Today I’m bringing you another kid friendly recipe sure to please! I don’t know any child who doesn’t love hot chocolate, but very few who have gotten to make their own hot chocolate mix. This is a recipe from my first grade teacher, Mrs. Menotti. We made it as a class when I was six years old and then everyone got to bring a sampling of mix and the recipe home. I was so thrilled when Mama then went out and got the ingredients for us to make, too!
As a child, we used to mix up a batch of this at the start of each winter and it would last the entire season. I’m letting my kids mix it up and then packaging it into little kits to give as “snowman soup”, another great gift idea for classmates, friends, family, or anyone else your children would like to offer a special thank you to!
You will need: instant powdered milk, powdered coffee creamer, Nestle’s Quick (Although I would have gladly gotten a generic chocolate milk powder if they would have had one!), and powdered sugar. As always, exact quantities are at the end of this tutorial!
Now we’re just going to pour all ingredients into large bowl or my trusty red dishpan!
Katy pours in the powdered milk…
Brady adds the powdered coffee creamer
Katy adds the confectioner’s sugar….and only a small cloud poofed up when she dumped it all!
I had to step in to stir it because they were a bit zealous and we had random sprays of powder being shot out..
When you are done it will look like this! This one batch made over 45 servings!
Now, to make your snowman soup, I measured out a heaping 1/3 cup of mix into a sandwich zipper seal bag.
I then folded the bag over and taped it and added ten marshmallows, two kisses, and a small candy cane.
Next, I packaged it in one of those clear party treat bags and folded the top over, stapling the tag with the poem to it! Voila! Snowman soup, ready to give! I left the title letters open so your kids could color them in if they like!
Ingredients
- 1 Box Instant powdered milk The size that makes 8 quarts
- 1 – 6 ounce jar powdered coffee creamer
- 1 – 2 pound box Nestle’s Quik
- 1 pound powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in large container. Store in sealed container until ready to use.
- To make hot cocoa, fill mug 1/3 full with mix and add hot water, stir.
Snowman Soup
This is a popular and very thoughtful gift. If you’d rather not make homemade hot cocoa mix, the idea works just as well with an individual packet of store bought hot cocoa mix!
To make Snowman Soup, place 1/3 Cup mix into sealed bag (or an envelope of store bought mix) and package with a small candy cane, ten miniature marshmallows, two chocolate kisses, and tag with instructions and poem. There are several poems available online but this is my favorite and printer ready tags (with poem) are available here!
(This one recipe made over 45 servings!)
Other Gift Mixes:
How cute! I love all the dumping pictures!
oooh! This was the recipe I was looking for, after losing my copy!
This looks like such a cute item to give my nieces and nephews attached to the top of their gifts.
The pictures of the kids are very cute!
simply awesome!!
Thanks Christy, I love your blog! Connor loves the pictures! He misses his Katy! We’re making these for Christian’s class.
Such a cute name for it!
This is so cute! I really wish my kids were little and I was a room mom again! My daughter doesnt like it so much when I come up there now that shes a sophmore! LOL! I’m gonna make this anyway!!
This is the exact recipe that I use each year except I kick it up a notch…I add 1 package instant chocolate pudding to the mix. For my daughter’s fall wedding a couple of years ago we did single servings of this recipe and substituted flavored coffee creamers. We chose carmel vanilla, but I have also done hazelnut. They were both heavenly!
What a cute idea!! I can’t wait to make some of these!
The weather is cold and dreary. This snowman soup is the perfect fix for that. Having so many friends at work and wanting to give everyone something is impossible unless I use one of your creative ideas. Thanks again for sharing.
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My kids have received these a few times from friends at school. We never tried to make them ourselves though. Great directions you give on making them. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
This is a GREAT one!!!
I am going to make a bunch of these gifts up to give out at my Christmas open house this weekend. I will probably do the s’mores kit, too.
Thank you!
