A sweet little gift, or a beautiful treat to serve holiday parties, this Hot Chocolate on a Stick recipe is a perfect holiday treat!
Swirl these delicious blocks of chocolate into a cup of hot milk and you create a luscious cup of hot chocolate.
This recipe would be perfect to serve as part of a hot chocolate bar at a holiday party! For a pretty display, set out a few bowls of hot cocoa toppings such as crushed peppermint candies, or mini marshmallows and you have a special display that is easy to create.
I know I’m always on the lookout for cute little gifts to give to teachers and neighbors, and a few of these Hot Chocolate on a Stick blocks, wrapped up and given with a cute mug could be a perfect little gift!
This recipe is quite simple to make and starts with just a can of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, and some good quality chocolate.
For the wooden sticks, I used these cute wooden sticks from Tomkat Studio. You could also use a wooden fork, or a wooden coffee stir stick (from your local coffee shop).
The snowman mugs pictured are from Target (this year).
How to Make Hot Chocolate on a Stick
Hot Chocolate on a Stick
Ingredients
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk 1 can
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup unsweetened chocolate 6 oz, chopped (I used Ghirardelli bars)
Instructions
- Line a 8"x8" pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- In a medium saucepan heat the sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream together over MEDIUM-LOW heat.
- Whisk slowly as it heats and heat until it is hot and is beginning to steam, but not boiling.
- Remove pan from heat and add the chocolate chips and chopped chocolate. Allow chocolate to slowly melt, this takes about 10 minutes.
- Return the pan to LOW heat and whisk vigorously until the mixture is thick and shiny.
- Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared pan, and smooth the surface with an offset spatula.
- Loosely cover the pan and allow the chocolate to cool slowly, on the counter OVERNIGHT.
- The next day, run a knife around the edge of the pan, and pull on the parchment or foil to remove the chocolate square.
- Cut the chocolate into 1 1/4" cubes. Heat the knife between cuts by running the knife under hot water, then wipe dry between each cut.
- Add a wooden stick, then wrap the cubes as desired.
Nutrition
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I will surely make this hot chocolate this Sunday.. Its gonna be fun 🙂
My younger sister loves every single thing made of chocolate..
And yea, Happy Thanks Giving Week 🙂
Oooh! Such a cute idea! This will have to go on my teacher gift to-do list. Thanks for another great idea! Love you!
~Cecilia
These recipe is great! Love the idea.
Amazing recipe idea! These look so adorable wrapped up. I may make some for my friends as a little christmas treat!
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Sweet gifts! I so love hot chocolate. 🙂
Hi, this is a great idea, so cute too. Just wondered once made how long will they keep in the cellophane wrapping once they have been given out and would they need to keep them in the fridge… am thinking gifts for my sons teachers, but don’t want to poison them! Thanks for another great idea!
Okay answered my own comment!
3-4 days at room temp
10days in fridge
30days in freezer
According to. Comment on the king Arthur flour site
How long will these keep? Love this idea!
Thank you so much for the reply.I find your suggestion most interesting so I will give it a try! In case I end up with a satisfying result, I will make sure to share my “experiment” with you! I really appreciate your generosity!
What a cute gift idea!! Thank you for sharing! I just wondered if you could use something different than the wooden sticks?