Hot Chocolate Bombs
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Simple and easy homemade hot chocolate bombs are a great holiday gift and drink for the cold weather. Let’s learn how to make this homemade easy hot chocolate bombs recipe with a few ingredients.
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Ingredients
- 1 bag milk chocolate chips (Net Weight 11.5 oz or 326 g)
- 12 tablespoons hot chocolate powder
- 1 cup marshmallows (Small)
Decoration:
- ½ cup white chocolate chips (For drizzling on the balls)
- 2 pieces peppermint candy canes (Crushed)
- 1 tablespoon sugar sprinkles
Drink:
- 9 cups milk (Around 1-1.5 cups for each hot cocoa ball)
Instructions
- Unwrap two peppermint candy canes, break it down and put it in the plastic bag. Then, use a meat mallet to mash and crash it into small pieces.
- Pour 1-2 cups of water into a pot. Turn on medium small fire.
- After that, place a heat-safe bowl on top of the pot. Then, put a bag of milk chocolate chips (11.5 oz or 326g) in the bowl.
- Keep stirring and mixing until the chocolate melts consistently. (It is around 2 to 3 minutes.)
- Next, take a big scoop, a tablespoon full of melted chocolate into the mold and spread around the dome shaped silicone mold. Repeat this step and fill 12 of them because you can make around 6 hot chocolate balls.
- The following step, put the silicone molds with chocolate in the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
- After, remove the chocolate from the silicone molds and place it on the plate. (If you don’t want any fingerprints on the chocolate balls, I suggest wearing plastic gloves and working on them. )
- Put a plate in the microwave and warm it up for 1-2 minutes. Then, put the dome shaped chocolate on the warm/ hot plate to smoothen the edges a little bit. Don’t need to put too long, just smooth it a little bit. After, put the 1.5-2 tablespoons of hot chocolate powder into the dome shaped chocolate. (See details in the video below the recipe card.)
- Place 10-12 small marshmallows.
- Take the other dome shaped chocolate and smoothen the edges on the warm plate. Then, put over half of the chocolate with hot chocolate powder and marshmallows from step 9 immediately. If there is some chocolate around the edges, use a finger to move around the chocolate ball. Repeat and finish 6 hot cocoa balls.
- Put ½ cup of white chocolate chips into the bowl and over the pot with water. (Like in step 2 and 3.) Turn on medium small fire.
- Use a fork and keep stirring until the white chocolate chips melt. Remember don’t drizzle the white chocolate over the balls when the melted chocolate is hot. Wait for 5-10 minutes, when it’s not hot. However, it is not too long before the melted chocolate becomes hardened again. If the chocolate is hardened, melt it again.
- When the white melted chocolate cools off, use a fork to drizzle the chocolate over the top of the cocoa ball.
- Decorate the top with crushed candy canes or sprinkle with sugar sprinkles.
- Repeat steps 13 -14 and finish decorating 6 hot cocoa balls.
- Lastly, place a hot cocoa bomb into a mug. Warm up 1-1.5 cups of milk into a microwave for 2 minutes. Pour the hot/ warm milk into the mug. The hot chocolate bomb will melt and marshmallows will come out and float on the top.
Notes
- I like to use Ghirardelli premium of chocolate chips for hot chocolate bombs. Any high quality brand of couverture chocolate will work.
- Also, I like to melt the chocolate chips over the stove with water in a pot and the bowl of chocolate chips over the pot.
- Take a big scoop, a tablespoon full of melted chocolate into the silicone mold and spread around the dome shaped mold.
- You can do a thin layer first and let it harden a little bit and apply another layer.
- Remember do not make it too thin because it will break easily.
- After that, put the mold with the chocolate into the freezer for 20-30 minutes.
- If you don’t want any fingerprints on the chocolate balls, I suggest wearing plastic gloves and working on them.
- Then, remove the chocolate from the mold after freezing.
- The edges are not pretty and smooth; therefore, put a plate in the microwave and warm it up for 1-2 minutes. Put the dome shaped chocolate on the warm/ hot plate to smoothen the edges a little bit. Don’t need to put too long, just smooth it a little bit.
- After, put 1.5-2 tablespoons of hot chocolate powder into the dome shaped chocolate and add 10-12 small marshmallows.
- Take the other dome shaped chocolate and smoothen the edges on the warm plate and put over the other half of chocolate immediately.
- If there is some chocolate around the edges, use a finger to move around the chocolate ball.
- Melt the white chocolate chips over the stove.
- Remember don’t drizzle the white chocolate over the balls when the melted chocolate is hot. Wait for 5-10 minutes, when it’s not hot. However, it is not too long before the melted chocolate becomes hardened again. If it is hardened, melt the chocolate again.
- Lastly, sprinkle some sugar sprinkles or crushed candy canes over the top of white chocolate.
- If you want to have a nicer and even decorated chocolate line over the balls, you can pipe the melted chocolate on the balls.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
473kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
14g
(28%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
40mg
(13%)
Sodium
436mg
(18%)
Potassium
527mg
(15%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
55g
(110%)
Vitamin A
601IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
474mg
(47%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 473 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 473kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 436mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 527mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 55g | 110% |
| Vitamin A | 601IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 474mg | 47% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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