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Hot Cacao Bombs

These are a fun way to enjoy a cozy cup of hot chocolate on those cold, winter days! These delicious, chocolate-covered spheres are filled with rich cacao, mini marshmallows, winter spices, and sometimes other sweet surprises like crushed peppermint or chocolate chips. Simply drop one into a mug and pour hot milk over it, watch it melt and release the creamy cacao mix, and stir for the perfect mug of hot chocolate.
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Servings 12 bombs

Equipment

  • 24 2 to 2 1/2" sphere silicone molds

Ingredients
  

  • 24 ounces semi-sweet chocolate can use dark chocolate
  • 1 cup hot milk or dairy alternative, but do not use water
  • 7 tablespoons cane sugar can use sucanat or coconut sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cacao powder can use cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg optional
  • 10 tablepsoons marshmallow bits do not use mini marshmallows

Instructions
 

FOR SHELLS

  • Place chocolate in a glass bowl and melt over low using the hot water bath method.
  • Once the chocolate is melted and smooth, spoon 1 tablespoon into each sphere mold, spreading with a pastry brush or the back of a spoon. Reserve some chocolate for sealing up the spheres once filled (you can always make more if necessary).
  • Place in the freezer for 3-5 minutes.
  • Remove and add another tablespoon of chocolate and spread around the mold.
  • Refrigerate or freeze for 10 minutes.
  • Remove and pop the chocolate out of the molds.
  • Place each sphere, open side up and fill each mold with 2 tablespoons of cacao mix.
  • Place an empty sphere on top of a filled sphere and seal by piping the seam of the two spheres with chocolate.

FOR CACAO MIX

  • Place all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until blended thoroughly.
  • Add all the ingredients in a bowl.

HOW TO MAKE HOT CACAO

  • Place one chocolate bomb in a mug and fill the mug with hot milk. Once it melts, stir well to combine milk and cacao mix.