face as your picking up syrup bottles and powder mixes and reading the ingredients, and placing them back on the shelf, is depressing. Chocolate milk isn't something that kids with food allergies can always have. Usually between artificial ingredients, allergens, and cross contamination, chocolate syrup and powder mixes can no longer be purchased.
Kelsie can't go without chocolate milk, and thankfully with homemade mix, she doesn't have too! Even if you don't have a food allergy the store bought stuff is overly processed. So why not choose a better for your health option?! It's too easy not too, and guess what, you have ALL the ingredients to do it with. Maybe not the mason jar, but you can use any air tight container. See, now you have all the stuff you need!
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What do you need?
⅓ cup cocoa powder
⅔ cup sugar
dash of salt
What do you do?
Mix all ingredients and pour into a mason jar or other air tight container.
Use one to two tablespoons in your cup of milk when your ready for chocolate milk or hot cocoa.
Note: This powder doesn't mix as easily as the store bought stuff, but you can get it mixed very well. Start by stirring it into your milk and then using the back of the spoon and mash the balls of chocolate powder that have formed on the top against the side of your cup. Do this a couple of times and you'll have velvety smooth scrumptious chocolate milk!
If you are making this for a chocolate syrup lover, you have to try our Homemade Chocolate Syrup with 6 Ingredients You Have in Your Pantry Right Now!
Jelli
Love this idea, Joanna. I use these same ingredients (plus a splash of vanilla) when making hot cocoa. I don't like the additional chemicals in pre-made mixes and we don't drink it often enough to stash a package in the pantry anyhow...but baking cocoa gets used all the time for cakes and brownies. I'd love to mix this up and store it for those chocolate milk cravings! Thanks for sharing.
Joanna
Hmmm, that sounds amazing! I will try and remember the splash of vanilla when making hot cocoa with it. Thanks for the tip! 🙂
Cathy
pinned! My hubby drinks this to refuel and get extra calcium in after a run! I never realized that I could make my own! Sweet! 🙂
Cathy
Joanna
Thank you for pinning! I hope that he enjoys it as much as we do. I love chocolate milk after a workout for recovery! Plus when making it you can always modify the sugar down a bit to his preference. 🙂
Erlene
Totally making this for the kids. They love drinking chocolate milk.
Joanna
Let me know what they think. It's definitely my daughters favorite!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop
What a clever idea. Amazing how simple it is and without any of those added ingredients in the store bought mixes! Yay!
Joanna
It amazes me how simple it is to make a lot of things from scratch like this, when it takes a company a hundred ingredients! 🙂
Melissa Vera
I love that you made this so your daughter can enjoy treats that other kids have. What a great job mom. Thanks for linking up on the #HomeMattersParty this week. I hope you come back next week to link up again
Joanna
Thank you, I take my job for keeping her safe very seriously. 🙂 It breaks my heart when at times I can't find or create something that other kids can have. I'm always going to try and create it before giving up!
Barb @ A Life in Balance
My kids would be so happy if I made up a batch for them!
Joanna
I hope you do! 🙂 Stop back by and let me know if you do, and what they thought!
Mysti
The secret is to put the milk and the powder mix in a drink blender! It might be a little frothy on top but it comes out perfectly smooth and tastes amazing!!