Snowman hot chocolate bombs are so fun! Watch the snowman melt and disappear in a mug of warm milk. Give it a stir and you'll have a deliciously rich and creamy cup of hot chocolate!
You might also like my peppermint cocoa bombs, hot chocolate sticks, or churro English toffee!
If you've been here for a minute, you already know about my love for hot chocolate...especially hot chocolate bombs. We're obsessed with these spheres this year, and this snowman version is just plain fun. And, believe it or not, easier to make than the other hot chocolate bombs.
Why I Like This Recipe
- Easy to make. White chocolate doesn't melt as quickly as chocolate when you handle it. This means fewer fingerprints and less worry about the molded chocolate cups becoming soft when you handle them. Who knew?
- Rich and creamy. The punch of flavor from the melted white chocolate takes any dry hot cocoa mix to the next level. I like using Starbucks hot chocolate mix, but any kind will work.
- Fun to melt. Snowman hot cocoa bombs are just plain fun. Fun to make and fun to melt. Simply pour hot milk over each bomb and it will melt and pop open. Kids especially love hot chocolate bombs!
- Perfect size: These snowman cocoa bombs are about 2.5" in diameter and work great in a wide mug. Mine are from Target.
- Easy gift idea. I've gifted hot chocolate bombs many times. They store beautifully in a cup wrapped in cellophane. You can also package a few up in a bag and gift with a half gallon of milk and two mugs!
What Others Are Saying
I love it. And more important, my grandkids love them!---Deborah
Made these as holiday gifts and gave them with a canister of cocoa mix. They were well received! Thank you! ---Laura on FB
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Tips and Tricks
- Melt a little extra white chocolate and make a few extra chocolate cups your first time making hot chocolate bombs. This way, if you have a couple that don’t turn out, you’ll have extras to replace them with. Consider your first time a practice run.
- DO NOT overheat the white chocolate chips. White chocolate chips can be melted in a double boiler in the microwave.
- Refrigerate until firm. The key to success is making sure the chocolate has time to really set up in the fridge. If the chocolate is soft (AT ALL) it will stretch and break.
- Use any extra melted white chocolate to fill in weak spots. Before taking the chocolate cups out of the mold, examine them carefully to see if there are any thin areas that could use a little more chocolate. Add more chocolate, refrigerate a bit longer, and continue on your way.
- You can use a hot spoon to smooth out the center seam. If your seam doesn’t match up perfectly, you can pipe a little extra white chocolate along the seam to close in any gaps. Refrigerate to allow the seam to harden, then run a hot spoon around the seam to smooth it out a bit.
- Storage tips. Hot cocoa bomb spheres should be stored in an airtight container or in a cellophane gift bag. Storing them in a pantry or on a counter is fine as long as they are not near a heat source or window.
Ingredients
- Hot Cocoa Mix: My favorite hot chocolate has always been from Starbucks. If you enjoy the creamy cup available at your local Starbucks location, you'll love this one! I make it with Starbucks hot chocolate powder mix. Rich flavor, creamy, and super chocolatey---even when made with skim milk.
- White chocolate chips: I used white chocolate chips. Other types of chocolate that would work well are melting wafers (I like Ghirardelli) or almond bark.
- Chocolate chips: Use a small amount of melted chocolate chips to add a smile to each snowman.
- Sprinkles: I used black sugar pearls for the eyes and orange jimmies for the nose.
- Freeze-dried marshmallows. We've used regular Jet Puff mini marshmallows and mini freeze-dried marshmallows, and definitely prefer the freeze-dried ones. You can get a big 1-pound bag on Amazon, and you're family will thank you. So great for hot cocoa bars in the winter.
- Hot cocoa bomb mold: I used a 2.5" chocolate mold that came in a 2-pack. You can also purchase this variety pack of silicone molds and make different sized snowman hot chocolate bombs!
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How To Make Snowman White Hot Chocolate Bombs
Step 1: Melt white chocolate chips in microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue to microwave in 15-second intervals until white chocolate is melted and smooth.DO NOT overheat the white chocolate.
Step 2: Add a spoonful of white chocolate into 6 silicone mold cavities. Smooth chocolate up the sides of each mold with a spoon. Add more white chocolate as necessary to coat the inside of each mold.Let the white chocolate sit for a few minutes in the mold. Check to see if there are any areas that need to be covered again, then smooth out the sides with a spoon. This will help ensure that the sides and center of the mold are evenly coated with white chocolate.There will be a little extra white chocolate leftover in the bowl. Save this to use in a later step.
