When I decided to have a party, I knew that I wanted to do something fun and special. I also knew that it had to make my friends warm and cozy. What could be better than a hot chocolate bar!?! If you ask me (and if you’re reading this, I’m assuming that you are), not much! I used my crock pot to keep the hot chocolate nice and warm and then had different mixers and toppings. The mixers included vanilla syrup, caramel syrup, hazelnut syrup, Kahlua, Bailey’s and DiSarrona. I found the cutest little white pitchers at Home Goods to put the flavors in. I attached a little label to indicate what was in each pitcher. The toppings included fresh whipped cream, chopped Andes Candies pieces and marshmallows. HOMEMADE MARSHMALLOWS! Yep, that’s right, homemade! I had stumbled across a recipe months ago for marshmallows, but thought it would be kind of tough to do with a hand mixer. You better believe that it was the first thing that popped into my mind to make when I opened my Kitchenaid on Christmas morning! I also had Pirouline hazelnut wafer sticks on the bar.
Hot Chocolate Recipe
6-7 cups water
2 small cans of sweetened condensed milk
3-4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
3/4 – 1 cup heavy whipping cream
Mix everything together in a crock pot and stir until everything is combined. Start the crock pot over medium for 20 minutes or so. Once it’s nice and warm, I turned the heat down to low to keep it warm.
Enjoy!
Hang Onto your fork 