Hot Chocolate Bombs
Hot Chocolate Bombs make cute holiday gifts to give friends and family with real chocolate, homemade cocoa mix, sprinkles, and marshmallows.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate or high quality chips, discs
Hot Chocolate Mix:
- 3 tablespoons powdered milk
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
To Finish:
- 6 cups milk whole
- 1/2 cup heavy cream , optional (this makes it richer)
Instructions
- Add chocolate to a large glass bowl and microwave in 30 second increments.
- Stir between each time you microwave (at first stirring will seem silly, but still stir it).
- Microwave and stir until chocolate is completely smooth and melted.
- Using your hot chocolate bomb silicone mold, add 1 tablespoon of melted chocolate to each half sphere.
- Evenly brush or spread the chocolate around the half sphere.
- Place molds on baking sheet and refrigerate for 5 minutes.
Hot Chocolate Mix:
- While the molds are hardening make the hot chocolate mix.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the powdered milk, powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
- Reserve the marshmallows for assembly.
To Assemble:
- Re-warm the remaining chocolate in the bowl if it's starting to harden.
- Put melted chocolate into a large ziplock bag or a piping bag.
- Remove the chocolate from the molds.
- Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper.
- Add the hot chocolate mix evenly in half the molds.
- Top with the marshmallows.
- Note: You can also add sprinkles in here for a more festive chocolate bomb.
- Pipe some melted chocolate around the second half of the chocolate molds one at a time.
- Place the second half over the filled half and gently press together.
- Wipe excess chocolate away carefully.
- Using the piping bag, zig zag the chocolate over the chocolate bombs.
- Top with sprinkles if desired.
- Let harden at room temperature for 20 minutesor for 10 minutes in your refrigerator.
To Finish:
- Heat milk and heavy cream to just before a simmer, do not let your milk boil.
- Add Hot Chocolate Bomb to a mug.
- Add 1 cup (just over a cup if you're adding the heavy cream) of the hot milk to the mug in a stream on top of the hot chocolate bomb.
- Let sit for 5-10 seconds for bomb to melt, then stir well to combine.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 296
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 296kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 29mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 61mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 388mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 375IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 192mg | 19% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.