Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb

When life gives you hot chocolate, make a Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb!  Melted dark chocolate and white chocolate painted into dome shaped molds, filled with hot cocoa mix and mini marshmallows makes for one exciting and delicious winter drink that kids and adults will love.  

Happy December friends!  I am so excited to be sharing with you a super festive recipe that you and your kids will love to make, drink and gift to your favorite people.  We all love hot chocolate when there is a chill in the air, but there is nothing more fun that a Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb to take your childhood favorite drink to the next level.  We have loved buying these every year during the holiday season, but we are having even more fun making them in our home and creating our favorite flavors, kid and adult friendly!      

What is a Hot Chocolate Bomb
How do you make hot chocolate even better than it is?  Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb is next level good.  Create two chocolate domes using a silicone mold and melted chocolate and this will be the start of this rich chocolate drink.  Once the chocolate domes have set and the chocolate has hardened, remove the chocolate domes from the molds and fill one dome with hot cocoa mix, mini marshmallows and a variety of fun and festive add ins.  Using a warm plate, place the other half of the dome to melt the edge of the chocolate dome and this will be the glue that sticks the two domes together.  Here is where the magic happens, place the hot chocolate bomb in a mug and pour hot milk over it and you have all the goodness exploding out.  Stir it up and enjoy!   

What Do You Need To Make Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb

Ingredients 

• Chocolate and White Chocolate Melting Chocolate
  Using chocolate or candy melts are going to make a smooth start to your chocolate dome.  Wafers are created to melt easy and harden once they are dry and this is very important when you are making chocolate domes.  If you use regular chocolate you will need to temper the chocolate to be sure that it will harden enough to easily come out of the chocolate molds. I have loved using Ghirardelli Melting Chocolate Wafers for a good quality chocolate that tastes greats and makes a perfect hard shell.    
  
• Hot Cocoa Mix
  Add one tablespoon of your favorite hot cocoa mix to the chocolate shells
• Mini Marshmallows
  Is it even hot chocolate if there are no marshmallows?  Add as many marshmallows as you can fit because there is never enough!

Optional Add Ons
Once you have add your hot cocoa mix and marshmallows to the chocolate domes, customize these to your liking using some festive add ons to enhance your Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb

• Crushed Peppermint
• Mini Chocolate Chips
• Caramel Sauce
• Sprinkles
• Ground Cinnamon 

Silicone Dome Molds
Using a silicone mold is really important to create the smooth round shape.  The silicone makes removing the chocolate dome so easy and fail proof.

Other Chocolate Mold Options 
If you don’t have a silicone more or can’t find one online or in a store, the interior of a small coffee cup or or small rounded bowl lined with plastic wrap work well for a household hack

How To Make Homemade Hot Chocolate Bomb

• Melt the chocolate wafers in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds, stir and continue melting in 30 second increments until the chocolate is melted and smooth
• Add one tablespoon of chocolate in six silicone dome mold cavities 
• Using the back of a small spoon, spread the chocolate up the sides and bottom of the silicone mold to cover it completely (make sure that the chocolate goes up to the edge of the mold)
• Allow the chocolate to set and harden at room temperature or place the silicone mold in the refrigerator for the chocolate to harden quicker (approximately 20 minutes)
• Carefully remove the chocolate domes from the mold and place on a baking sheet 
• Fill three of the chocolate domes with cocoa powder, marshmallows and any optional add ons 
• Using a warm plate, press the other three domes to the warm plate to create a flat surface and to melt the edge of the chocolate dome (the melted chocolate will act like glue to seal the two domes together)
• Place the empty dome onto the filled dome and gently hold to seal the chocolate together.  Run your finger along the seam to spread the melted chocolate and ensure that it is sealed shut
• Drizzle melted chocolate over the top of the chocolate bomb 
• Place the chocolate bomb in a large glass mug and pour hot milk over the Hot Chocolate Bomb
• The chocolate will melt and will be ready to stir and serve, enjoy!  

Festive Holiday Recipes To Go With Your Homemade Hot Chocolate
Homemade Whipped Cream 
Gingerbread Snowball Cookies 
Slice and Bake Christmas Cookies
GF Hazelnut Plum Linzer Cookies 

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