A Nice Cup of Hot Chocolate

Yes, this is the group of kids we took to the zoo...if you look closely...you can see three very lucky boys! 

After a fun, but chilly day at the zoo I promised the kids some hot chocolate. Since I refuse to pay 10.00 at the KC Zoo for 4 cups of what I am sure was Swiss Miss, we stopped by the local Walmart to pick some up to make at home. HELLO... all of brands contained corn syrup, and MOST of them contained hydrogenated vegetable oil... that is not my cup of hot chocolate. So I came home to find a new way to have hot chocolate... (we did pick up some marshmallows while we were there. Read the labels... many marshmallows have food dye in them.) 

At home I did a little research on the internet and found Alton Brown's idea of delicious hot cocoa...it is here 

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/hot-cocoa-recipe/index.html

And then I doctored it up. Here is what I came up with

2 cups organic powered sugar
1 cup organic Sucanat
1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup organic dry milk
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cornstarch
Mix together and store leftovers for later

Add to hot water or warm milk

The kids loved it and I was happy that there was no trace of corn or any oils with fancy names like "hydrogenated", because really... there is no room for that in the hot chocolate.. for now we will save that for the marshmallows!

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