Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

4 cups Whole Milk Powder*

1 tablespoon Corn Starch*

1½ cups of Sugar or Splenda etc.*

1 cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 cup of Mini-Sized Semi-Sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips

1 cup of Powdered French Vanilla Creamer

¼ teaspoon of Salt

Mix all of the ingredients in one large tub until well blended.

* Corn Starch is to thicken it and for creamy silky texture

* You can use Sugar, Splenda or whatever kind of sweetener you prefer that measures same as sugar.

If you’d rather use Powdered Sugar use 2½ - 2¾ cups

* Whole milk powder such as pictured below to make it rich and creamy and let's face it, tastes way better than the non fat kind. You can substitute with the non fat kind if needed though. 

To make Cocoa:

Add 3-4 tablespoons or how ever much to your taste and liking of the homemade hot cocoa mix to a mug or cup of HOT water or milk and stir well! 

Add a sprinkle of cinnamon, some marshmallows, whipped topping, peppermint candy cane, or marshmallow fluff if desired! Enjoy!

Notes

Makes one very large air tight container of cocoa mix, approx 8 cups

Enough to last a large family a few months! 

 

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Horchata

Horchata Recipe

This horchata recipe is a perfect drink to pair with all your Mexican-inspired dishes! Whether you're hosting Cinco de Mayo or spending a day by the pool, you'll love this refreshing, cinnamon and vanilla-infused sweet beverage served over ice!

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Resting time: 8 hours

Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients 

• 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice , rinsed
• 4 cups water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 4-8 Tablespoons granulated sugar , plus more to taste
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

• In a blender, blend the rice, water, and cinnamon stick for about 1 minute. or until the rice breaks up. Pour into a pitcher and let sit overnight.
• Pour the rice mixture through a very fine mesh strainer or cheese cloth into a separate pitcher. Discard the rice.
• Stir in the milk, 4 Tablespoons sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Taste and add more sugar and cinnamon, as desired. Chill in the refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Add ice to cups and pour horchata over top. Serve immediately.

Notes

Storage: Store in a covered pitcher in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. 

 

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PUMPKIN LATTE

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup strong coffee
• 2/3 cup (5 fl.-oz. can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Fat Free Milk
• 1/4 cup LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
• 1 to 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon

IN THIS RECIPE

NESTLÉ® CARNATION® EVAPORATED FAT FREE MILK

LIBBY'S® 100% PURE PUMPKIN

INSTRUCTIONS

COMBINE coffee, evaporated milk, pumpkin, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in 2-cup microwave-safe glass measure or small saucepan. Heat until very hot (if using stove, use medium-low heat and stir occasionally). Carefully pour into mugs.

TIP: To make a foamy top to your latte much like your favorite coffee house creation, prepare as above. Carefully transfer hot mixture into blender container; cover with lid and then hold down lid with folded towel or potholder. Blend for 1 minute.

Makes two 8-oz. servings

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Winter Sore Throat "Tea"

Winter Sore Throat "Tea" 

Make sure you have some of this ready...great recipe for sore throats and chest colds 

makes about 2 cups
◾2 lemons thoroughly cleaned and sliced
◾2 piece of ginger about the size of your pointer and middle finger together sliced into coin size pieces
◾Honey (about 1 cup-maybe more)

In a 12-16 oz. jar combine lemon slices and sliced ginger. Pour honey (organic is best) over it slowly. This may take a little time to let the honey sink down and around the lemon and ginger slices. Make sure when the honey has filled in all the voids, there is enough to cover the top of the lemon slices. Close jar and put it in the fridge, it will form into a "jelly". To serve: Spoon jelly into mug and pour boiling water over it. Store in fridge 2-3 months.

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Hot Caramel Apple Cider for grown ups!

Hot Caramel Apple Cider for grown ups. 

4 mug’s worth of Apple Cider 
1 mug’s worth of Caramel Vodka, 
1 tablespoon Cinnamon, 
1/4 cup Brown Sugar. Perfect for fall :) 

Mix all of the ingredients above in a large pot. 
2. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally until liquid just begins to steam (don’t over heat or else the alcohol will burn off). 
3. While cider is warming up, take your mugs or glasses and rim them with brown sugar. 
Pour cider into your rimmed glasses, serve and enjoy!

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Bomb Pop Punch

Bomb Popp Punch (recipe invented by Melissa K. Urbain)

 

1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Cherry mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Lemonade mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix
2 qt water
7 cups water
3-3 1/2 cups sugar
1 container lemon sherbert or sorbet
1 2ltr lemon lime soda pop or Cherry 7up

1. Mix 2 qt water, 2 or 2 1/2 cup sugar (make it as sweet as you want), cherry and lemonade mix together in 4 qt pitcher, chill for several hours.
2. Mix blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix and 7 cups water with 1 cup sugar poor into ice cube trays and freeze.
3. When ready to serve, poor cherry lemonade mixture into punch bowl, add the lemon lime soda, lemon sherbert or sorbet and blue ice cubes!
4. All done, and very little sugar!

