Get your favorite mug ready for the perfect cup of hot chocolate! These hot chocolate balls make great gifts (if you can bear to give them away).
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- These easy hot cocoa bombs are perfect for a cold night.
- A festive and fun way to celebrate a winter holiday with family or friends.
- Fun to make and kids love them.
Making DIY hot cocoa bombs is fun! They are a great way to express your creativity as well as make homemade gifts for your loved ones.
It's fun to watch the chocolate spheres break open and release all the goodies inside when hot milk is added!
🧾 Ingredients
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- Dark chocolate chips
- Irish Cream hot chocolate mix
- Sprinkles of choice
🔪 Instructions
- Heat for 30 seconds on medium power, stir and repeat in 15 second intervals until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Cover the inside of the molds with a layer of melted chocolate using the back of a spoon.
- Refrigerate until firm.
- Gently remove from the molds and fill half with Irish cream hot cocoa mix.
When you are ready to put the hot chocolate bomb halves together you'll carefully put one half, edge side down, in a hot pan. This melts the edge and makes it adhere to the other half.
- Seal the chocolate sphere halves together.
- Use a little melted chocolate to add sprinkles.
- Chill to harden.
- Add to hot milk.
☕ How to use
Just drop one in a cup and pour hot milk over the top. The hot cocoa bomb will melt and release all the hot cocoa mix inside. Stir.
🥄 Equipment
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🥫 Storage
Store in a parchment paper-lined airtight container for up to one week at room temperature. Or, you can store them in the fridge for up to one month.
📖 Variations
- Add a few mini marshmallows to the hot cocoa bomb before sealing it up.
- Switch out the dark chocolate and use white chocolate instead.
- Spike it with an ounce or so of Bailey's Irish Cream or your favorite liqueur.
- Add some chopped-up milk chocolate for an even richer taste.
- Use your favorite flavor of hot cocoa to change up the flavor of these.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: Using gloves while working with the hot cocoa bombs will keep fingerprints off them and they'll look prettier.
- Taking time to add a second layer of chocolate (after the first has chilled) will make them stronger.
- Use any kind of hot milk you like: coconut milk, regular milk, low-fat milk, cashew milk, oat milk, etc.
- Since we aren't tempering the chocolate the bombs can discolor after a few days. They'll still be delicious.
- The number of chocolate bombs you get is somewhat determined by the size of the mold you use. These are the large molds.
- If you are not used to working with melted chocolate, you can use chocolate candy melts instead as they are easier to work with.
- You can use a warm plate, to help melt the edges the chocolate spheres to stick them together.
👩🍳 FAQs
Nope! They can be held at room temperature unless it's hot in your house.
Yes. Freeze them in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
Milk should be used for best tasting results.
You want the sphere to be large enough to hold your hot chocolate mix and any additions like marshmallows that you plan on adding.
📚 Related recipes
- If you love a rich and warm drink, then this Bailey's Irish Temper is the recipe for you. Try dropping one of these into it!
- Copycat Starbucks Caramel Latte is warm, comforting, and full of sweet caramel flavor.
- Mexican Hot Chocolate is a creamy and spicy drink that will warm you up from the inside out.
🍽️ Serve with...
- Lasagna Soup has all the flavors of this family-favorite casserole in a comforting and warm full of soup.
- Fazoli's Breadsticks are soft and flaky and bursting with garlic flavor.
- Double Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake is fudgy, moist, and filled with sweet chocolate flavor, you can never have too much chocolate right?
📞 The last word
This hot chocolate bombs recipe can be decorated for any holiday - it's fabulous for Valentine's Day and Christmas, too.
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📖 Recipe
Irish Cream Hot Chocolate Bombs
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- 10 oz dark chocolate chips, I used Ghirardelli
- 8 oz Irish Cream hot chocolate mix, or 6 packets
- 4 oz sprinkles
Instructions
Melt Chocolate
- Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl.
- Heat for 30 seconds on medium power, stir, and repeat until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Fill the Molds
- Add a spoonful of melted chocolate into the cavity of each mold.
- With the spoon or a soft pastry brush pull the chocolate up the sides of the mold and thoroughly cover the entire insides of each.
- Place in the refrigerator to set for at least 10 minutes.
- Remove the mold from the refrigerator and use just enough melted chocolate to thicken just the inside edge of each of the molds. You want to use a pastry bag, if possible, and add a double layer right at the top of the mold. This will strengthen the seam when you put the two halves together.
- Set back in the refrigerator until hardened.
- Take out of the refrigerator and remove each chocolate from mold carefully. Set aside.
Assemble
- Using a small frying pan, heat the pan over medium heat for approximately 20 seconds - just enough to warm it up.
- Place one of the chocolate halves upside down in the frying pan to melt off just the edge and create a smooth, flat edge that's melty.
- Carefully remove after just a few seconds and place on a wire rack. If it gets to soft it will collapse so be careful. Fill the chocolate half with the Irish cream hot chocolate mix, approximately 1-½ tablespoons per bomb (one 1.5 oz packet).
- Place another empty half shell upside down on the frying pan and melt the edges for just a few seconds until smooth.
- Place that half immediately on top of the half filled with hot chocolate mix. Set in place and gently press together.
- Using a clean finger, smooth the seam to clean up any excess chocolate and to cover any thin edges.
- Set aside. Repeat with all remaining chocolate halves.
Decorate
- Place the remaining melted chocolate, place in a piping bag or a sandwich bag. Snip off a very small hole in the tip and quickly drizzle the melted chocolate across each of the bombs.
- Immediately cover with sprinkles before the chocolate sets.
- Allow the chocolate to harden before removing and storing.
To Use
- Place the bomb in a mug. Slowly pour over 8-12 ounces of hot milk. Stir until the chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Enjoy!
Notes
- Add a few marshmallows to the hot cocoa bomb before sealing it up.
- Taking time to add a second layer of chocolate (after the first has chilled) will make them stronger.
- Use any kind of hot milk you like: coconut milk, regular milk, low fat milk, cashew milk, oat milk, etc.
- Since we aren't tempering the chocolate the bombs can discolor after a few days. They'll still be delicious.
- Add marshmallows if you like.
- Add some chopped up milk chocolate for an even richer flavor.
- The number of bombs you get is somewhat determined by the size of the mold you use. These are the large molds.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
First published February 27, 2021. Last updated February 1, 2022 for readability and better tips and instructions.
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