Can you share or is it posted somewhere here what your NIDO hot chocolate mix is?
Thx!
For regular hot chocolate, use the Hershey recipe. Except instead of fresh milk, add the equivalent of NIDO powder x 2. If you don't want to worry about having vanilla extract handy, make vanilla sugar and use that as a portion of the sugar.
For peppermint, you can either add the extract to the sugar and run it through the dehydrator (low temp, takes about 2 hours). Or get a bag of the "soft" peppermint candies, grind them and add. The soft candies, ground, will dissolve much better. I'd start at one tbsp of ground and work from there.
For rum, I add one tsp extract to the sugar and run it through the dehydrator. Then I just make the mix.
My friends mix it with water to their preference. It tends to work out to about 1/4 c to 8 oz water or 1/3 c to 12 oz.
Again, everyone is different. So feel free ro play with the ingredients. My mom gets an organic chocolate and it's way too rich for me. But she loves it. One friend likes the rum flavoring, but likes it stronger. I just make it to each individual's preferences.
I have one friend that will not let me get him anything for Christmas. But he can't refuse hot chocolate, or the variations. And he seems to enjoy that I can find workarounds for just about any issue he has with them. He is why I learned to get the soft peppermint and to grind it up super fine.
And here's the link to Hershey's recipe.
HERSHEY'S Perfectly Chocolate Hot Cocoa | Recipes