Instant Strawberry Hot Cocoa Mix is the sweetest way to warm up this holiday season! Just add hot water or hot milk for an instant treat.
Rumor has it that today is National Cocoa Day! I’m not sure that pink strawberry hot cocoa was what they had in mind when the holiday was created, but that’s okay. It’s delicious and makes a super cute gift-in-a-jar.
This just takes four ingredients to make this Instant Strawberry Hot Cocoa Mix! You’ll need high quality white chocolate, instant nonfat dry milk, Nestle Strawberry Nesquick and pink (or white) mini marshmallows. When prepared, the hot cocoa has a wonderful strawberries-and-cream flavor. Strawberry milk fans will love this! I’ve been sipping on it regularly because I am strawberry milk crazy!
This recipe uses a food processor to efficiently mix the ingredients with the white chocolate together. This makes a cohesive powdery mix with tiny bits of white chocolate floating throughout.
Instant Strawberry Hot Cocoa Mix is Giftable!
16 oz. canning jars with lids are perfect for keeping the instant cocoa mix fresh. And it’s easy to gift! I found these Ball Sharing Jars at the grocery store, but they are also available for purchase online. They have a pretty shape and look a little fancier than the usual canning jar. Tie the jars with ribbon and a tag with mixing instructions.
The powdered milk in the recipe means you need nothing more than hot water and a mug to enjoy this cozy treat. However, my favorite way to enjoy it is stirred into hot cashew milk. Or, use your favorite dairy or non-dairy milk – it all works!
This is a wonderful kid-friendly treat, but I also like to make this for Galentine’s Day gifts. February is a cold month here, and who wouldn’t love pink hot cocoa as a Valentine?
Instant Strawberry Hot Cocoa Mix
Equipment
- Food processor
- jars with lids
Ingredients
- 7 ounces high quality white chocolate chopped
- 1/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk
- 1 cup Nestle Strawberry Nesquick powdered drink mix
- 2 canning jars 16 ounce capacity
- 2 cups pink or white mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Place the white chocolate in a food process and pulse until chopped into small pieces. Add the dry milk and strawberry drink mix. Process until the mixture is well combined and no large chunks of white chocolate remain.
- Divide the mix between two 16 oz. jars. Top with each jar with 1 cup of mini marshmallows. Lid the jar and add a tag with preparation instructions.
- Tag directions: Combine two tablespoons strawberry cocoa mix with 6 ounces hot water or 6 ounces hot milk.
I LOVE this! Strawberry milk has always been my favorite!!
Love this idea! My kids love strawberry milk!
Wherever did you find those adorable North Pole milk bottles?
Love those milk bottles❤️
Made this recipe to go in my hot cocoa bombs this year. I can barely taste the strawberry in it. I'm worried if I add too much nesquick it will get way to sweet once I add the white chocolate sphere. Any suggestions?
Hi Janis, what a neat idea! I'm not certain why the flavor of the strawberry isn't coming through, but to boost it, you could *maybe* get some freeze-dried strawberries and pulverize them to powder in a food processor, then add to the mix. In my experience freeze dried strawberries are tart, and should not contribute any more sweetness to your cocoa mix.
I was worried due to comments but this turned out great for my granddaughters. I made it exactly as it said. They said it was perfect. Thank you for recipe.
Do you have an estimate of how many servings are in each jar?
Hi! You’ll get about 10 servings per jar.