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Homemade Hot Cocoa (Refined Sugar Free)

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Brittany Xavier
Dec 22, 2025
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My kids love hot cocoa, but I refuse to buy those store-bought packets. Most of them are filled with corn syrup solids, fillers like maltodextrin and cellulose gum, and the “light” versions often have artificial sweeteners like sucralose. Not exactly what I want to be giving my kids on a cozy winter night. This homemade version takes about two minutes and you can feel good about the ingredients:

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