Hot cocoa Coloring Pages

Warm drinks for cold days

Hot cocoa is a sweet, warm drink made by dissolving cocoa powder in milk or hot water.
When you drink it on a cold winter day, it warms you up deep inside.
If you put marshmallows or whipped cream on top, it becomes a special treat.
It is a popular drink with everyone, from kids to adults!

Hot cocoa comes from cacao beans

Hot cocoa is made from cacao beans, just like chocolate.
People roast and crush cacao beans, remove a little fat, and turn them into powder. That is cocoa!
The cacao tree first grew in the warm forests of Central and South America.
Long ago, people in Central America crushed cacao beans to make a bitter drink.

How cocoa powder came to be

Cacao beans contained a lot of oil, so they were hard to dissolve in water just as they were.
In 1828, a Dutch person figured out a way to press the oil out of cacao beans, and easy-to-dissolve cocoa powder was born.
After that, Hot cocoa came to be enjoyed all around the world.

Floating marshmallows

When you float marshmallows in Hot cocoa, they melt from the heat and turn into a sweet cream.
In America, having Hot cocoa topped with marshmallows is a popular choice on cold days.
Around Christmas time, many families enjoy it together with gingerbread men and cookies.

Hot cocoa's smell

When you pour Hot cocoa into a cup, a sweet and yummy smell spreads out. Just smelling it makes you feel nice and relaxed.

3 Coloring pages

There are 3 coloring pages.
The 1st page is Hot cocoa in a mug with marshmallows on top. The mug has a snowflake pattern on it.
The 2nd coloring page shows Hot cocoa, cookies, and a cat looking outside by a window where you can see a snowy town.
The 3rd page is a detailed coloring page with Hot cocoa, cakes, and a knitted scarf set in a living room with a fireplace.
Pair these with the coloring pages for a winter kotatsu or knitted gloves and scarf, and enjoy making cozy winter pictures!

Use Two Browns for Hot Cocoa

First, color your Hot cocoa with brown. Then, add dark brown near the rim of the mug to make it look rich and deep!
If you leave a thin white line of light on the top, your Hot cocoa will look smooth and creamy.
Leave the marshmallows white, and just add a little bit of light pink or light blue for shadows.

Color the Mug Any Way You Like

Using red or green for your mug makes it feel like Christmas! Using light blue or white makes it look like a snowy day.
If you leave the snowflake patterns white, they will pop out and shine against the color of your mug!
Check out the Snowflake coloring page to see all kinds of fun snowflake shapes.

A Cozy Room and the Chilly Outside

Color the inside of the room with warm colors like orange, yellow, and brown.
Use light blue or dark blue outside the window to make it look cold. This will make the room look even warmer and cozier!
Layer red, orange, and yellow for the fire in the fireplace to make it look like it is flickering.

The Table in the 3rd Picture

For the cupcake in the 3rd picture, use pink or light blue for the frosting and red for the wrapper to make a cute treat!
Color the ball of yarn and the scarf in progress with the same color so everyone knows they go together.
Color the Christmas Stocking above the fireplace with red, white, and green.
For the wood grain on the table, color it light brown first, and then layer some brown here and there!

The difference between Hot cocoa and chocolate

Chocolate is a solid treat made with plenty of "cocoa butter," which is the fat from cacao beans.
Hot cocoa is made by taking out some of that fat and turning it into powder.
It is amazing that a tasty treat to eat and a drink can come from the same cacao beans!

Pure Hot cocoa and mixed Hot cocoa

There are two kinds of Hot cocoa sold at stores: "pure Hot cocoa," which is made of only cacao, and "mixed Hot cocoa," which has sugar and powdered milk added.
Pure Hot cocoa is bitter, so you add sugar and milk to make it as sweet as you like.

Tips for making delicious Hot cocoa

When you use pure Hot cocoa, first mix the Hot cocoa and sugar with a little bit of milk to make a smooth paste. Then, add warm milk a little at a time so it does not get lumpy.
Always make it with an adult when you use the stove!

Where do cacao beans come from?

Cacao beans grow in warm countries near the equator.
Ivory Coast and Ghana in Africa are countries that grow a lot of cacao beans.

Cacao fruit

The fruit of the cacao tree is shaped like a rugby ball and grows right on the trunk! Inside, there are about 30 to 40 beans wrapped in white fruit pulp.