Hot Chocolate Bombs {Easy Recipe}
These super impressive homemade Hot Chocolate Bombs are so much easier to make than they look. A really fun winter activity and they are perfect for gifting at Christmas too!
Servings: 3 Bombs
Ingredients
For the shells:
- 300 g Milk chocolate See notes
For the filling:
- 3 tbsp Hot chocolate powder See notes
- 3 tbsp Mini marshmallows
To decorate:
- 50 g Milk chocolate See notes
- 1 tsp Vegetable oil See notes
- Sprinkles See notes
Instructions
How to make the shells:
- Melt the chocolate by putting in a microwave-proof bowl and melt for 30 seconds, then stirring for about 30 seconds. Repeat (probably twice) until all is smooth and runny.
- Coat the inside of your sphere moulds. Turn them over and tap the base to shuffle the chocolate down the sides.
- Turn back over, check for any gaps that have appeared (fill with more chocolate if there are any) and pop into the freezer for about 15 minutes.
Filling the bombs:
- Put gloves on if you're using them. Remove the half spheres from the freezer and pop out of the moulds.
- Fill half of them with the hot chocolate powder and marshmallows. (Don't overfill or they will be harder to close.)
- Warm a dinner plate (either in a hot oven for 2-3 minutes or by running under a very hot tap for a couple of minutes and drying off - don't let water touch chocolate!)
- Put the edge of one of the unfilled shells onto the warm plate very briefly. Use a knife to lift it off and sit it on top of one of the filled shells.
- Push together in your hands and smooth the edges with your fingers.
- Put back into the freezer for 15 minutes.
To decorate:
- Melt your additional chocolate and drizzle all over the bombs. Add sprinkles if you like and chill until set.
To use the Hot Chocolate Bombs:
- Heat up a mug of milk until very hot. Drop in a bomb and watch it do it's stuff! Stir well before drinking.
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Notes
Chocolate: These measurements are for the larger, 70mm moulds I mentioned. You will need to adjust depending on which mould you are using (and if you want to do 2 coats of chocolate or not)
Hot chocolate powder: Be sure this is drinking chocolate powder, not cocoa (which has no sugar added)
Chocolate to decorate: You can mix this up and use white or dark chocolate if you prefer
Oil: You only need to add this if your drizzling chocolate feels too thick to give a nice stripy drizzle. It just thins it down
Sprinkles: Use colourful sprinkles or chocolate ones. Go wild!
Nutrition
Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 216mg | Potassium: 197mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Calcium: 142mg | Iron: 1mg