February 20
Another recipe.
Homemade chocolate milk. It's actually more like chocolate milk concentrate.
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup half and half
1/4 c sugar
1/4 c good cocoa powder
Put all ingredients in a small saucepan, wisk on med heat until cocoa and sugar are dissolved. About 5-10 minutes. At this point it won't be hot, just warm. Then pour into some sort of container with a lid and store in the refrigerator.
A couple of suggestions:
When serving, I mix equal amounts of this and plain milk - one serving at a time.
I only have one kid, so this amount lasts us quite a few days. If you have more than one kid, you might want to make more.
There aren't alot of groceries that I splurge on, but cocoa powder is one. And it's not like it's going to break the bank if you buy the good cocoa. I think this container was around $4 and it lasts awhile.
If you are going to make it into hot cocoa to drink right away, just add more milk to your saucepan and heat to your desired temp.
The concentrate is also really good, heated up and mixed with freshly brewed coffee.
And, obviously, you don't have to make it concentrated. I just like that I don't have to have a huge container of chocolate milk in my fridge. And when Brent drinks it, he likes it more chocolatey than what I serve to Emmett.






















