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My Hot Chocolate Bar DIY

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Who doesn’t love hot chocolates, specially in winter. So this winter we thought to do our own hot chocolate bar. The idea was that my little one (who is all love with chocolate) can relish his own cup of hot chocolate specially on weekends or after a cold day or a snow day.

This hot chocolate bar is made with minimal items available at home and is quite budget friendly. Just select a corner in your home, get some decor and cutlery and you are set to go.

By the way this hot chocolate bar was an ultimate hit at my home. So do your own cocoa bar and sip a mug of hot chocolate with your favorite book. Nothing beats this combination on the planet, I am sure you will agree to it! Lets get into making!

You need to do the following to set up your own hot chocolate bar.

1. Designate an area in your home. It can be simply a side table, a cart or simply a tray in your room. Put a table cover if you want to.

2. Pick up a theme. Your theme will help you select decor like banner or other accents that you will use for the bar. I chose a theme in red, white and black generally to give a wintery feel. This theme will also go well around Christmas.

3. Your favorite packet of cocoa for quick cups or your own homemade recipe of cocoa. I used Swiss miss hot cocoa.

4. Some cute mugs which fit into your theme. I used mugs with snowman and other winter things print.

5. Jars to keep cocoa and other toppings.

6. Banners for display and labels for the items. You can easily print them and hang it or display on a board. I used a little display board saying “Baby it’s cold outside, warm up here”. I also used a li’l flag of “Hot Chocolate Bar” and some hangings saying “ Let it snow”.

7. A raised tray or a stand to add an element of height to your set up.

8. Toppings of your choice. I used marshmallows (which is generally a must), whipping cream, chocolate chips, candy melts, candy canes and sprinkles.

Some options for hot cocoa toppings are:

• Whipped cream

• Marshmallows of different sizes and flavors

• Chocolate Bits

• Coconut shavings

• Chopped nuts

• Mini chocolate cookies

• Toffee bits

• Sprinkles

• Crushed Candy Canes

• Pirouettes

• Butterscotch chips

• M&Ms

• Chopped mints

• Pretzel rods

• Ice cream

• Cinnamon

• Caramel drizzle

• Chocolate syrup

Some of the printables I used for my DIY are given below:

Hot Chocolate Oreo Shake

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Who doesn’t love shakes?! Here is a super simple recipe of a frozen hot chocolate shake. This one is more of a milk shake version of hot chocolate which is blended with ice-cream and Oreos to give a super rich and chocolatey flavour of Oreos with a malty taste of hot cocoa. It can be made with bare minimal ingredients at home. All you need is milk, ice cream, hot cocoa powder with some Oreos.

This recipe will serve 1 small jar. You can keep it chunky, for keeping it smooth, just blend it a little more. Take chocolate ice-cream if you want it a little more chocolatey. Plus, you can do topping of your choice as well.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
1/3 cup hot cocoa mix
4 Oreo cookies
Heavy whipping cream for topping
Sprinkles, chocolate chips, Oreo cookie (for topping)

Directions:

1. In a blender, blend milk, ice cream, Oreo, cocoa mix and empty it in a glass jar.


2. Top it with whipping cream, sprinkles, choco chips and Oreo pieces.

Enjoy the delightful shake!