DIY Hot Chocolate on a Stick

I went on a craft retreat back a few weeks ago and I wanted to give a little something to the attendees. I could’ve done something a little ‘crafty’ but because I like to cook, I wanted to give a food gift so decided on these DIY Hot Chocolate on a Stick. Being winter here in Australia I thought it would be the perfect something to stir through hot milk on those cold winter nights.

These are really easy to make and perfect for making a large number of gifts for Christmas, Easter or any time of the year. I picked up these wooden spoons from the dollar store, 20 for $2.

I remembered I had some washi tape that resembled a tape measure so I taped that to the edge of the wooden spoon.

You can use an ice cube tray to set the hot chocolate mix or line a mini muffin tin, like I did, with plastic wrap. They’re easy to get out that way.

Melt the chocolate and then add cocoa and icing sugar (powdered sugar).

Alternatively, you could supply a packet mix of hot chocolate and just make moulds of melted chocolate. If I make this again, that’s what I’ll do. Once you mix the dry ingredients to the chocolate, it goes quite stiff and is hard to push the marshmallows in.

Using a small ice cream scoop or a spoon, spoon mixture into mould.

Then just push the mini marshmallows and the wooden spoon into the mixture and allow to set. Once set, wrap in a little plastic wrap and gift wrap as required.

I found these cute little gift tags from the dollar store and I just wrote the instructions on the back of the tag. These are a really quick, easy gift and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the leftovers. To make the hot chocolate, you just need to stir the spoon through hot milk until it is melted. The marshmallows will also melt so you might like to add more.