Got a hot chocolate lover in you? Or maybe you’re thinking of whipping up a nice treat in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day. Whatever it is, these inspired hot cocoa bombs are the perfect thing to try out.
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Tips to make these hot cocoa bombs
Making hot cocoa bombs may seem daunting, but it is actually not! In fact, you’ll need just a few supplies to make these, and once you make them, there’s no going back. Plus, they’re super versatile and you can tweak them, play a bit with the sprinkles and colours based on what you have, and what kind of mood you’re in.
Since these are themed around St Patrick’s Day, they are green and covered in green and white sprinkles!
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supplIES for the st patrick’s Day hot cocoa bombs
- 1 ½ Cups Green Melting Wafers
- ½ Cup White Melting Wafers for the drizzle (you can also use white chocolate chips)
- Hot Chocolate Mix (approximately a tablespoon per bomb)
- Dehydrated Marshmallows (you can also substitute with regular mini marshmallows if desired)
- St. Patrick’s Day Sprinkles
- Silicone Moulds
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HOW TO MAKE THese hot cocoa bombs
Step 1 MELTING CHOCOLATE
Using a bowl and the microwave, heat your green melting wafers in 30-second increments until your wafers have melted and become smooth.
STEP 2 COATING SILICONE MOLDS
Once your wafers are melted you will want to coat your silicone molds, making sure that all of the sides and bottom is well coated. You can use a spoon for this process but another good option is a decorating brush made for baking.
STEP 3 sET tHE moLDS
Place the mold in the fridge and allow for the bomb halves to set up. This will take approximately 30 minutes.
STEP 4 fILL THE coCOA bOMBS
Once your hot cocoa bomb halves have set you can then pop them out of the molds and fill them with the hot chocolate contents. Which for this set is regular hot chocolate mix and mini dehydrated marshmallows. This amount will make 3 bombs so you will want to fill 3 with your mix and leave 3 for making the top.
STEP 5 SEAL THE RIMS
Using a plate heated by the microwave, or a pan on the stove, melt the rim of an empty green bomb half and place it on top of one of the filled sides. Allow the wafers to set.
STEP 6 ADD SPRINKLES
Using piping bags or a filled Ziploc bag, drizzle on your white chocolate over the top, sprinkle with your St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles and allow it to set up again.
Note: We also did a layer of green drizzle, if you want to do this you will need to allow your first color drizzle to set, drizzle the next color and then add your sprinkles.
STEP 7 aDD COCOA BOMBS TO hOT chOCOLATE
To make the hot chocolate add 1 hot chocolate bomb to a mug and pour 8-10 ounces of milk over top or you can drop your bomb into a mug of hot milk. Stir until melted.
St Patrick's Day Hot Cocoa Bombs
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Green Melting Wafers
- ½ Cup White Melting Wafers for the drizzle (you can also use white chocolate chips)
- Hot Chocolate Mix (approximately a tablespoon per bomb)
- Dehydrated Marshmallows (you can also substitute with regular mini marshmallows if desired)
- St. Patrick’s Day Sprinkles
- Silicone Moulds
Instructions
- Using a bowl and the microwave, heat your green melting wafers in 30-second increments until your wafers have melted and become smooth.
- Once your wafers are melted you will want to coat your silicone molds, making sure that all of the sides and bottom is well coated. You can use a spoon for this process but another good option is a decorating brush made for baking.
- Place the mold in the fridge and allow for the bomb halves to set up. This will take approximately 30 minutes.
- Once your hot cocoa bomb halves have set you can then pop them out of the molds and fill them with the hot chocolate contents. Which for this set is regular hot chocolate mix and mini dehydrated marshmallows. This amount will make 3 bombs so you will want to fill 3 with your mix and leave 3 for making the top.
- Using a plate heated by the microwave, or a pan on the stove, melt the rim of an empty green bomb half and place it on top of one of the filled sides. Allow the wafers to set.
- Using piping bags or a filled Ziploc bag, drizzle on your white chocolate over the top, sprinkle with your St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles, and allow it to set up again. Note: We also did a layer of green drizzle, if you want to do this you will need to allow your first color drizzle to set, drizzle the next color and then add your sprinkles.
- To make the hot chocolate add 1 hot chocolate bomb to a mug and pour 8-10 ounces of milk over top or you can drop your bomb into a mug of hot milk. Stir until melted.
Notes
If you are using bigger molds, you will need to use more green melting wafers. This recipe amount will make 3 bombs but you will have ingredients left over to make additional ones.
If you bomb halves don’t sit evenly together you can always take additional melting wafers and add some around the rim to get a complete seal on your hot cocoa bomb.
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