How to Build a Hot Chocolate Bar
Get cozy at your next party with a Hot Chocolate Bar, complete with all the toppings and mix-ins! Check out our hot chocolate bar recipe, as well as our comprehensive guide, which includes our best tips, tricks and more to building one in your home.
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 8 cups slow cooker hot cocoa
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup mini peanut butter cups
- ¼ cup Andes peppermint crunch baking chips
- 6 oz. chocolate rolled wafers
- ¼ cup chocolate syrup or hot fudge sauce
- ½ cup sweetened whipped cream or the canned stuff
- 12 candy canes
- 12 individually wrapped chocolates
- ½ cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Choose your surface. I set down a cutting board with a small cake stand on it on top of my countertop. You can easily do this on a cleared countertop or even a table.
- Choose a bunch of bowls for the ingredients you’re going to use. Choose different serving utensils for these, too.
- Pour the ingredients into the bowls/jars.
- Get the hot chocolate ready and place it in a slow cooker near the board. It needs about 1-2 hours to cook, or you can prepare it another way and add it to the slow cooker to keep warm.
- When the party begins, let your guests fill their mugs with cocoa and decorate them to their heart’s content.
Notes
Make ahead tip: You can put your cocoa bar together a few hours ahead of your party, but make sure to leave spots for anything that should be refrigerated, like whipped cream. Use a similarly sized bowl as a placeholder, then swap them out at the start of the party.
