Cosy up and wrap your hands around a mug of this fabulous tasting hot chocolate (or paws if you are a squirrel and take yourself to hot chocolate heaven.

I used the piping bag to add a little bit of chocolate to the cheeks, then pressed a snowflake sprinkle into the chocolate. Hot cocoa mix is often overly sweet, so this is also a great way to balance it out by using dark chocolate. If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Melting wafers and chocolate chips have additions to them that make them less than ideal for this type of recipe.

I used a 1-1/2 inch semi-sphere mold, which makes smaller hot chocolate bombs (good size for kids or small mugs of hot cocoa). Because the mold that I used isn’t huge, I find that these hot chocolate bombs taste best when you use 1 cup or 8 ounces of milk. Featuring 100 delicious recipes that can be cooked in one pot, you can open any page in this book and find something that will give you not only a meal that the whole family will eat and enjoy, but also one that makes your life a little simpler in the process. Gold powder (optional)-You can also coat your silicone mold with gold powder for a super festive treat. Briefly place another one of the chocolate spheres down on the warm frying pan, and press both spheres together to form a filled ball.

Step 4 - Pour the excess chocolate out of the mold back into the bowl or onto the table to be scraped up later.Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.