Melting Chocolate or Candy Melts in an Instant Pot

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1. Add the metal rack that comes with the Instant Pot to the bottom of the pot and turn the Instant Pot on sauté mode.
2. Place 2 cups of water inside the Instant Pot. Place a glass bowl that will fit in your instant pot, which will act as a double broiler.
3. Add the candy melts to the bowl in the Instant pot.
4. Stir the candies until the chocolate has melted completely.

Melting Chocolate or Candy Melts in the Microwave

1. Place candy melts in a microwave safe bowl and heat at 50% power or defrost mode for 1 minute. Remove and stir thoroughly.
2. Return to microwave and heat at 30 second intervals, stirring in between each interval, until candy is melted completely. (usually 2- 30 second intervals is enough)

Melting Chocolate or Candy Melts in a Double Boiler

1. Add a cup of water to the bottom of the pan.
2. Place the the candies in the top pot and turn on heat to boil water.
3. When candies start to melt, stir continually until melted completely.

Assembling the Cocoa Bombs

1. Add the melted chocolate to the greased mold and brush the chocolate onto the side well. Make sure that chocolate is completely coating the inside of the mold.
2. Put in the freezer for five minutes to set.
3. Remove the molds from the freezer and add half a tablespoon of cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of caramel and 4-5 marshmallows per mold.
4. Add additional melted chocolate on top of the marshmallows to close the mold
5. Place in the freezer again for another 5 to 10 minutes until completely set.
6. Very carefully remove the cocoa bombs from the mold by pushing on the backside of the mold until it pops out.
7. Using a spoon, drizzle caramel over each cocoa bomb.
8. Immediately add a pinch of sea salt before the caramel hardens.

To use: place one or two cocoa bombs in a mug and pour hot milk over it to melt the chocolate and release the hot cocoa and marshmallows.

1. Please one or two bombs in your favorite mug and pour hot milk over it to melt the chocolate releasing the hot cocoa and marshmallows.
2. Stir and enjoy! Add additional marshmallows if desired.