What sweet Valentine gifts these would be! These adorable cocoa bombs would be a fun project, especially knowing you are going to make someone so happy when you give them these specially made Valentine surprises. Then later they will smile again when they use the cocoa bombs to make a perfect mug of hot cocoa.
You will need melting wafers (I have found that they are much more forgiving and so much easier to work with than chocolate), heart or circular molds, hot cocoa mix, mini marshmallows, and of course – lots of sprinkles! Optional items include a bench scraper to clean off edges of the mold (once the wafers have set) and squeeze bottle or pastry bag with piping tube to fill with melted wafers so you can fill in any little gaps around the edges.
I used the white melting wafers in the circular molds for these, and then melted pink and red wafers to drizzle over the top right before adding the Valentine sprinkles.
The heart shaped molds make adorable cocoa bombs! These are the dark pink wafers -they make such pretty treats! It does take more wafers to fill the heart shape molds, compared to the circular ones.
The red wafers make very pretty traditional Valentine gifts. Look on the Etsy and Pinterest sites for many creative Valentine cocoa bomb decorating ideas.
Create a plate of mixed treats to share! Hot cocoa is always welcome on a chilly day -but watching these little treats “explode” in the warm milk is bound to make everyone happy!
Make take home gifts for everyone ! You can create individual treats by placing the cocoa bombs in snack bags and then tying them with pink or red ribbons. Makes a cute Valentine basket!
The website below has very good directions and lots of photos:
https://www.shugarysweets.com/valentines-hot-cocoa-bombs/
Happy Valentine’s Day!
