Make Heart Shaped Hot Chocolate Bombs for Valentine’s Day! Each meltable heart is filled with hot cocoa mix, marshmallows and sprinkles.
Hot chocolate bombs are so much fun to make, melt, and drink! You can make them in endless ways, and Valentine’s Day is the perfect reason for heart-shaped treats.
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How To Make Hot Chocolate Bombs
For these heart-shaped hot chocolate bombs, I used colorful candy wafers. You will need three small, microwave-safe bowls. Put the red candy wafers in one and the white in another. For the pink color, put mostly white candy wafers with a few red ones in the third bowl.
How To Use Chocolate Instead Of Candy Wafers
You can use chocolate wafers, almond bark, or even chocolate chips to make hot chocolate bombs. Here are some of the options you can choose from.
- A milk chocolate baking bar is milk chocolate in a bar form meant for baked goods but can be used for hot chocolate bombs. Follow the melting instructions on the package.
- Milk chocolate melting wafers are made from sugar, palm oil, milk, and cocoa. They are similar to the candy wafers I used but are chocolate-flavored instead. Wafers are easy to melt and easy to work with.
- Couverture milk chocolate discs are milk chocolate in a disc form. They are made from cocoa butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa. It is top-of-the-line in terms of quality and price. This kind of milk chocolate is not as easy to work with and needs to be tempered when melted.
- Milk chocolate chips are perfect when baking since they hold their shape. If you do want to use them for these heart-shaped hot chocolate bombs, you may need to add a teaspoon of shortening per 6 ounces of milk chocolate chips when melting them to make them smoother.
- For a lighter version, try using sugar-free milk chocolate chips. Follow the instructions on the package for melting the chocolate chips.
Melt the candy wafers in the microwave at 50% power for 1 minute. Stir and then continue to heat them at 50% power in 15-second intervals, stirring after each time, until smooth.
Double Boiler Method
You can also melt the candy wafers on the stovetop using the double boiler method. Bring 1-2 inches of water to a simmer in a small pot and remove from heat. Place the candy melts in a glass bowl over the pot of hot water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Stir the candy wafers until smooth.
Start by drizzling melted red candy wafers into each of the heart-shaped silicone cups.
Next, drizzle melted pink candy wafers over the red.
Finally, add a spoonful of the melted white candy wafers to each cup.
Pick up the mold. Tilt and turn the mold, allowing the candy coating to flow onto the sides of the cups.
Use the back of a spoon to coat the sides of the cups fully. Allow the candy coating to harden and set.
Remelt the white candy wafers in the microwave. Then, add a second coat to the sides and bottom of the heart shaped cups.
Allow the second coat to harden and set.
Remove the heart-shaped candy cups from the mold. I like to wear disposable gloves when working with hot chocolate bombs to prevent leaving fingerprints on the shiny coating.
You’ll notice that I made all nine hearts even though it is an uneven number. You can use the extra heart in the event that one of them doesn’t turn out or breaks when you remove it. Or you can make another batch and have nine heart-shaped hot chocolate bombs.
Warm a skillet over low heat on the stovetop and remove it from the heat. Rub the edges of the heart-shaped chocolate cups on the warm pan to flatten and smooth them.
Add hot chocolate mix, mini marshmallows, and sprinkles to the heart-shaped candy cup. Be sure to check out my tutorial for How To Decorate Marshmallows if you want to add these adorable sprinkles-coated marshmallows!
Rub the edges of a second heart-shaped cup on the warm pan and then immediately place it on top of the filled cup. Run your finger along the seam to remove any excess melted candy wafer and to smooth it out.
How To Fill Tiny Holes In The Seams
Sometimes, the seams don’t match up perfectly, and that is okay! Use the melted candy wafers left on the warm skillet (or still in the bowls) to fill in tiny holes. Put a little on a toothpick, the back of a spoon, or your fingertip, and smooth it over the hole.
To use a Valentine’s Day hot chocolate bomb, place it in a mug. Slowly pour eight ounces of hot milk over the heart to melt it. Once it starts to melt and opens up, the hot chocolate and marshmallows will be released. Then, stir to combine everything.
How To Add Sprinkles To The Rim Of A Cup
Want to enjoy your hot chocolate in a sprinkles-coated rim? Put sugar sprinkles on a piece of parchment paper. Then, coat the rim of your mug with white melted candy wafers and press the rim into the sprinkles.
What do Valentine’s Day hot chocolate bombs taste like?
Since vanilla-flavored candy wafers are used to make the heart-shaped hot chocolate bombs, the hot chocolate has a vanilla flavor. If you prefer a stronger chocolate flavor, you could use chocolate instead of candy wafers to make the hot chocolate bombs.
To give these hot chocolate bombs as Valentine’s Day gifts, put them in cellophane bags. Add a spoon and a decorative straw. Pour some sprinkles and marshmallows into the bag as decoration.
If you want to add a tag, I made these free printable hot chocolate bomb tags that say “You Melt My Heart” on the front. The back gives instructions for preparing the hot chocolate. Download the tags here.
More Valentine’s Day Recipes
- Fill Breakable Chocolate Hearts with candy and sprinkles.
- Give your loved ones Chocolate Covered Strawberries!
- Red Velvet Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are simply adorable.
- Here are 25+ Valentine's Day Ideas for kids.
Heart Shaped Hot Chocolate Bombs
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 oz red candy wafers
- 12 oz white candy wafers
- ½ cup hot chocolate mix
- ¼ cup mini marshmallows
- 4 teaspoon sprinkles
Instructions
- Put 4 ounces of red candy wafers in a microwave-safe bowl, 4 ounces of white candy wafers plus a few red candy wafers in a second bowl, and 8 ounces of white candy wafers in a third bowl.
- Melt the candy wafers in the microwave at 50% power for one minute and then stir. Continue melting at 50% power in 10-second intervals, stirring each time, until smooth.
- Drizzle the red and pink melted candy wafers in the heart shaped silicone mold. Top with a spoonful of melted white candy wafers.
- Tilt and turn the mold to allow the melted candy to flow around inside it. Use the back of a spoon to fully coat the sides of each heart.
- Allow the candy coating to harden.
- Remelt the white candy wafers in the microwave and then add a second layer to the hot chocolate bombs making sure to get the sides coated so that they are stronger.
- Allow the second coat to harden and then remove the hearts from the mold.
- Warm a skillet over low heat and then remove from the heat. Rub the edges of a heart on the warm skillet to smooth them out.
- Add two tablespoons of hot chocolate mix, one tablespoon of mini marshmallows and one teaspoon of sprinkles to the heart.
- Rub the edges of a second heart on the warm skillet and then immediately place on top of the filled heart. Run your finger along the seem to smooth it out.
Notes
- To Use Hot Chocolate Bombs for Valentine’s Day: Pour eight ounces of hot milk over the heart shaped hot chocolate bomb in a mug. Stir to combine.
- My mold had nine hearts so I had one extra heart shaped cup. I like making the extra one in case one of the others breaks but you can only fill eight of the cups if you prefer.
