The Ultimate Hot Cocoa Kit

Once I saw this super creative homemade gift idea, Gingerbread House Cookie Kit, from Bee in our Bonnet featured on eighteen25, I knew what I was going to do as a special homemade present to my tween’s Girl Scout leaders.

It inspired me to create The Ultimate Hot Cocoa Holiday Kit! I picked up a couple craft organizers, lined each compartment with parchment paper, and filled each one with a delightful cocoa accessory. Love it!

Here is what I filled mine with (from top to bottom, left to right):

Homemade vanilla marshmallows (I used this recipe from Smitten Kitchen)
Sugar wafers
Rolled double chocolate wafers
Crushed peppermint candies
Malt powder (I put in a small treat bag with a twist tie)
Dark chocolate shavings
Shortbread biscuits
Baileys® Irish Creme

I then hand wrote labels for what each accessory was, and tied a few packets of Starbucks Hot Cocoa Mix (in different flavors) with a spoon on the top with some pretty holiday yarn. After making a couple of them, I realized they are a few other people I need to make these for. So fun, easy, festive and delightful! Who is on your homemade holiday list? This makes a great teacher, neighbor, sister, mother homemade gift! Enjoy!

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Pauline Molinari

I'm a crafty mompreneur with an affinity for pink. With a fine arts degree, over 15 years experience in children's publishing, and a savvy, stylish, sassy tween daughter, I come armed with perspective and passion to inspire tween girls and their mothers through creativity.

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This entry was posted on December 15, 2011 at 9:34 am and is filed under Blogroll, Christmas craft ideas, Cooking Corner, Craft ideas, DIY. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

5 Responses to The Ultimate Hot Cocoa Kit

udandi on December 15, 2011 at 11:30 am

I LOVE this idea and so timely as I’m giving a hot chocolate machine to someone on my list and have cocoa mix and chocolate dipped spoons, but this would put it over the top! Thanks for sharing.

- Pauline Molinari on December 15, 2011 at 11:33 am
  
  Thanks for the great comment! I had so much fun making them – and it was my first attempt at homemade marshmallows – so satisfying! I love chocolate dipped spoons! I am going to have to try that next!
  
Jenn from Much to My Delight on December 21, 2011 at 3:31 pm

This is an absolutely ridiculously adorable idea! Thank you so much for the inspiration!!

MsTwixt on January 26, 2012 at 11:03 pm

Totally fab! What a great DIY gift. You could adapt this for other teacher gift ideas – kind of like a teacher’s tackle box.

Aditi on February 15, 2013 at 10:52 pm

I love the idea.I will try it.