Hot chocolate is seriously the best, most indulgent winter treat you can enjoy in December or any of the cold months.
It’s especially fun around the holidays! It can become a really creative and fun activity too if you use marshmallows and a bit of candy.
Your kids will love making these marshmallow snowmen to top your delicious homemade hot chocolate.
Check out the recipe below and get creative with your kids!
How To Make Creative Homemade Hot Chocolate For Wonderful Winter Fun!
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Homemade Hot Chocolate First
To create the perfect homemade hot chocolate you’ll need Cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract.
Adding chocolate chips is what gives this perfect recipe it’s creamy authentic chocolate flavor.
- To start, Place your milk in a saucepan over low heat. Using whole milk is definitely the best choice to make this like liquid chocolate cream but you can use a milk alternative or lower fat milk if you want. It will still turn out fabulous.
- Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar, and heat until good and warm.
- Once everything is heated, add chocolate chips, whisking until they melt completely.
- Add a splash of vanilla extract to add full-bodied flavor,
- Serve immediately but if you plan to make the marshmallow snowmen, make those first!
Check at the bottom of the post for the exact recipe and amounts for the ingredients.
What you’ll need to make these cute snowmen:
- medium size marshmallows
- straight small pretzel sticks
- candy corn
- toothpicks
- and melted chocolate
How to make:
Use a pretzel to put the three body parts together including the head, middle and bottom. Just gently stick the pretzel through the marshmallows to hold the snowman together.
After that, melt a bit of chocolate in a small tray. Wait till it cools slightly but not till rehardens.
Once it’s a thickened consistency use a toothpick to draw the features of your snowman on with the toothpick using the melted chocolate.
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Then put a bit of chocolate in the center for the nose. Stick a piece of candy corn on and hold it for about half a minute or so while the chocolate hardens. It will act as glue to hold the candy in place.
Make your hot chocolate and drop your snowman on top!
You can also create other things with the chocolate and marshmallows. Get creative and enjoy!
Hot Chocolate Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk (preferably whole or 2%)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
And here are the instructions again:
- To start, Place your milk in a saucepan over low heat. Using whole milk is definitely the best choice to make this like liquid chocolate cream but you can use a milk alternative or lower fat milk if you want. It will still turn out fabulous.
- Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar, and heat until good and warm.
- Once everything is heated, add chocolate chips, whisking until they melt completely.
- Add a splash of vanilla extract to add full-bodied flavor,
- Serve immediately but if you plan to make the marshmallow snowmen, make those first!
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