Today I’m bringing you another kid friendly recipe Snowman Soup, which is 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!
Ingredients You will need for Snowman soup:
- 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!)
- Powdered sugar. As always, exact quantities are at the end of this tutorial!
Now we’re just going to pour all ingredients into a large bowl !
This beautiful young lady pours in the powdered milk…
Adding in the powdered coffee creamer
Add the Nesquick and confectioners sugar.
Mix it all up!
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. Voila! Snowman soup, ready to give! And if you are crafty you can add the poem below!
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.
Nutrition
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:
Oh.My.Goodness! is this hot chocolate goooood! I mixed up a batch and handed it out to the women at my church – they loved it. We plan on using it on Thanksgiving morning when we have a Fun Run at our church to benefit the local soup kitchens & shelters. We were looking for an absolutely delicious hot cocoa to serve with coffee after the run, and I think this is it. I found chocolate creme flavored powdered coffee mate and used that. Thank you so much for posting this recipe!
I am so glad you like it Sharon!!! I hope the event goes well!!
Christy, this mix recipe brings back memories of early grade school for me, you know, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 🙂 My friends and I felt so grown up giving little jars of this as gifts. You’ve inspired me to think about making nostalgia themed gift boxes for Christmas this year. A container of this cocoa mix with some mix-ins on the side, a container of Russian Tea mix. Not sure what else but I’m sure I’ll see something on your blog or in your book Sweetness that will beg to be included. 🙂 Again, thanks Christy!
Love this recipe and can’t wait to let the grandkids help me make it. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I hope y’all have a wonderful time and make lots of memories!!!
Will make this with my Pathfinders { scouts }
and deliver them to the community as a
community project…..attach a Bible Verse to them
Blessings
Nevermind… I bought the stuff and made it… just didn’t realize it would take up so little room in the sandwich bag.. I did just as you said, folded it over, taped it, then added the rest 😀 Thank you for the great recipe!!
I’m kind of confused! The directions say,” 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.”
What did you add the marshmallows, kisses and candy cane to? A separate packet? Drop them loosely in the treat bag? I know it’s late and I’m tired, but I cannot figure out how you added the items to a bag you had folded over and taped.
I just bought the stuff to make this but I add Peppermint Mocha Coffeemate, mini chocolate chips, and crushed peppermint to my mix. Put it in jars and give it as gifts. Thanks for posting. I means I don’t have to go hunting for your recipe!!