Kick Off the Holidays With Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix

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The holiday season is in full swing! Gingerbread houses are being decorated, lights are shining brightly on the trees, and families are starting to get into the spirit. It’s time to gather around the fireplace with hot cocoa in hand.

If you’re looking for a new flavor of hot chocolate mix, this Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix recipe is just what you need. Get ready to make some memories together as you enjoy your favorite holiday tradition!

Is Gingerbread only for Christmas?

We seem to be stuck on the concept of enjoying gingerbread only during the holiday season. Bustle explains it well:

According to Epicure & Culture, gingerbread was sacred, and the only time it was allowed to be made by the general public was during Christmas and Easter. So, that’s probably why it’s seen as a Christmas delicacy. It’s all in the timing. And once an association builds, it’s just hard to shake.

Christmas and Easter? I will say that the yummy flavors of gingerbread can give you almost a religious experience. The smell that wafts through the house when you are whipping out a batch of baked goods can transport you to a place of serenity. The popularity of it only increased with nods to acknowledgment in things like the story of Hansel and Gretel. An entire house made of gingerbread? Soon Gingerbread houses were a Christmas Fixture.

Why is Gingerbread so Dark?

One word: Molasses. Being dark in color, it tends to enhance the colors of the darker spices like allspice and cloves, to make a wonderful rich color.

Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

When looking for a Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix Easy Recipe, I came up pretty short. I wanted something I could make from scratch, having a Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Mix as a base, and be able to blend both that delightful combination of spices as well as the creamy goodness of warm chocolate.

In the past, I have made various taste treats like my Gingerbread House Cookies They Will Rave About and even my Gingerbread Oreo Truffles. I wanted to incorporate some of that same magic into my Easy Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Recipe – even having it possible to whip up at practically a moment’s notice…starting with a simple spice kit.

Yes, this recipe is for a Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix using cocoa powder. I think that helps make it richer in flavor when you are savoring your final product. This is really a smaller container as you are talking about less than a cup of total powder.

This mix is perfect for keeping on hand to whip up a batch of this yumminess and by making it in advance? You save all the putsy-futsy time from getting the spice shakers out to measure bits.

You will need:

• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ⅛ tsp. ground cloves

Combine all spices and keep in a smaller air-tight container.

I like to make 4-5 of these gingerbread hot cocoa mix packs together at one time, so I have it on hand for when that snow day hits and we want the yumminess. It saves you roughly five minutes in your prep time, but that just means you get to treat yourself even faster!

This spice mix will be shelf-stable for a while – so if winter passes and you haven’t used it? You will be fine for the following winter.

Gingerbread Hot Chocolate Mix Ingredients

• 4 cups 2% milk
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 tbsp molasses
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 1 Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Mix (recipe above)

In a medium saucepan add all of the ingredients.

Stir to combine.

Place the saucepan over high heat and cook until it is beginning to boil, then reduce the heat to low while stirring occasionally.

Remove from the heat, pour your gingerbread hot chocolate mix into the mugs.

Top with whipped cream and enjoy!

OK- I may have gone a bit over the top with a fun sprinkle mix and a little gingerbread cookie with his candy cane. It is up to you how you choose to dress it up.

There are even gingerbread people Peeps that you could use!