Homemade Chocolate Milk Powder
I love Nesquik chocolate milk powder, I have bought it twice and enjoyed every bit of it. But it is pretty expensive. So I decided to try chocolate milk powder at home and when I tried it for myself, I was surprised to see how easy it is to make at home. I made this and enjoyed a cup of cold chocolate milk. I am telling you, it is way much better than store bought. Plus you know what is going in your milk. And it is healthy drink for your kids who loves chocolate milk. Great as an after school drink.
About Chocolate Milk Powder Recipe
Chocolate milk is one of the most loved beverage of choice amount kids and adults. Though it is easy to make chocolate milk at home, you will be finding many brands of chocolate milk mix in stores. We pick them for convenience and taste. But did you know it is super easy to make chocolate milk powder at home just like my pancake mix, instant coffee mix and chocolate pudding mix. You will be needing 3 ingredients to make chocolate milk powder at home. Technically if you leave out salt, you will be needing just 2 ingredients, cocoa and sugar. Using the correct proportion of this ingredients helps to create delicious chocolate milk powder. If you are concerned about using white sugar, you can check my chocolate milk syrup which I made using jaggery. The only thing you have to remember is, try to get the best quality cocoa powder you can afford. I have tried this with many brands of cocoa powder and loved the powder made with Hershey’s. I think it is the best. The milk can be made either with hot or cold milk as you prefer, but I like to enjoy it with cold milk.
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Chocolate Milk Powder Ingredients
Cocoa - try to get the best quality cocoa powder you can afford. I have tried this with many brands of cocoa powder and loved the powder made with Hershey’s. You can pick high quality cocoa of choice. Sugar - The texture and taste of chocolate milk is great when it is made with white sugar. Brown sugar may make everything clump up. So I don’t recommend using brown sugar. You can opt to unrefined sugar instead of refined sugar. Salt - this pinch of salt helps enhance the taste of the chocolate milk powder. For Making Chocolate Milk - mix 2 to 3 tbsp of chocolate milk powder with 1 cup of hot milk and enjoy.
One Mix Makes Both Cold & Hot Chocolate Milk
You can make hot chocolate milk or cold chocolate milk depending on your taste. Cold Chocolate Milk - I would recommend to make this in a blender. Take your blender jar, add 1 cup of cold milk, 2 to 3 tbsp of chocolate milk powder and blend for 30 seconds. Pour the chocolate milk over some ice cubes and enjoy. Hot Chocolate Milk - for making this, simply mix 2 to 3 tbsp of mix with little hot milk or water and use a frother or spoon to mix till lump free. Now pour more hot milk and mix well. Enjoy.
How to Make Chocolate Milk Powder (Stepwise Pictures)
Ingredients
1)Take your three ingredients used to make chocolate milk powder recipe. Best quality cocoa, sugar and some salt.
Making Chocolate Milk Powder
2)Take sugar in a blender. I am using white sugar, you can use unrefined sugar as well. 3)Add in cocoa powder. Try to use best quality cocoa powder for maximum chocolate taste. 4)Add a pinch of salt. This salt enhances the taste of the chocolate milk powder. 5)Now that everything is added in the blender, powder them till fine. You have to make sure the sugar is powdered fine so it dissolves almost instantly when you mix with hot milk. 6)Chocolate milk powder is powdered. 7)This is the texture you want. 8)Once chocolate milk powder is done. Store them in an air tight container.
How to Use Chocolate Milk Powder
Cold Chocolate Milk
You can make hot chocolate milk or cold chocolate milk depending on your taste. If you want to make cold chocolate milk, I would recommend to make this in a blender. Take your blender jar, add 1 cup of cold milk, 2 to 3 tbsp of chocolate milk powder and blend for 30 seconds. Pour the chocolate milk over some ice cubes and enjoy.
Hot Chocolate Milk
1)For making hot chocolate milk. Take some chocolate milk powder in a serving cup. 2)Add few spoon of hot milk and mix well. 3)This steps helps prevent the cocoa powder from getting lumpy. 4)Now pour more hot milk or cold milk and mix well. 5)Enjoy.
Expert Tips
I don’t recommend using brown sugar, because it might make the chocolate milk mix lumpy. You can use whole milk, soy milk, almond milk or oat milk for making chocolate milk. For making cold chocolate milk. add cold milk, chocolate milk mix and ice in blender and blend. If you are making this for adult. You can add 1 tbsp of instant coffee powder as well.
Storage
This chocolate milk mix can be stored in an air tight container at room temperature for 2 to 3 months.
Is Chocolate Milk Healthy for Kids?
This is the most debated question. Even though homemade chocolate milk mix is way healthier than store bought because it is free from preservatives and other stuffs. But it is safe to limit this occasionally because of the added sugar.
What are the ingredients in chocolate milk?
Store bought ready mix might have added chemicals and preservatives. But homemade is made just cocoa, sugar and salt.
How to make chocolate milk better?
If you want a healthy alternative to this, check my chocolate milk syrup made with jaggery and my healthy homemade badam milk powder.
Is chocolate milk powder the same as cocoa powder?
Both are completely different. Cocoa powder is made from cocoa beans while chocolate milk powder has added sugar, milk powder etc. But drinking chocolate powder available in the marker is similar to chocolate milk powder.
What is the best cocoa to use?
Try to get the best quality cocoa powder you can afford. I have tried this with many brands of cocoa powder and loved the powder made with Hershey’s. You can choose Lindt, Ghiradelli or any finest quality cocoa.
How to make big batch or can I double batch this recipe?
Yes you can easily double or triple this recipe. This recipe is easily adaptable.
What is the shelf life for this mix?
This chocolate milk mix can be stored in an air tight container at room temperature for 2 to 3 months.
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