Christmas Cocoa {a DIY gift}

I recently attended my friend’s early December wedding. She was gorgeous, the wedding was gorgeous – it was just a really beautiful, really incredible day all around. I think what impressed me most was her thoughtful attention to detail.

The favor we left with was a small mason jar filled with Starbucks hot chocolate, marshmallows, and chocolate chips – decorated to match her color scheme. Beautiful and functional. I love those kinds of favors, and of course I love hot chocolate.

So I stole her idea and added a couple personal Christmas-y touches to make a few gifts. This would be perfect to give a teacher, a neighbor, or for your Christmas hostess. And because it was so simple to put together, I was able to enlist the help of my boys. Serious wins all around.

The starlight mints could be included crushed or whole. You could also substitute in candy canes.

What you’ll need

• Ingredients for Martha Stewart’s Hot Chocolate Recipe
• Marshmallows
• Chocolate Chips
• (unwrapped) Starlight mints
• Quart size mason jar
• 5/8″ ribbon
• Cardstock
• Christmas ornament (if you want to fancy it up)

How to make it

• Follow the recipe instructions for Martha Stewart’s Hot Chocolate Recipe (I doubled it for 5 quart-size mason jars).
• Place 2 cups of hot chocolate mix in the bottom of the mason jar.
• Layer 1 cup marshmallows, 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 20 starlight mints.
• Close the jar and attach recipe card (and Christmas ornament if using) with ribbon.

I attached a smaller version of our Christmas card to the front of the jar (2.5X3″ approximate size).

I placed some packaging tape in the corner of both cards before punching to make them extra sturdy.

All the recipient has to do is add warm milk and enjoy!

About christinetrevino

I am a stay-at-home, work-from-home new mom.