Low Fat Instant Hot Chocolate Mix (with Variations)

In many overseas countries i've noticed there are a huge range of instant hot chocolate mixes available in a multitude of flavours. By instant I mean all you need to add is water and you have a cream hot-chocolatey beverage. In Australia though all our hot chocolate mixes require to be mixed with hot milk (except for Jarrah brand hot chocolate which I personally detest as it has artificial sweetener in it that tastes horrible to me).

This isn't so great if you are camping or doing fieldwork outdoors like I do everyday. So i've come up with these recipes to make my own. Homemade is even better that bought anyway as it is easy to adjust the ingredients to your taste or to make them lower fat or lower calorie as necessary.

For all these recipes simply stir together the ingredients and store in an airtight container for future use. To make hot chocolate then just add 3 tbs of hot chocolate mix per cup with boil water and stir.

Basic Skinny Hot Chocolate Mix

1 part hot chocolate powder

5 parts skim milk powder

Hot Coco Mix

1 part coco powder

1 part sugar

10 parts skim milk power

This recipe can be adjusted to have less sugar or to have an artificial sweetener instead if that is what you'd prefer.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix

1 cup Hot Coco Mix or Basic Skinny Hot Chocolate Mix Powder (see recipes above)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon all spice

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

pinch of black pepper

1/4 teaspoon ground chilli powder

Amount of spices can be adjusted to suit your taste.