I bought my cousin a cool travel coffee mug for Christmas this year (one of those neat ones that look like a paper coffee shop cup), but that didn’t seem like a whole present. So, at the last minute today, I whipped up some Peppermint Mocha mix to go with it.
Pulverize 5 or 6 candy canes in a food processor (or crush in a ziploc bag.)
Add one cup of powdered sugar.
Add one cup of dry non-dairy creamer.
Add all the cocoa in the house. About 3/4 cup of special dark cocoa.
Run the food processor for a few minutes until it’s all mixed. You can also just stir it in a large bowl, but that can get messy.
Then I just scooped it into a mason jar and decorated the lid with some Chirstmas scrapbook embellishments. I added a little note inside the coffee mug that said:
Peppermint Mocha
Mix 3-4 tablespoons of the dry mix into 8 oz. of hot water for cocoa, or into 8 oz. of coffee for peppermint mocha.
I also added some chocolate-dipped stirring spoons to decorate the wrapping. You can find my tutorial for the spoons here.
Sorry I didn’t take a picture of the finished product. I really mean this was last minute!
I love theme gifts, especially when they're homemade. Now homemade mocha – can't get much better than that (sigh).
Yummo! Thanks for linking this at Kimba's… I usually make hot chocolate mix, but this sounds better!
Yum! That sounds great-better try that!
Cute! I wonder if you could get away with not adding the powdered sugar? I love peppermint mocha, but I try to avoid a lot of sugar. Thanks for the idea!
Oh I like that idea…I love the thought of stirring it into my coffee…I've been spending a small fortune at Starbucks on their Minty Mocha's!!!! 🙂
I made this according to your directions (good way to use up those last few candy canes!) but we found it a bit thin–I guess we’re used to a milkier sort of hot chocolate. I’m going to stir in some milk powder and see if that helps.
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Oh my gosh!!! Looks so good.
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Thanks for your return visit–yes, a cupful of milk powder did help.
Sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing!!