Step 3: Refrigerate white chocolate for at least 30 minutes or until completely set. Gently remove from the mold.
Step 4: Melt chocolate chips and place in a plastic baggie. Cut a tiny slit in the corner.Remember the leftover spoonful of melted white chocolate chips? It might have hardened by this point and that's ok. Melt it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and spoon it into a plastic baggie. Cut a tiny slit in the corner of the bag.
Use the melted white chocolate to attach two black ball sprinkles for the eyes and an orange sprinkle for the nose to the 3 other white chocolate cups (the ones without hot chocolate mix). Use the melted chocolate chips to pipe on a mouth. Refrigerate until hardened.
Step 5: Fill 3 halves with 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa mix and 1 tablespoon of mini marshmallows.
Step 6: You will need a hot bowl or plate. Press one of the empty white chocolate cups against the hot plate to slightly melt the rim.
Step 7: Place the empty white chocolate cup over one of the filled ones.
Run a hot spoon along the seam where the two chocolate cups meet to slightly melt the chocolate and seal the seam.
Step 8: To make a cup of snowman hot chocolate, place one hot chocolate bomb in a mug. Pour 1 ½ cups of hot milk over the cocoa bomb. Stir.
This will create 6 white chocolate spheres that, when fit together, will create 3 hot chocolate bombs.
Snowman Cocoa Bomb FAQs
Hot chocolate bombs are molded cups of white or regular chocolate spheres filled with hot chocolate mix and mini marshmallows. Then you melt the rim of one cup and place it on top of the other to create the perfect ball of chocolatey goodness.
We tried these with 1 cup of hot milk and 1 ½ cups of hot milk and both were delicious, but I think I prefer 1 ½ cups of milk. It's not quite as rich. You can use whatever milk you'd like. We used skim.
Ideally, these hot chocolate bombs would be stored in a cool, dry place like a pantry, individually packaged, or in an airtight container. They can be store in the refrigerator or freezer for a little while, but I would worry about two situations with that:
1. The refrigerator may introduce moisture to the hot chocolate mix.
2. The freezer may cause condensation to form on the hot chocolate bombs as they thaw to room temperature. If you need to freeze them, I'd thaw them in the refrigerator instead of placing them on the counter to thaw.
I've only stored them on the counter, away from the stove or a window and they've been fine.
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Snowman Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 3-6 Tbsp. hot chocolate mix
- 3 Tbsp. mini marshmallows
- 1 Tbsp. chocolate chips
- sprinkles for eyes and nose
- chocolate mold
Instructions
- Melt white chocolate chips in microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir. Continue to microwave in 15-second intervals until white chocolate is melted and smooth.DO NOT overheat the white chocolate.
- Add a spoonful of white chocolate into 6 silicone mold cavities. Smooth chocolate up the sides of each mold with a spoon. Add more white chocolate as necessary to coat the inside of each mold.Let the white chocolate sit for a few minutes in the mold. Check to see if there are any areas that need to be covered again, then smooth out the sides with a spoon. This will help ensure that the sides and center of the mold are evenly coated with white chocolate.There will be a little extra white chocolate leftover in the bowl. Save this to use in a later step.
- Refrigerate white chocolate for at least 30 minutes or until completely set. Gently remove from the mold.
- Fill 3 halves with 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa mix and 1 tablespoon of mini marshmallows.
- Melt chocolate chips and place in a plastic baggie. Cut a tiny slit in the corner. Remember the leftover spoonful of melted white chocolate chips? It might have hardened by this point and that's ok. Melt it in the microwave for about 10 seconds and spoon it into a plastic baggie. Cut a tiny slit in the corner of the bag.
- Use the melted white chocolate to attach two black ball sprinkles for the eyes and an orange sprinkle for the nose to the 3 other white chocolate cups (the ones without hot chocolate mix).Use the melted chocolate chips to pipe on a mouth.Refrigerate until hardened.
- You will need a hot bowl or plate. Press one of the empty white chocolate cups against the hot plate to slightly melt the rim.
- Place the empty white chocolate cup over one of the filled ones.
- Run a hot spoon along the seam where the two chocolate cups meet to slightly melt the chocolate and seal the seam.
