Easy Valentine Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe

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I'm so excited to share this Easy Valentine Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe with you! These Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs are the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day with your whole family…and they also make a great gift! The combination of white chocolate and festive sprinkles is so much fun and it makes a delicious cup of hot chocolate.

It's no secret that I have a slight hot chocolate obsession. I drink at least one cup of hot chocolate every single day. Some people drink coffee…I drink hot cocoa. So when hot chocolate bombs came on the scene, I was immediately smitten.

I've experimented and made so many different types of hot cocoa bombs and I'm excited to share this Valentine's Day version with you.

What You'll Need for Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs

4 oz white candy melts or white chocolate chips
3 tbsp hot chocolate mix
¼ cup mini marshmallows
1-2 oz pink candy melts
Valentine’s sprinkles
Semi Sphere Silicone Mold

How To Make Hot Chocolate Bombs for Valentine's Day

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Set a glass plate in the freezer.

Place your white candy melts in a heat safe glass or metal bowl (I used a Pyrex bowl) and fill a pot with about 1-2 inches of water. Make sure the bowl can fit over the pot, without touching the water.

Heat pot with bowl over it on low to medium-low heat. Your chocolate will start to melt in 6-8 minutes.

Once chocolate starts melting, use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl.

Continue scraping and stirring until all your chocolate is melted.

Carefully remove the bowl from the pot and place on a hot pad or trivet.

Add about 1 1/2 teaspoons of melted chocolate to each half of the sphere mold and use a brush or the back of a spoon to spread it over the entire half sphere.

Make sure you completely cover the bottom of the molds and the sides of the mold.

Place your chocolate filled sphere mold in the freezer for 5 minutes.

Remove mold from freezer and add another layer of chocolate.

Then place back in the freezer for another 5 minutes.

Remove both your chocolate mold and the plate from freezer.

Carefully pop your chocolate spheres out of the mold. Place them on the cold plate. This will be your work area.

Now add 1 tablespoon of hot cocoa mix to half of the chocolate sphere then top with about 6-8 mini marshmallows.

Repeat for 2 more chocolate sphere halves.

Heat a small plate in the microwave until hot. This typically takes about 1-2 minutes in my microwave.

Place an empty half sphere upside down on the plate to let the edges melt a little.

Immediately place it on top of one of the filled half spheres. Press down and use your finger to smooth out the edges. If it's not sealing well, you can melt a few more chocolate melts and rub some extra melted chocolate around the seam so that your white chocolate shell stays together.

Repeat until all 3 of your spheres are complete.

In a very small bowl or in a piping bag, heat the pink candy melts in the microwave for about 30 seconds and stir or massage well until completely melted.

If you melt your pink chocolate in a bowl, add it to a piping bag or baggie and cut off the tip.

Pipe melted pink candy on the top of the hot cocoa bombs.

Immediately add sprinkles to the top of the bombs.

Congratulations! You'd just made some fabulous Valentine's Day Hot Cocoa Bombs!

How To Make Hot Chocolate with a Hot Chocolate Bomb

Place your cocoa bomb in the bottom of a mug and pour 6 ounces of warm milk over it.

If you prefer, you can put 6 oz of hot milk in a mug first and then carefully drop your cocoa bomb in.

FAQs {Frequently Asked Questions}

Can I melt my candy melts in the microwave?

Yep. You sure can. Just make sure to use a microwave safe bowl and heat your candy melts on medium heat in 30-second increments.

Can I use milk chocolate or dark chocolate instead of white chocolate?

You sure can. This hot cocoa bomb recipe is super versatile. Feel free to make this recipe using your favorite chocolate.

I can't find pink candy melts. Is there another way to get pink chocolate?

Yep. There sure is. You can use white candy melts or white chocolate chips and add an oil based food coloring to the chocolate. Don't add water based food coloring as it can cause your chocolate to seize up and become unusable.

Can I use red candy melts instead of pink candy melts?

Of course. You can use any color candy melts you'd like.

The great thing about this fun treat is that you can make them in whatever color makes you happy. Choose colors that match the holiday season. If you're making them for Christmas season, opt for red or green candy melts and sprinkles.

If you're making them for a birthday, use rainbow sprinkles.

How do you store these valentine's hot cocoa bombs?

Store them in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 2 weeks or at room temperature for 3-5 days.

Can I make these with hot water instead of hot milk?

Technically you can do anything you want…but if you add water instead of milk they'd be disgusting. While I usually embrace a you-do-you mentality in the kitchen, if you want the yummiest cup of hot cocoa, use milk!

What else can I add to my hot cocoa bombs?

The sky is the limit! As long as you don’t add anything too weird, you should be fine!

You can totally make different flavors of hot chocolate with the things you add! Add some peanut butter chips and chopped chocolate to make a peanut butter cup hot chocolate. Add some crushed peppermints to the top for Peppermint Hot Chocolate Bombs.

You can also add mini chocolate chips to the top of your hot chocolate bombs.

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