Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate Bombs Easy Tutorial
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These easy Valentine’s Cocoa Bombs are a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The cocoa bombs melt in hot water or milk and will burst into a hot chocolate in seconds! Really fun to watch.
These Valentine’s hot cocoa bombs are a fun holiday treat and a great way to enjoy a mug of hot cocoa.
Why You Will Love These
Fun. These valentine’s hot chocolate bombs are festive and so much fun. Kids love seeing the chocolate spheres dissolving into a yummy cup of hot cocoa.
Easy Recipe. These Valentine’s Cocoa Bombs are a fun way to create those hot chocolate bombs that you see on social media. They do take a little bit of patience to make, but the basic method is super easy.
Great gift. These are fun for a valentine’s day party or as a gift idea. They are actually pretty quick to make and are a fun way to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa!
These are fun to add to a cup of hot milk for Valentines day. They make great gifts for friends and family.
Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate Bombs Ingredients
White Chocolate –This ingredient is the most important. Any old chocolate chips will not work very well. for the chocolate shell. You will want to use good quality white or dark chocolate chips. I used Ghiradelli White chocolate chips.
Marshmallows – Use mini marshmallows or these tiny marshmallows.
Hot Cocoa Mix – You can use a store-bought variety or make homemade hot chocolate mix and save some money.
Full ingredient information in recipe card.
Equipment Needed
- Microwave-Safe Bowl
- Spoon
- 6 cavity hot chocolate bomb mold – I used these silicone food-safe molds These come in a four-pack so you can make a bigger batch.
- Pastry brush
- Small Piping bags
- small microwave-safe plate
How to make Valentine’s Cocoa Bombs
Step 1 – The full recipe is below, but here are the major steps. The first step is to melt the chocolate then fill the molds with the melted chocolate.
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You will do this for all of the sphere molds.
Then you freeze the mold and when set, release the chocolate from the molds.
Next fill the half spheres with cocoa mix and marshmallows. Then place the tops on by warming the edges of the shell.
Once attached, let set and you can decorate the top of a filled sphere with icing if desired. Let set on cupcake liners or on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
To use the bombs, place a bomb in a mug of warm milk and stir.
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Valentine’s Cocoa Bombs
- This white hot chocolate bomb recipe works with dark chocolate too.
- Make extra bombs in case any break. To release the chocolate from the molds. Pull silicone mold in both directions before popping chocolate out.
- Freezing a plate will help make sure your cocoa bombs don’t melt once you unmold them. Do not overheat the chocolate as it can and will burn.
- You can add festive sprinkes, but remember that not all candy and sprinkles melt. While it is nice for presentation, be selective on what you put inside of your hot cocoa bombs. Some sprinkles may be a choking hazard to small children.
- You can make these for any holiday season. This is valentine’s day version. Just change up the icing color for different holidays.
- People have asked if white candy melts will work in place of the chocolate. If you want a chocolate alternative, almond bark works better and melts easier than candy melts.
- They have heart-shaped silicone molds that you can use for these too.
More Valentine’s Day Treats
- Valentine’s Chocolate Bark – So easy to make and looks very festive.
- Raspberry Dessert Parfaits – A simple and elegant dessert that tastes scrumptious!
- Salted Peanut Clusters – You can make these with just four ingredients and gift them to your loves.
- Valentine’s Dessert Board – The perfect dessert for two.
- Valentine’s Chocolate Bark – A beautiful candy bark for the season!
- Chocolate Covered Strawberries – Don’t buy these, they are simple to make yourself.
Valentines Hot Cocoa Bombs
Equipment
- 1 hot cocoa bomb mold
- ceramic plate
- microwave-save bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality chocolate chips I recommend Ghirardelli
- 6 tablespoons of hot cocoa mix
- 1/2 cup Mini Marshmallows
- Sprinkles or Crushed Candies optional
Instructions
- Place a plate in the freezer (for the molds to sit on later).
- Melt chocolate in a microwaveable bowl on high for 60 seconds.Stick a spoon in the chocolate to see if it's beginning to melt. If it is you will need to decrease the power percentage on your microwave down to 60 percent and continue.
- Continue to warm up chocolate in 30 second intervals stirring between each time.
- Once the chocolate is melted, heat for 15 seconds and stir until all lumps are gone and the chocolate is smooth.
- Use a pastry brush to drop a dollop of melted chocolate into the first cavity of the silicon mold. Coat the mold completely and wipe away any excess chocolate.
- Freeze for 10-15 mins.
- Remove plate and mold from the freezer.Carefully remove each half from the mold and set them on the now cold plate (this keeps them from melting)
- Spoon in 2 tablespoons of cocoa mix into half of the molds. Add mini marshmallows and sprinkles if desired, but keep in mind that not all candy and sprinkles melt. While it is nice for presentation, be selective on what you put inside of your hot cocoa bombs. Some sprinkles may be a choking hazard to small children.3
- Carefully connect the two ends of the heart together by placing the top half onto a heated plate to lightly melt the edges. Stick the halves of the chocolate sphere together. ( I put a plate into the microwave for 20 seconds. )
- Let bombs set before attempting to add piping get.
- To use the bombs, place a bomb in a large mug of hot milk and stir.
Notes
- This white hot chocolate bomb recipe works with dark chocolate too.
- Make extra bombs in case any break. To release the chocolate from the molds. Pull silicone mold in both directions before popping chocolate out.
- Freezing a plate will help make sure your cocoa bombs don’t melt once you unmold them. Do not overheat the chocolate as it can and will burn.
- You can add festive sprinkes, but remember that not all candy and sprinkles melt. While it is nice for presentation, be selective on what you put inside of your hot cocoa bombs. Some sprinkles may be a choking hazard to small children.
- You can make these for any holiday season. This is valentine’s day version. Just change up the icing color.
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Fun, and special. I always go all out for valentine’s day but Cassidy does keto this year. So I will make these for the kids!
Kids will love them. So fun to watch them burst into hot chocolate.
These seem to be all the rage as of late. I may have to try these, even though my hubby absolutely hates marshmallows. LOL Maybe just leaving those out will work for him. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
They are definitely having a moment right now. You definitely leave them out.
I’d love these for valentine’s day more than a box of chocolates!
So true- me too!
A wonderful idea for Valentine’s Day! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
I had some of these for the first time at Christmas and they are so so good! Your version for Valentine’s Day are very pretty and colorful as well. Thank you for sharing how easy they are to make. #HomeMattersParty
These were so popular during the holiday season. Great to see them repurposed for Valentine’s Day
These look amazing! I haven’t made any yet. I am happy to feature your Valentine cocoa bombs at Love Your Creativity.
I’ve always wanted to make these, my grandkids would get a kick out of the melt.
Thank you for sharing on omhgww and hope you stop by and share again.
Have a great week!
I love hot cocoa! These pretty bombs are perfect for a sweet treat on Valentine’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day,
Kippi
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
Pretty AND delicious! A perfect Valentine treat. My grandkids will be so excited!