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Diy Winter Hot Chocolate Bombs
Diy Winter Hot Chocolate Bombs
"Get cozy with some DIY Winter Hot Chocolate Bombs! These exploding balls of hot cocoa and chocolate will warm you up on even the coldest days! 1 12-ounce bag Wilton Light Cocoa Candy Melts Hot Chocolate Mix Mini marshmallows Sprinkles Some additional tools you may need: Glass bowls Mini half-circle silicone mold Piping bags To make your hot chocolate bombs, add your candy melts into a glass microwave-safe bowl and microwave at half power for 30 seconds. Stir the candy melts and continue microwaving 30 seconds at a time and stirring after each time. Repeat until the chocolate is completely melted and creamy. Scoop about a teaspoon of the chocolate into one of the cavities and spread it throughout the whole half-circle. Try to spread evenly so that no chocolate pools at the bottom of the cavity. Add chocolate to the remaining cavities and spread the same way as the first. Then put the molds in the freezer for 2-3 minutes to set the chocolate. Remove the molds from the freezer and add a second layer of the melted chocolate. This time, spread the same way but focus more on the edges so they are nice and stable when you try to put them together. Put the molds back in the freezer again for another few minutes until the chocolate is set. Take the remaining chocolate and add it to a piping bag for later. Very carefully, push the chocolate out of each of the cavities, starting with the edges and pushing out the center of the circles last. Add a heaping tablespoon of your hot chocolate mix to 6 of the half-spheres as well as about 5 mini marshmallows and some sprinkles. Use the prepared piping bag to pipe some chocolate on the edge of a filled half and while it’s wet stick an unfilled half on top to close the sphere. Hold the sphere together for about 15-seconds to make sure that it shuts together tightly. Place the closed hot chocolate bomb on a plate and drizzle some melted chocolate on top. Add some sprinkles and give them a little press so they stay on tight. Repeat this process with the remaining hot chocolate bombs and let them set until the chocolate is hardened. To use the hot chocolate bombs, place on in a mug and pour warm milk right on top of the seam. Give the hot chocolate a quick stir and watch your chocolate bomb explode!"
Serves6
Preparation Time30 min
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To make your hot chocolate bombs, add your candy melts into a glass microwave-safe bowl and microwave at half power for 30 seconds. Stir the candy melts and continue microwaving 30 seconds at a time and stirring after each time. Repeat until the chocolate is completely melted and creamy. Scoop about a teaspoon of the chocolate into one of the cavities and spread it throughout the whole half-circle. Try to spread evenly so that no chocolate pools at the bottom of the cavity. Add chocolate to the remaining cavities and spread the same way as the first. Then put the molds in the freezer for 2-3 minutes to set the chocolate. Remove the molds from the freezer and add a second layer of the melted chocolate. This time, spread the same way but focus more on the edges so they are nice and stable when you try to put them together. Put the molds back in the freezer again for another few minutes until the chocolate is set. Take the remaining chocolate and add it to a piping bag for later. Very carefully, push the chocolate out of each of the cavities, starting with the edges and pushing out the center of the circles last.
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Add a heaping tablespoon of your hot chocolate mix to 6 of the half-spheres as well as about 5 mini marshmallows and some sprinkles. Use the prepared piping bag to pipe some chocolate on the edge of a filled half and while it’s wet stick an unfilled half on top to close the sphere. Hold the sphere together for about 15-seconds to make sure that it shuts together tightly. Place the closed hot chocolate bomb on a plate and drizzle some melted chocolate on top. Add some sprinkles and give them a little press so they stay on tight. Repeat this process with the remaining hot chocolate bombs and let them set until the chocolate is hardened. To use the hot chocolate bombs, place on in a mug and pour warm milk right on top of the seam. Give the hot chocolate a quick stir and watch your chocolate bomb explode!
