One of the hardest things for me to give up when I had to remove dairy from my diet were hot chocolate packets. Here is my version of dairy free powdered hot chocolate mix. We like to go camping, and hot chocolate was always on the menu.

When the weather turns cold and wet (yes, we do occasionally get rain on the Central California Coast) nothing is more comforting than snuggling under a blanket on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate. So this year I went on a quest to find a recipe I could adjust to match my food restrictions and I found one. I make this in large batches and keep it in an air tight jar. I also pre-scoop packets and keep them in my desk at work for any time I want a quick snack that is not food.

Dairy Free Powdered Hot Chocolate Mix

DRINK

1 cup dairy free powdered milk (I have found a plain soy milk powder that is dairy-gluten-and tree nut free)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup vanilla sugar (see recipe below)

– Put dairy free milk powder, cocoa powder, vanilla sugar into a bowl and whisk to combine
– Store in a lidded air tight jar
– To make a cup of dairy free hot chocolate mix ¼ cup mix with 1 cup hot water, stir and enjoy

Vanilla Sugar

2 cups sugar
2 tbsp. vanilla extract

– Mix together
– Spread on baking sheet
– Let air dry on your kitchen counter
– Stir occasionally to make sure it dries all the way through
– Store extra in an air tight jar until you need it again

Dairy Free Powdered Hot Chocolate Mix

Heather Thomas, sloCooking

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Ingredients

  

• DRINK::
• 1 cup dairy free powdered milk I have found a plain soy milk powder that is dairy-gluten-and tree nut free
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¾ cup vanilla sugar see recipe below
• VANILLA SUGAR::
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tbsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• DRINK::
• Put dairy free milk powder, cocoa powder, vanilla sugar into a bowl and whisk to combine
• Store in a lidded air tight jar
• To make a cup of dairy free hot chocolate mix ¼ cup mix with 1 cup hot water, stir and enjoy
• VANILLA SUGAR::
• Mix together
• Spread on baking sheet
• Let air dry on your kitchen counter
• Stir occasionally to make sure it dries all the way through
• Store extra in an air tight jar until you need it again

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