DIY Perfect Hot Cocoa Mix (In a jar!)

It is nearing winter time, so to prepare I thought I would share with you my hot cocoa recipe, and for fun, put it in a jar! (Because everything tastes better from a jar amiright?)

• A jar
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips or shaved chocolate
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tbsp cinnamon (optional)
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder (optional)

You can really personalize the ingredients depending on how sweet and spicy you like it, or add marshmallows or coffee!

1. Put cocoa, powder sugar, cinnamon, salt and cayenne into 

your jar! 

(It is definitely better to sift these but I did not think to do it then)

2. Close the cap tightly!

It should look like chocolate terrarium!

3. Shake it up until it is mixed well and you see no clumps!

4. Take your chocolate chips, put them on a cutting board and chop 

them into chunks, or shavings, or little bits, depending on how you like them!

5. Sprinkle them on top of your mix in your jar!

6. Put the top on and add decorations!

Ribbons are optional (unless you are a rad-cool cat like me)

When I make my hot cocoa  I heat up my milk in the microwave for about a minute, remove the bigger chunks of chocolate from on top, and then add about 2-3 tbsp for every cup of milk, but just go crazy, there is no limit to your chocolatey-ness! Then, you can take some of the finer shavings from your chocolate and sprinkle them on top of your milk while it is still hot! They will melt into it and be delicious!

For Connor, Happy Birthday Girlie!

DIY 100% Natural Cinnamon Applesauce Air Fresheners!

Today I will show you how to make 100% natural cinnamon applesauce air fresheners!

• 1/2 cup Applesauce
• 3/4 cup Cinnamon
• Fabric (optional)
• Ribbon  (optional)

1. Measure out the cinnamon and applesauce

2. Stir Stir Stir! Add more applesauce if it is too crumbly,

 and add more cinnamon if it seems too wet! Just balance it out.

3. Pull out a cutting board and spread cinnamon over it.

4. Cover a cookie sheet in wax paper and 

start rolling your dough into balls!

5. Set the oven to 200 degrees fahrenheit and

 the timer for one hour and thirty minutes 

6. Pop em in!

7. Wait! Meanwhile cut your fabric into squares!

8. Pull em out!

9. Place a ball in the center of a fabric square

10. Cinch the fabric and tie it tightly with a ribbon! 

 11. Repeat with the rest of your batch!

12. Hang them and smell the fresh cinnamon!