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annamagpie
11-11-2013, 20:46
Anyone have a good recipe? I've been looking all over google but I'd rather ask hikers what their favorite trail recipe is.
hikerboy57
11-11-2013, 20:52
add water ?
Wise Old Owl
11-11-2013, 20:52
Besides Swiss Miss?
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annamagpie
11-11-2013, 21:14
:) (hmmm...have to post more than just a smiley face for this message to go through)
Wise Old Owl
11-11-2013, 21:19
uhh - OK no harm done... come back after homework we will have a good desert for you.
Feral Bill
11-11-2013, 21:19
Start with powdered whole milk. Add cocoa powder, sugar, a bit of cinnamon, and a bit of instant coffee. Proportions to your taste.
Sarcasm the elf
11-11-2013, 21:22
Besides Swiss Miss?
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I fondly remember Swiss miss from back when I was a kid...
Sadly, I don't think their current recipe actually qualifies as hot chocolate.
Swiss MissŪ Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated cocnut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, mono- and diglyderides, artificial flavor. Contains milk.
Sarcasm the elf
11-11-2013, 21:23
Start with powdered whole milk. Add cocoa powder, sugar, a bit of cinnamon, and a bit of instant coffee. Proportions to your taste.
That sounds more like what grandma used to make!
Wise Old Owl
11-11-2013, 21:34
Yea swiss was just as gross then as it is now...
A handful of M&Ms and a swig of warm water.
At some point I will make hot chocolate using Nido, Maltodextrin and cocoa. That would allow a high calorie tasty brew. Throw in some coffee and you have trail mocha.
Wise Old Owl
11-11-2013, 21:53
Dam*,,,,,, beat me too it... you win.
Another Kevin
11-11-2013, 22:44
Hot chocolate - Feral Bill's recipe sounds good, but replace the instant coffee with brewed. Float a marshmallow on top, stir with a peppermint stick. Rum or peppermint schnapps optional.
Old Hiker
11-11-2013, 23:18
Any instant name brand.
Buy the large canister.
Mix 2 spoons (+/-) instant coffee with 3 -4 (+/-) teaspoons hot chocolate mix into an empty 8 oz. marshmallow fluff jar. Fill jar up with those proportions or whatever you like.
Mix 3-4 spoons of mix with a mug of hot water.
atmilkman
11-12-2013, 00:11
Anybody got that recipe of BirdBrains with butterscotch pudding mix in it. That's a good one.
Rocket Jones
11-12-2013, 06:56
Nido, cocoa powder, sweetener of your choice and a touch of cayenne pepper.
susiecruise
11-12-2013, 21:19
Start with powdered whole milk. Add cocoa powder, sugar, a bit of cinnamon, and a bit of instant coffee. Proportions to your taste.
Make that ghiradelli's cocoa!
michaelosborne
11-12-2013, 21:30
Just do Swiss miss and some hot water.
Tuckahoe
11-12-2013, 22:12
I have always thought that the best hot chocolate was made from Hershey's cocoa powder, and if I were looking for a recipe I would use this...
https://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipe-details.aspx?id=5672&name=Hot-Cocoa-for-One
Alligator
11-12-2013, 22:42
A packet and a half instead of one. Add hot water and stir. I often drink it at breakfast to sneak a few extra calories in.
annamagpie
11-12-2013, 23:43
I'm kinda digging the m&m s and hot water idea-- and thanks for the recipes!
Wise Old Owl
11-12-2013, 23:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0SOYol1xTE
If making it from scratch, try using powdered sugar instead of regular sugar.
And definitely check out the Trader Joe's variety of hot cocoa mix.
I see the chemistry experiments that often pass as Hot Chocolate in the U.S. aren't going unnoticed by everyone as chemistry experiment concoctions.
German GF in college pointed this out to me one Valentines's Day when I bought her a large Hershey's KISS. She pointed out that what I was giving her was basically chocolate flavored sugar and who know's what else. We still had a great Valentines Day though. :D Later that yr, at Christmas her relatives back home in Germany and Switzerland sent us some high quality chocolate(and Hot Chocolate) from Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. No comparison. Most U.S citizens are clueless when it comes to what they are OFTEN eating when the label says hot chocolate or chocolate.
I mix real plain cocoa powder(which is quite bitter,) with some powdered cane sugar(agave syrup also can work), real vanilla, dash of fine sea salt, tiniest dash of nutmeg, some powdered milk and a dab of real whipped cream and small sprinkle of cinnamon on top. Shot of coffee and Sambuca, Frangelica, or peppermint Schnapps on special occasions and it completes the snowshoeing, skiing, and boarding day.
Different cocoa powders have different tastes. Try high quality UNSWEETENED Mexican and Guatemalan cocoa powders as different bases and don't be afraid to twist it up by trying with a bit of cayenne pepper as the people do where cocoa trees are grown.