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Hot chocolate bombs decorated as Rudolf and Christmas trees some with white chocolate and some with dark chocolate

Hot Chocolate Bombs

This is seriously the best hot chocolate bombs recipe you can make! Hot chocolate bombs offer a fun and entertaining way to make hot chocolate.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 6 Bombs
Calories 397 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¼ cup instant nonfat dry milk
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup Dutch processed cocoa
  • 1 ½ cup mini-marshmallows (optional)
  • 10 ounce bag candy melts color of your choice
  • 6 cups Milk, steaming hot note: one cup needed for each bomb

Instructions
 

Hot cocoa filling

  • Mix together the dry milk, powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Sift through a sieve to remove any lumps. Set bowl aside.

Bomb shells

  • Pour candy melts into a heat-proof bowl.
  • Place 1" of water in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
  • Set bowl of candy melts over the simmering water. Note: bottom of the bowl should not be touching the water and the water should not be boiling.
  • Stir candy melts every few minutes until melted. Remove from heat.
  • Using a silicone pastry brush, paint the candy melts into the silicone sphere mold. This is a thin coat - a second coat will be added after the first coat sets.
  • Place molds in refrigerator for 10 minutes or until candy melts are set.
  • Paint a second coat of candy melts in the sphere mold. Make sure to cover any thin spots. Place molds back in refrigerator for another 10 minutes.
  • Gently remove the spheres from the mold by pushing up gently from the bottom. Use gloves to prevent fingerprint smudges.
  • Lightly heat the bottom of a cake or sheet pan by placing on a stove burner or using a kitchen torch. Place one of the spheres, round side up, on the warm surface until it just begins to melt.
  • Place this sphere on a cookie sheet and fill with 2 tablespoons cocoa mix and 10 - 12 mini marshmallows.
  • Place another sphere on the warm pan until it just begins to melt. Immediately place this sphere on the filled sphere. These melted edges should line up and create a bond between the two spheres. Repeat for remaining spheres.
  • Decorate as desired.
  • Place bomb(s) in a mug, heat milk until steaming and slowly pour over the bomb. Wait a few minutes then stir until melted. Note: check the temperature of the drink before serving to children to ensure it isn't overly hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 397kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 19gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 259mgPotassium: 923mgFiber: 3gSugar: 45gVitamin A: 940IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 625mgIron: 1mg
Keyword hot chocolate bombs, hot cocoa bombs
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