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Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize! This post contains affiliate links.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
The kids and I couldn’t help but take a peek at Target’s Christmas section a couple of weeks ago. They were finishing up the aisles and had so many fun things! I especially loved the fun foods section with gift boxes, cookie mixes, and holiday candy.

It had been a long day of school and dental cleanings and we still had to pick up a birthday gift for a friend before heading home. I told the kids that they could pick out something fun to have as an after dinner treat.

That’s when we found a variety of flavors of hot chocolate sticks, how fun!

We grabbed 6, and as I was checking out and walking to the car it dawned on me that I had just spent $6 on something that I could have easily make for a fraction of the price.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
So that’s what we did. We made a whole batch to keep on hand this winter. Wouldn’t these make fun gifts?

Hot Chocolate Sticks

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Makes 6 Hot Chocolate Sticks

Ingredients:

1 c. of melting chocolates or chocolate chips

3 T. powdered sugar

8 drops flavoring oil (optional)

toppings

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
We used melting chocolates since that’s what I had on hand, but chocolate chips would work too. I like melting chocolates because they are smooth and easy to work with in a double boiler or microwave.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
We love peppermint hot chocolate so I added  drops of peppermint oil. A little bit goes a long way when using peppermint oil vs. extract. This is not to be confused with essential oil.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
Melt chocolates in microwave at 30 second intervals until smooth.

Add flavoring oil.

Stir in powdered sugar.

Mix until smooth.

Spoon mixture into a mini muffin pan or ice cube tray, filling each cup about halfway. Add a popsicle stick and top with crushed candy canes, oreo crumbs, chocolate chips, or sprinkles!

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
Freeze until hard, about 20 minutes. Gently pop out of tray. A silicone mini muffin tray would make it even easier! I just used what I had and it worked too. Just tap gently on the counter a few times to loosen up.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
We made cookies and cream, dark chocolate with sprinkles, double chocolate (milk chocolate with semi sweet chocolate chips), white chocolate peppermint, and milk chocolate peppermint.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
Stir one stick into a cup of hot milk until melted. It may not seem like a lot of chocolate, but it is plenty for a nice rich cup of hot chocolate! SO delicious.

Make a batch of hot chocolate sticks to keep on hand this winter! Simply melt in a cup of warm milk for a delicious and rich treat! Fun to make and easy to customize!
What is your favorite kind of hot chocolate? I love Starbuck’s and could drink it by the gallon. The double chocolate version of this tastes very similar! It makes a huge difference making hot chocolate with CHOCOLATE instead of a mix!

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Comments

  1. Mother of 3 says

    November 2, 2016 at 4:05 am

    These are SO cute! What a great idea. I used to make coffee stirring spoons with actual spoons from discount stores but I love the idea of a simple Popsicle stick. It would make a wonderful gift addition at Christmas time too. Pinned.

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  9. Miz Helen says

    November 7, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    Your Hot Chocolate Sticks are just awesome, I can’t wait to make these! Hope you have a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Miz Helen

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    • Brandy says

      January 29, 2018 at 6:47 am

      Hi Nermin! We didn’t prepare them at all, and since I think it’s a teflon pan, they came right out. If yours isn’t a nonstick pan I’m sure a bit of nonstick spray would help. A mini silicone muffin pan would be idea!

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  24. Madonna says

    December 5, 2018 at 3:58 pm

    I think I will buy some Dollar Store cheap cups and melt the choc in them and add the stick or a spoon. Cute idea for grandkids.

    Reply

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