**NOTE**
If you wanna "SPIKE THE PUNCH" add 2 bottles of Mikes Hard Lemonade and 4 shots of 99 Black Cherries! or more depending on your taste! ENJOY... Yummmmmmmmmm!

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DIABETIC RECIPE for BombPopp Punch

Bomb Popp Punch (recipe invented by Melissa K. Urbain)

1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Cherry mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Lemonade mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix
2 qt water
7 cups water
3-3 1/2 cups Splenda
1 container lemon sherbert or sorbet
1 2ltr Diet lemon lime soda pop or Diet Cherry 7UP

1. Mix 2 qt water, 2 or 2 1/2 cup splenda (make it as sweet as you want), cherry and lemonade mix together in 4 qt pitcher, chill for several hours.
2. Mix blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix and 7 cups water with 1 cup splenda poor into ice cube trays and freeze.
3. When ready to serve, poor cherry lemonade mixture into punch bowl, add the lemon lime soda, lemon sherbert or sorbet and blue ice cubes!
4. All done, and very little sugar!

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Diabetic Punch Recipes

DIABETIC ORANGE CREAM PUNCH

 

1 pkg. unsweetened orange drink mix (I use Kool-Aid)
1 2/3 c. Splenda (or another diabetic sweetner)
1/3 tsp. vanilla (little more or less, your taste)

1 2ltr Diet Ginger Ale or 7Up (optional) adds a little fizz

Mix drink mix & Splenda together well in 2 quart drink pitcher. Fill to top with water. Mix well again. Stir in vanilla. Stir again. Cover and chill for 2 to 4 hours or until cold. Serve over sugar free or reduced sugar vanilla ice cream, or put liquid in punch bowl with scoops of ice cream added.

 

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Diabetic Ocean Breeze Punch

 

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups Splenda
• 14 cups water
• 1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened lemonade mix
• 1 (46-ounce) can unsweetened pineapple juice, chilled
• 1 (2-liter) bottle diet ginger ale, chilled

Directions

• Stir together first 4 ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher;
•  pour evenly into 5 ice cube trays, and freeze at least 8 hours.
• Combine pineapple juice and ginger ale; serve over raspberry ice cubes. 

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Blueberry Pineapple Punch

INGREDIENTS:

1 bottle (2-liter size) Diet Sprite
1 can (46 ounce size) chilled unsweetened pineapple juice
1 package blueberry Kool-Aid with Nutrasweet or Splenda

Mix all together chill poor into punch bowl.

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Bomb Popp Punch (recipe invented by Melissa K. Urbain)

1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Cherry mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened Lemonade mix
1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix
2 qt water
7 cups water
3-3 1/2 cups Splenda
1 container lemon sherbert or sorbet
1 2ltr Diet lemon lime soda pop

1. Mix 2 qt water, 2 or 2 1/2 cup splenda (make it as sweet as you want), cherry and lemonade mix together in 4 qt pitcher, chill for several hours.
2. Mix blue raspberry lemonade or Berry Blue mix and 7 cups water with 1 cup splenda poor into ice cube trays and freeze.
3. When ready to serve, poor cherry lemonade mixture into punch bowl, add the lemon lime soda, lemon sherbert or sorbet and blue ice cubes!
4. All done, and very little sugar!

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Party Punch

Punch Recipe #1

Ingredients

• 1/2 gallon sherbet ( I prefer lime)
• 1 (64 ounce) cans pineapple juice
• 1 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale
• Orange Juice or Citrus Juice (optional)

Directions

1. Thaw the sherbet slightly, but not until it is melted; it just makes it easier to mix up this way.
2. Add sherbet to punch bowl.
3. Add Pineapple Juice.
4. Add Ginger Ale (some people might prefer sprite or 7-up).
5. Then ENJOY.

 

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Punch Recipe #2

Ingredients

• 12 ozs orange juice concentrate (frozen orange juice concentrate thawed)
• 2 liters lemon lime beverage (carbonated, chilled)
• 46 ozs pineapple juice (chilled)
• 1 qt sherbet (orange, pineapple)

Mix all above together like recipe #1

 

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Blue Punch Recipe # 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

• 12 gal hawaiian punch drink (Blue)
• 1 l lemon lime beverage (carbonated, 7-Up)
• 12 pt sherbet (pineapple)
• 6 ozs apple juice (frozen into ice cubes

Same as #1 instructions

 

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Ocean Breeze Punch

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (0.22-ounce) envelope unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade mix
• 7 cups water
• 1 (6-ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 1 (46-ounce) can unsweetened pineapple juice, chilled
• 1 (2-liter) bottle ginger ale, chilled

Directions

• Stir together first 4 ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher; pour evenly into 5 ice cube trays, and freeze at least 8 hours.
• Combine pineapple juice and ginger ale; serve over raspberry ice cubes.

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