Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs are super fun and easy to make and are a perfect Valentine’s Day gift or treat! Made with only a few ingredients and all the toppings you can think of, this is one fun recipe you’ll come to again and again!
Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs are perfect for treating your loved ones with a delicious and decadent Valentine's Day gift. They make wonderful treasures all year round! I love pairing this easy DIY dessert with my Fried Ravioli Pasta recipe or my Simple Pimento Cheese recipe. You can enjoy this yummy Hot Chocolate recipe with Charcuterie Board for a lovely Valentine's Day date night. You can also make Creamy Lemon Pasta With Chicken or my Chocolate Coffee Ganache With Raspberries for the perfect Valentine treat! Make these delicious Easy Crispy Cookies for Valentine's Day .
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- 🍫 Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs Make The Perfect Gift
- 🍫 What You'll Need For Valentine Hot Chocolate Bombs
- 🍫 How To Make Hot Chocolate Bombs With Cocoa Powder
- 🍫 The Best Milks For Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs
- 🍫 My Tips and Tricks For Perfect Hot Chocolate Bombs
- 🍫 Frequently Asked Questions for Valentine Chocolate Bombs
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
🍫 Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs Make The Perfect Gift
Hot Chocolate Bombs recipe are all the rage on the internet and for good reason. They are super fun to make! Get creative with them and add all of the toppings your heart desires. This chocolate bomb recipe is super easy to make!
I like using various kinds of chocolate, like white chocolate, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate.
You can take your Hot Cocoa Bombs to the next level, by adding them to white hot chocolate or Irish Cream coffee. The possibilities are endless!
🍫 What You'll Need For Valentine Hot Chocolate Bombs
You will need a Hot Chocolate Bomb mold. I purchased two from Amazon here.
Ingredients for the best Hot Cocoa Bombs: Hot Chocolate Bomb ideas
- Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, or Dark Chocolate (you can purchase candy melts or my favorite chocolate chips.) I use Guittard Milk Chocolate Chips and Guittard
White Chocolate Chips for this recipe. - Cacao Powder or Cocoa Powder (both work great in this recipe)
- Toppings: Mini marshmallows, pink and red m&m's, sprinkles, or candies of choice. Red candy hearts or red candy melts.
- Hot plate to mold the chocolate bombs (see tutorial photos below.)
- Candy Melter (optional) candy melt works well for this recipe because it melts the chocolate fast with no mess!
- Silicone Molds
🍫 How To Make Hot Chocolate Bombs With Cocoa Powder
🍫 Directions for Tasty Hot Cocoa Bombs
Step 1: Using a candy melt or a microwave, melt the milk chocolate, and the white chocolate, separately in two different bowls. Make to sure to properly melt chocolate.
Step 2: Spoon in the melted chocolate into one set of the hot chocolate bombs molds. Spoon the chocolate up the sides of each mold and make sure to add enough so that each half is nice and thick. Repeat the same step with the white chocolate.
Step 3: Place the chocolate molds on a cookie sheet and place them in the freezer for 15 minutes. You want to make sure the chocolate is frozen solid.
🍫 Best Hot Chocolate Bombs
Step 4: Warm-up a microwave-safe plate in the microwave for 20-seconds. Once the chocolate shells are ready, carefully pop each one out of the molds.
Step 5: Fill the half mold with hot chocolate mix or cocoa mix, marshmallows, M&M's, and sprinkles.
Step 6: How To Seal Hot Chocolate Bombs Valentines Day hot cocoa bombs
- Grab another chocolate mold and warm the rim on the plate and place the top of it on the prepared, filled chocolate mold and meld them together.
- You can easily do this by rubbing melted chocolate on the sides until the hot chocolate bomb forms.
- Repeat the above steps until all of the chocolate molds are prepped.
Step 8: Place the hot chocolate bombs back in the freezer for a few minutes to firm up again. Now with the extra melted dark and white chocolate, drizzle the melted chocolate onto each bomb and place them back in the freezer for 15-minutes until frozen solid.
Step 9: Grab two mugs of warm milk, remove hot chocolate bombs from the freezer and place one cocoa bomb into the hot milk and watch them melt and come to life. This is the most gratifying part of making hot chocolate bombs. Enjoy!
You can also do the opposite and place the bombs in the mug first and then pour milk over them.
🍫 The Best Milks For Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs
Hot chocolate bombs respond best to full dairy milk like whole milk and heavy cream.
If you are dairy-free, you can try coconut milk to ensure a creamy concoction.
Hot Chocolate Bombs are super fun to make with the entire family!
You will be on your way to easy and delicious, homemade hot chocolate bombs in no time!
🍫 My Tips and Tricks For Perfect Hot Chocolate Bombs
- Be patient with this hot cocoa bombs recipe valentine cocoa bombs take time
- Pop your prepared hot chocolate bomb molds in the freezer on a cookie sheet for 15-minutes.
- Remove hot chocolate bombs from the mold carefully. They can crack easily.
- Use a candy melter to speed up chocolate melting time. This step is optional, it saves a lot of time.
- Best chocolate for hot cocoa bombs: Milk chocolate and white chocolate work best
- You can also make hot chocolate bombs with alcohol if that's your jam.
🍫 Frequently Asked Questions for Valentine Chocolate Bombs
Are hot chocolate bombs good?
- I think so! They are a rich hot chocolate drink that's perfect for celebrating love day! It's an epic Valentines hot cocoa.
How Do Hot Chocolate Bombs work?
- hot chocolate bombs work my the hot cocoa bomb melting in milk when the milk is at the right temperature.
