Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Mix

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups Nestle Dutch Cocoa Powder
• 1 Tablespoon Sea salt
• 1 cup dry milk powder
• ¾ cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Instructions

• 1 Cover a baking sheet with a Silpat or parchment paper. Be sure to use a baking
  sheet that has edges, as this has a tendency to spread.
• 2 In a heavy saucepan heat the granulated sugar over medium heat. (Don’t stir it,
  swirl it) Once the sugar begins to melt, gently swirl it by grasping the handle
  of the saucepan and gently swirling the contents until caramelized, (about 15
  minutes)
• 3 Remove it from the heat and add the vanilla, whisk just to combine then pour the
  caramel onto the prepared cookie sheet. Here’s a hint for getting to spread
  evenly, pour it directly into the center of the pan, much like you would pour
  pancake batter onto a frying pan and for the same reason. It will spread out all
  by itself.
• 4 Don’t touch it for about an hour. Once it’s cool and hardened, break it into
  chunks and process it in a blender or food processor until it’s a fine powder.
• 5 Add the cocoa powder, powdered milk, and brown sugar and process until well
  mixed and smooth. Add the sea salt and bittersweet chocolate and process until
  fully combined.
• 6 Yield: This makes about 2 1/2 pounds which will be just about enough to fill 6
  half-pint jars, or 32 (3tbs) servings.
• 7 1 large Mug of your choice
• 8 Milk (or water)
• 9 3 Tbs Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Mix (Heaping!)
• 10 To make a mug of salted caramel hot chocolate combine 3 heaping tablespoons of
  mix to 1 mug of hot milk.

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