Jennifer's Homemade Instant Hot Chocolate

Brrrrrr.......it is just too darn cold! I live in the South for Pete's sake.......I've had to drag out my footie jammies. This is serious.


And when I'm cold, I want hot chocolate. So do my kids. And husband.


Really, we all want it when it's not even this cold. We're addicts. If anyone knows of a 12 step program for hot chocolate addicts, let me know.


Nah, never mind. I would only fall off the wagon.


Anywhoo, since I was making a pot of hot chocolate every couple of days, I decided there had to be a way to get "that taste" and still make it by the cup. And you know what, there was! So grab some sugar, cocoa, milk and a mug and let's have some hot chocolaty goodness.


Ingredients:

2c sugar

2 heaping tablespoons cocoa

Pour sugar and cocoa into a pint jar, cover and shake until blended.


To make a cup:

Put 2 good (to heaping. you decide *g*) tablespoons into a mug, add milk and stir. It won't mix together well, but that's OK. Microwave for 1 1/2 -2 minutes. Remove carefully and stir again. Top with marshmallows, or cool whip. Smile because it was so stinkin' easy to make a yummy cup of cocoa!

I would love to tell you how long a jar of this will keep......but I can tell you that at my house it will only last about a week.

See? We need help.