Hot chocolate bombs have been *blowing up* in popularity this year. It’s like regular hot chocolate, but cooler, and filled with more marshmallows and toppings.
Turns out, you can make these yourself at home with relatively few ingredients and materials, and it’s a fun project to do as a family or in a group. These easy homemade hot chocolate bombs are perfectly customizable and possible to do in relatively little time. You can make them with kids that are home on break, give them as gifts, or make them for guests that might be visiting. Or make them for yourself to enjoy! Hot chocolate and a Christmas movie? Yes, please.
To start, you just need some kind of sphere to create your mold. Personally, I used a lemon. You’re going to take two sheets of tin foil and tightly mold it around your object to create two even (ish) halves of a mold. Fold the edges of the foil flat so that there is a clear edge for you to form with the chocolate.
Melt chocolate chips and using a brush, a spoon, or your finger, evenly cover the inside of both halves of your mold. Pop them into the freezer for just a few minutes, and then do a second coat of chocolate. It’s very important to coat the edges well so that when you pull the tin foil away, you don’t crack the molds. If this happens, patch it with more melted chocolate.
Once the second coat of chocolate has set, gently peel the foil away from your molds. With two halves of a mold, the hard part is done! Fill one half with hot chocolate, marshmallows, and any other treats you’d like. Using a small ziplock bag, fill a corner with the remaining melted chocolate and cut a small hole in the end. Use this to pipe chocolate between the two halves of the mold to seal them up.
Decorate the top of your easy hot chocolate bomb with more melted chocolate, sprinkles, candy canes, or any other sweets. When ready to enjoy it, just heat milk up for 2 minutes in the microwave and drop the bomb in and watch it melt!
Optional to add liquor of choice into the hot chocolate once its made 🙂
For an extra festive evening, make a boozy holiday drink to make while you work on these! I love mixing Skrewball peanut butter whiskey with dairy-free eggnog, and sipping on that while baking, decorating, or wrapping. Check out my recipe for it here!
Easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Bombs
Equipment
- tin foil
- sphere to mold (ornament, orange, ball, etc)
- food-safe paintbrush
- small ziplock bag
- cupcake liners
Ingredients
- 2 C chocolate chips I used semi-sweet but milk chocolate will work too
- 1/2 C hot chocolate mix
- mini marshmallows
- toppings- sprinkles, caramel, candy canes, white chocolate, Oreos, etc
Instructions
- Start by obtaining a sphere that you can mold your hot chocolate bombs to. Ideally, it should be as large as a lime, but small enough that it fits in a standard mug. I used a Christmas ornament for my mold. If your object is not clean, or can't be washed, wrap it tightly in saran wrap first
- To make your mold, take two sheets of tin foil and fold them in half. Use both sheets to form around the object tightly, creating two half spheres. Fold back the extra foil so that you have a clean line to form the edges.
- In a microwave-safe mixing bowl, add 1 C of chocolate and microwave in 20-second intervals, mixing each time, until the chocolate is melted but not too hot
- Paint the chocolate into both halves of the mold, ensuring that it covers the foil evenly. Place the molds into the freezer for 5-10 minutes and then paint a second coat of chocolate onto the edges and anywhere that seems thin. Freeze for another 5-10 minutes
- Gently peel the foil off of the chocolate to remove the mold. If the chocolate starts cracking, paint more on to the affected areas and re-freeze
- Once you have two chocolate halves, fill one half with 1-2 tbsp of hot chocolate mix, mini marshmallows, and any other toppings you desire
- If needed, heat up the second cup of chocolate the same as before. Scoop the melted chocolate into the corner of a small ziplock bag and snip a very small hole in the corner of it
- Set your empty half shell on top of your filled shell, and use the "piping bag" of chocolate to attach the two halves. Use your paintbrush as needed to smooth out or fill any gaps. Place back into the freezer for another 5-10 minutes
- Once your chocolate bomb is formed, use the remaining bag of chocolate to drizzle on top, and decorate with any sprinkles, crushed candy canes, caramel, or toppings desired.
- Keep these hot chocolate bombs separate from each other and safe from the heat of your hands by storing them each in their own cupcake liner
- When ready to use, heat a mug of milk in the microwave for 2 minutes and drop your hot chocolate bomb in. Stir as necessary