I am so glad you put a Hot Chocolate mix in here, that has been the popular drink at work for the last month or so here in GA since the temperature has dropped…I don’t work with any coffee drinkers so everyone does hot chocolate and they are serious about it too! I will have to make up some of this and wow them. I have just become addicted to the hot spiced cider mix that is in the store beside the swiss miss. Can’t wait to see what else you have coming this week, you are awesome!
Thanks! I just want you to know how much I appreciate your blog. You have a wonderful attitude, great ability, and appeal that cannot be measured. You are truly blessed and a blessing to me & all who delight in the food or drink that I prepare because you suggested it or showed me how! Granted this one I have made but have never presented it as a gift to be shared with others. THANK YOU for showing us how to be grateful for what we have and how to share it with others.
I posted a recipe for Snowman Soup on my blog too! The kids in my son’s class thought it was the best ever.
I’ve done something similar to this before. Of course, I used the prepackaged hot chocolate and added a soft peppermint stick, a little baggie of marshmellows, and put in a cute little Christmasy coffee mug with the little Snowman Soup rhyme (which was worded a little different, too).
Next time, I’ll have to try your hot chocolate mix! Sounds yummy!
Ohh – i love these little kits like these!
-DTW
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Those are too cute. I think I may have to make those for the kids in my Sunday school class. I teach the 4&5 year old class and they would love it.
Going to give this a try as an activity for this Sunday’s class of 7 and 8 year olds……….Bet they will love it. Keep the ideas coming.
I was just talking to my husband yesterday about what a special treat it was as a kid for us to have hot chocolate!!!
Christy, I leave your cookbook on my kitchen counter and use it almost everyday. I have tried several recipes from apple butter to evening parmesean chicken last night and love them all.
My daughter is so excited about getting to make this and give everyone in her class “Snowman Soup”. Thanks Christy!
Thanks for another gift idea! I love all of them.
Love it! We just made the kits. I got creative and bought snowman cups and gift bags from Walmart. We put it all in the cup and the cup into the bag, then stapled the poem on the bag. Fun!
I love how you get your kids involved in the gift making and giving. They’re so cute!
I tried your chocolate gravy this afternoon for lunch (I know it’s a breakfast food, but it’s also chocolate which means you can eat it any time of day). It’s so delicious! Both kids had second helpings, of course. 🙂 I also tried the hot chicken salad from your cookbook, using tuna instead of chicken. That also turned out fabulous. Man, every Southern Plate recipe I try is delicious! You’re awesome!
This is the perfect thing for my little girl to do for her teachers and friends. She will feel so wonderful being able to make this herself. Thank you for all your fun recipes! Can’t wait to try this out and many more!!!
Yay! I have been looking for a good hot chocolate mix that I can give for Christmas this year. My family has decided to nix BUYING gifts and everyone is MAKING something (probably food) and I wanted to make a hot chocolate gift for everyone!
Ok, I don’t have any kids, but I know a lot of Kids at Heart and I think I might make this just for the smiles of it! I would get the biggest kick if someone handed me “snowman soup!” Thanks for turning your passion into smiles for so many, Christy!
This is such a cute idea!! I came across your website orginally looking for a good southern, easy version of chicken and dumplings recipe for my sick husband. When I happened to notice your snowman soup kit! It sounds like a perfect little party favor for our daughter’s birthday party. Since we live in San Antonio, she has been going on and on with her infatuation with snow (mind you she has never seen or experienced it aside from TV) so she is going to squeal in delight when she gets to help me make! Her party is in a a week but it will be an outside party (only in texas can you have an outdoor party in the winter) and after mindless plastic toy shopping I was about to give up on party favors! But this will be PERFECT!! Thank you!
I am just so excited about the snowman soup. I am planning on making these for my 4 grandchildren for Christmas. We always make reindeer cookies for Santa to eat on Christmas Eve and after looking at your recipe for Monkey Bread I believe we will have to try that also. Just love all of your gift ideas!