Description
Craft delightful hot chocolate bombs for a cozy treat or charming gifts. This recipe guides you through creating smooth, rich chocolate spheres filled with cocoa mix and marshmallows.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 oz (170 g) quality dark chocolate
- 1/4 cup hot cocoa mix
- Mini marshmallows
- Sprinkles
- Other fillings as desired
Instructions
- Finely chop chocolate and place in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave for 25 seconds.
- Remove from the microwave and stir thoroughly.
- Return chocolate to the microwave and heat for 15 seconds, remove and stir thoroughly again. Repeat until chocolate begins to melt.
- Use your thermometer to watch the temperature of the chocolate. Heat the chocolate above 87F (30C) but keep the temperature below 91F (33C).
- Once your chocolate is in the right temperature range, use a spoon or paintbrush to thoroughly coat the entire inside of each sphere mold.
- Transfer to the refrigerator and chill for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the fridge and touch up any places where the chocolate is thin.
- Return to fridge again for another 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat a small pan on the stovetop over low heat.
- Remove chocolate from refrigerator and carefully remove from molds. Briefly touch the rim of one half-sphere on the surface of the pan until it just starts to melt.
- Fill with two teaspoons of cocoa mix and mini marshmallows or other fillings, if desired.
- Take another half-sphere and briefly touch the edge against the surface of the pan and immediately press onto the edge of the filled half to form a full sphere. Hold for a second to give the chocolate a minute to harden.
- If desired, drizzle with additional chocolate and sprinkles or other decorations.
- To serve, place in a mug and then slowly pour steaming hot milk over the hot chocolate bomb.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Use high quality chocolate for best results.
- Adjust chocolate tempering temperatures based on the type of chocolate used (dark, milk, or white).
- Wrap in cellophane or mini cupcake liners for gifting.
- This recipe makes six 2 inch diameter spheres.
- Hot chocolate bombs will keep for several months at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bomb
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 10mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 5mg