We decided on homemade gifts for the grandparents this year. Alanna made Christmas Cocoa "all by herself". Here are the photos of our efforts.
Alanna started by putting her handprint on each jar. We used green acrylic paint (available from Michaels--Apple Barrel brand is normally what we get). Acrylics are great for using on glass because once the paint is dry it won't wash off the glass, but it washes off skin well with some soap and water.
Then we gathered our ingredients multiplied by enough to make 24!! jars (12 large and 12 small--they ended up being great teacher gifts as well)2 Cups Dry Milk
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 Cup Baking Cocoa
1/2 Cup Flavored Non-Dairy Creamer (the CoffeeMate creamers come in a lot of different flavors and worked great. We ended up with Hazelnut, Vanilla Caramel, and our favorite Vanilla Cinnamon)
Dash of Salt
Mini Chocolate Chips
Mini Marshmallows
and LOTS of Love!
Alanna did all of the whisking herself once I measured in the ingredients. We found a whisk actually worked better than a spoon to distribute the powders more evenly.
Once the ingredients were mixed the next step was layering the jars. We used a cup to scoop with and a funnel to pour the powder into the jar.
We added in a layer of mini chocolate chips followed by a layer of mini marshmallows about a third of the way up the jar, and then again near the top. For the larger jars we had three layers, the smaller had two.
Of course we had to taste each flavor after we made a batch just for quality control purposes ;)
The finished product included a ribbon around the lid, a label on the top and was accompanied by a recipe sheet which included mini photos of the process so everyone could see how Alanna had made it just for them.
Alanna did all of the whisking herself once I measured in the ingredients. We found a whisk actually worked better than a spoon to distribute the powders more evenly.
Once the ingredients were mixed the next step was layering the jars. We used a cup to scoop with and a funnel to pour the powder into the jar.
We added in a layer of mini chocolate chips followed by a layer of mini marshmallows about a third of the way up the jar, and then again near the top. For the larger jars we had three layers, the smaller had two.
Of course we had to taste each flavor after we made a batch just for quality control purposes ;)
The finished product included a ribbon around the lid, a label on the top and was accompanied by a recipe sheet which included mini photos of the process so everyone could see how Alanna had made it just for them.
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