Are you ready to make some delicious Valentine’s Day gifts for your loved ones? Check out the full recipe below to get started!
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📖 Recipe
Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs
Ingredients
- 2 Hot Chocolate Bomb Candy Molds
- 1 Bag Guittard's Milk Chocolate Chips
- 1 Bag White Chocolate Chips
- 1 Cup Guittard's Hot Chocolate Mixture or Cacao Powder
- 2 Cups Mini Marshmallows
- 2 Cups Valentine's Day M&M's
- ¼-cup Valentine's Day Sprinkles
Instructions
- Using a candy melter or a microwave, melt the milk chocolate, and the white chocolate, seperately in two different bowls.
- Spoon in the melted chocolate into one set of the hot chocolate bombs molds. Spoon the chocolate up the sides of each mold and make sure to add enough so that each half is nice and thick.
- Repeat the same step with the white chocolate.
- Place the chocolate molds on a cookie sheet and place them in the freezer for 15-minutes. You want to make sure the chocolate if frozen solid.
- Warm-up a microwave-safe plate in the microwave for 20-seconds.
- Once the chocolate shells are ready, carefully pop each one out of the molds.
- Grab one chocolate mold and melt the top rim of it on the warm plate.
- Fill the half mold with hot cocoa mixture, marshmallows, M&M, and the sprinkles.
- Grab another chocolate mold and warm the rim on the plate and place the top of it on the prepared, filled chocolate mold and meld them together.
- You can easily do this by rubbing melted chocolate on the sides until the hot chocolate bomb forms.
- Repeat the above steps until all of the chocolate molds are prepped.
- Place the hot chocolate bombs back in the freezer for a few minutes to firm up again.
- Now with the extra melted dark and white chocolate, drizzle the melted chocolate onto each bomb and place them back in the freezer for 15-minutes until frozen solid.
- Grab two mugs of warm milk, remove hot chocolate bombs from the freezer and drop them into the hot milk and watch them melt and come to life. This is the most gratifying part of making hot chocolate bombs
- Enjoy!
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Shilpa
Such a fun idea. Love it!
Jeannie
so easy amd perfect for valentines, but actually we finished all and have to make again, they are so good
Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/
I will make a few with a tiny helper who loves chocolate and marshmallows even more than me:) It's going to be fun!
veenaazmanov
This sounds so easy to make. Kids would love to try these out. Perfect dessert after any meal.
Dannii
Oh these would be super cute to make with my kids. They look amazing too.
Heidy
These Valentine's Hot Chocolate Bombs were so good! The kids and I had a blast making them too! Looking forward to making them again!
Gina
Love these! What a fun treat for a special day. Can't wait to make these again for V-day soon!
Danielle
These sound so incredible! I had my first hot chocolate bomb over christmas and it was so good. I can't wait to try this one!
Natalie
Yes, just what I was looking for for my husband for Valentine's Day. He loves hot chocolate. I will make him a few of these as a date night suprise. Thanks!
Freya
Such a lovely idea and looks so fun to make too!
Julia
Ooh these are SO fun to make. So great (and yummy) to make even when it's not Valentine's
Genevieve
Thanks, Julia! There's always a good excuse to make hot cocoa bombs. 🙂
faith Still
These look amazing. I am going to halve to order those molds so I can make them too.
Genevieve
Hi, Faith! You guys are going to have a blast making these. 🙂
Linda
I've been wanting to try making chocolate bombs and this one is a keeper!
Genevieve
Thanks, Linda! They are so fun and are always a hit. Do let me know how they turn out. 🙂
Jerika
Looks irresistible! Love it. This is indeed an awesome DIY Valentine’s Day gift. Thanks much!:)
Genevieve
Thank you, Jerika!
Kayla DiMaggio
Oh my goodness! Did a test run of these and they were such a hit! I loved them! Can't wait to make them again for Valentine's Day!
Genevieve
Thanks, Kayla! That's awesome to hear. You can make them in so many fun ways too!
nancy
can't believe it is so easy to make!
Genevieve
Thanks, Nancy! 🙂
amanda
I love these! Can't wait to make them for my kids for valentines day. They are going to love them!
Genevieve
They are always so fun to make! Do let me know how they turn out. 🙂
Agnieszka
What a fun idea for Valentine's Day! Can't wait to try these with my kids.
Genevieve
Thank you! I hope you have a blast making them. 🙂
Alexandra
These are so pretty - perfect for Valentine's Day celebrations. Thanks for all of your tips for getting them right 🙂
Genevieve
Thanks, Alexandra! They are so fun and are always a hit!
Katie
These are so sweet! I'm having a Galentines gathering with my gal pals the weekend before Valentines so I'm going to make them all these bombs as a wee gift!
Katie xoxo
Genevieve
I love it! That sounds like so much fun! Do let me know how they turn out. 🙂
Addie
So fun and festive!
Genevieve
Thank you!
Nora
Oh I love those Valentine's hot chocolate bombs! They will make the perfect Valentines gift this year!
Genevieve
They are so good and make perfect gifts!
Oscar
Decadent, chocolatey, and so much fun to make! These Valentine’s Hot Chocolate Bombs turn an ordinary cup of cocoa into something extraordinary.
Genevieve
Thank you for the kind words Oscar!
Swathi
Valentine's hot chocolate bombs are delicious I have tried them as great easy edible gifts also.
Genevieve
Thank you Swathi! They are so fun to make!
Criss
I made these Valentine's hot chocolate bombs, and they’re so fun! Just drop one in warm milk, and it melts into a rich, chocolatey drink with mini marshmallows popping up. Perfect for a cozy treat!