Name: Hot Chocolate Bombs
Prep time: 40 min
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups chocolate chips; 7 tbsp hot chocolate powder; Approx 1/2 Cup mini marshmallows; anything else you'd like inside (see above for ideas)

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Hot Chocolate Bombs are all the rage! Hot chocolate powder, marshmallows, sprinkles and other goodies inclosed in chocolate that will melt together when paired with hot milk. Make these using your Instant Pot and egg bite molds!

What is a Hot Chocolate Bomb?

Hot Chocolate Bombs became popular thanks to Tik Tok, during the Holiday Season of 2020. They are arguably the best thing to come from the year 2020. 😉

Essentially, they are little spheres of chocolate that are filled with hot cocoa powder, marshmallows, caramel, mints, Oreo crumbs.. seriously the possibilities are endless. You can also find them using White, milk, semi sweet or dark chocolate for the outside chocolate shell.

Once you are ready for your rich mug of cocoa, you’ll just heat some milk and pour it over your hot chocolate bomb (that is of course, inside of a large mug). The hot milk will melt the outer layer of chocolate and all of the cocoa powder and fun stuff inside will come out. Stir until everything is melted (that chocolate sphere included!) and drink the most delicious cup of cocoa you’ve ever tasted.

How to make Hot Chocolate Bombs with the Egg Bite Mold

To make the hot chocolate bombs you’ll need a silicone mold. These can be found on amazon, but because these Hot Cocoa bombs are so popular, everywhere (including amazon!) has been sold out! So I decided to do some experimenting and figure out how to use THE SILICONE EGG BITE MOLD that you probably already have!

It worked like a charm.

How to melt the chocolate for your Hot Cocoa Bomb

First, you’ll melt your chocolate. I like to do this melt chocolate using my Instant Pot actually. I’ll detail exactly how to use your Instant Pot to melt your chocolate down below. You could also use your microwave. Make sure that you don’t let the chocolate reach any temperature that is over 90°. If it goes over that temp, the chocolate will have a hard time setting back up.

To make sure the chocolate doesn’t get too hot, as soon as it starts to melt, don’t keep heating it. Just stir, stir, stir until everything melts. This will be quite the arm workout, but it is so worth it.

Lining your egg bite mold with the melted Chocolate

Take a healthy spoonful of the melted chocolate and add it to each un-greased cavity of your egg bite mold. Then use the back of your spoon to ‘paint’ the chocolate up the sides of the mold. The chocolate should be fairly thick, make sure to spread it evenly. Repeat with all (or however many you want!) cavities.

Now, place your egg bite mold in the freezer for a good 10 minutes until the chocolate is hard and set up.

How and what to fill your Hot Chocolate Bombs with

Once they are all set up, it’s the fun part- filling them! First, goes in the hot cocoa powder. Just use your favorite. Put 1 tbsp of cocoa powder into each. Then fill the rest of the egg bite mold to your hearts content with whatever else you want. The very top of your hot chocolate bomb should be mini marshmallows. I’ll explain why in a minute. 😉

What to put inside of your Hot cocoa Bombs

Caramel Bits
mini york peppermint patties
Andy’s mints
crushed candy cane
oreo crumbs
strawberry drink powder
white chocolate chips

Like I said, last thing on top is the mini marshmallows. The next thing you’ll do is add another generous amount of melted chocolate on top of the marshmallows and spread until the top is coated- see the photo below. 🙂 After they are all covered in chocolate, toss them back into the freezer for 20 minutes.

Taking the Hot Chocolate Bombs out of the Silicone Mold

With the egg bite mold, you will have to push pretty hard to get these to pop out, but they will! It is just really important to make sure they are super set & cold. Turn over the egg bite mold and push unit they pop out.

Decorating

You can leave these as is, or you can drizzle the top with chocolate like I did. You can also add sprinkles if you want to make them look super festive!

How to use your Instant Pot to Melt Chocolate

To do this you will need your Instant Pot, water and a glass bowl that is slightly larger than your Instant Pot. The bottom of the bowl should fit inside of the Instant Pot but the top should be taller.

Turn the Instant Pot onto the Sauté setting. You will either want to use it on LOW or NORMAL setting. Don’t push it and go to HIGH, that will bring the water in the Instant Pot to a roaring boil and hot steam and water will spurt out from beneath the bowl.

I usually use the NORMAL setting. Once the water starts to boil, TURN YOUR INSTANT POT OFF, add the chocolate chips and stir until they *start* melting. Once they start melting, remove the bowl. Continue to stir, the heat from the bowl will be enough to eventually melt all of the chocolate without it getting too hot.

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