Hot Drinks on Cold Winter Nights: Hot chocolate & Wassail Recipes

Fall and winter always mean Hot drink season. Over the years I have tried and tested many recipes for Hot cocoa and Wassail. With the holidays around the corner I thought it would be fun to share my favorite hot drinks for those cold winter nights, snowman making, or Christmas caroling.  First up is my favorite creamy hot cocoa mix just the way we like it!

Cocoa mix

Mix together:

1 C. Dutch Cocoa

2.5 C. Powdered Milk

2 C. Coffee creamer

2 C. Powdered sugar

1 T. Corn Starch

1 Pinch Cayenne Pepper

1t. Salt

Mix together all ingredients.  I like to mix mine in my food processor.  It makes the mixture nice and smooth!

To make Cocoa, Mix 1 cup hot water with 3 T. mix.

To flavor just add your favorite candy or mix in! candy canes, Whip Cream, Andes Mints, or flavored creamer.

For a fun neighbor gift add some cocoa mix to a cute jar and add a label!

For my Wassail recipe I wanted something lite and delicious. Lite Cran-apple Wassail drink.

2c. Apple Juice

 2c. Cranberry juice

2c. Orange juice

1/4 c. pineapple juice

5 whole cloves

1 cinnamon sticks

Pour all ingredients into crock pot and simmer

Serve drink ho,t and garnish with an orange wedge and cranberries

Check out my KPVI appearance making these delightful drinks below.