- To make a cup of snowman hot chocolate, place one hot chocolate bomb in a mug. Pour 1 ½ cups of hot milk over bomb. Stir.
Celia says
Definitely will try these!
My hot chocolate mix directions say to use hot water to mix. Would that work instead of milk?
Brandy says
If it was mostly cocoa mix, I'd say that would be fine since cocoa mix has powdered milk in it. There is actually very little cocoa mix in each bomb though (only a tablespoon or two). Most of the chocolate flavoring comes from the chocolate sphere so it would need milk to make a creamy cup of cocoa.
Bia says
Which sprinkles did you use for the eyes? Do you have a link? Trying to see the size of the pearl so I can buy the right one. Thanks!
Brandy says
Mine were actually from a snowman sprinkles kit from Wilton. I bought them a couple of years ago but don’t see them online anymore. These ones look the same: https://www.etsy.com/listing/761215559/sprinkles-3-oz-melted-snowmen?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_c-craft_supplies_and_tools-kitchen_supplies-baking_and_cake_decorations-other&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQiA2af-BRDzARIsAIVQUOeEMZxf3aBplf1_mqkIL-HPKM9TTubQIbeNF-7et4v0rOz9BHP83dEaApJSEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_11502762698_113175656380_476138641083_aud-952490158310:pla-295472666587_m__761215559_12768591&utm_custom2=11502762698&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2af-BRDzARIsAIVQUOeEMZxf3aBplf1_mqkIL-HPKM9TTubQIbeNF-7et4v0rOz9BHP83dEaApJSEALw_wcB
Bari says
These are adorable! I think I will be making them. Thank you for sharing them.
Ann M OSBORN says
Thank you! I'm going to make these with my grandkids for their parents for Christmas gifts, and for the girls at the office. Do you have any suggestions on how to add peppermint to this, for peppermint hot chocolate?
Brandy says
Hi Ann! I’d either buy peppermint hot chocolate powder or add crushed candy canes to the chocolate bombs for a minty flavor. 🙂
Hart Lesley says
You’re great! Ty. Thank you for all your posts. I love the ideas and inspiration.
Brandy says
Thank you!! 🙂 And welcome to the site!
Hart Lesley says
I love your site. It’s adorable. Lots of really fantastic doable ideas. Can I use your photos on my Facebook page? Of course I would credit you for them. I’d like to make a few of these for my friends and family for Christmas I want to show them the photos. Mine surely won’t be as pretty. Just not sure what the etiquette is here and wouldn’t want to upset you.
Brandy says
Sure thing. Thank you for asking!
Sarah says
I prefer dark chocolate to white, but we have people of All colour in this gorgeous world of ours, so these will be going out for Christmas treats this year. Thank you ever so much for sharing this awesome recipe with us. 😊🙏🌈♥️🇨🇦
Brandy says
You’re welcome! And truth be told, I like chocolate better than white chocolate too!!❤️
barb says
Where is the video of this?
Brandy says
Hi Barb! It should play automatically below the first image in the blog post. Do you have a poo up blocker on your browser? I’m wondering if that could be Kreme ting it from showing up for you.
Debra G says
I love it. And more important, my grandkids love then.
Emily G. says
These are adorable!! I have to make some.. Semper Fi Brandy! My late husband retired from the Coast Guard in 1987. I absolutely love the CG. We made many beautiful memories while he was enlisted. His last tour was in Washington as the CPO of the Honor Guard there. He served 2 tours there. God Bless you and thank you hubby for his service.
Brandy says
Hi Emily! Thank you! And we’re grateful to your husband for his service. My husband has been in for 22 years and it’s been a wonderful experience. We love the Coast Guard too!
Kathy says
Could you use almond bark rather than white chocolate chips?
Brandy says
Yes, absolutely.
Lara says
These are so cute, and such a great idea! I can’t wait to try these out!!
T. Werich says
Please sell this recipe to a large company so I can buy them😍
Brandy says
Hi Terry! I've seen a ton of bakeries lately that are selling hot chocolate bombs this season, and etsy shops as well! I first saw a video of a hot chocolate bomb on FB and that's what sparked me to learn how to make them too. I hope you can find some to purchase. They are so fun.
Brenda says
If you make these, I’m buying.
Amber says
This might be the best thing I’ve ever seen!!!
Brandy says
Thank you Amber!
Jeni says
Super cute!