Make Your Own Hot Cocoa Bombs

I ended making all of this batch of bombs with just regular semi-sweet chocolate chips, but I also bought white chips, so I plan to go back and make a few more with that. 

For this batch though, I made four kinds: chocolate cocoa with marshmallows, chocolate cocoa with mini peanut butter cups, chocolate cocoa with Andies Candies, and peppermint cocoa with crushed candy canes.

You can do this in the microwave, but I found using a double boiler (or a pot of simmering water on the stove that the glass bowl of chocolate can sit on top of) worked best, because it kept my chocolate melty while I worked on other steps of the process. This way, I didn’t have to keep putting it back in the microwave to re-melt.

I bought  these affordable molds from Amazon, and they worked perfectly for this project.

I found that the back of a round soup spoon worked the best. I placed about a tablespoon of chocolate in each mold, and then used the back of the spoon to coat all sides of the mold, concentrating around the rim area. You want to make sure the chocolate is not too thin there, so you can properly seal them together later.

I coated the molds once, then placed them in the fridge for about 10 minutes, before repeating the process. This helped insure there were no thin or weak spots.

The silicone molds are stretchy, allowing you to gently pull on them to carefully remove the chocolate shells.

In one half of a shell only, I placed 1 tablespoon of hot cocoa mix, and my mix-ins. Leave the half of the shell empty that will be the top of the bomb.

I placed a skillet on the lowest setting on my stove. You could also warm a plate a mircowave safe plate until just barely warm.

Pick up the empty half of the chocolate bomb and place it on the warm pan for a couple of seconds, just until the edges soften.

Then, push the two halves together until the chocolate cools and the edges seal together.

I wanted the top to clearly reflect the flavor of the Hot Cocoa Bomb. To accomplish this, I just drizzled more warm chocolate across the top of the sealed bombs, then pressed the candies and sprinkles into the wet chocolate on top.

I wrapped my finished Hot Cocoa Bombs in cellophane treat bags, and stapled a cusomized label to the top for gift-giving.

You can visit my blog, The House on Silverado, to see where I got this free printable!

Niky @ The House on Silverado