Hot Chocolate Spoons For Gifting

 

Melted chocolate and festive toppings turn your average hot cocoa into a treat that no one will forget. There is just something about dipping a Hot Chocolate Spoon into a cup of warm milk. Add a cellophane bag and a pretty ribbon and you have a gift ready to go.

1 (8-oz.) semisweet chocolate bar

1 (4 oz.) 60% bittersweet chocolate bar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

12 miniature plastic spoons or wooden spoons

Toppings: crushed hard peppermint candies, miniature marshmallows, butterscotch chips, flaky sea salt (such as Maldon), crushed red cinnamon candies (such as Red Hots), and instant coffee granules

Place semisweet chocolate and bittersweet chocolate in a microwavable bowl. 

Microwave on HIGH 30 seconds. Stir well, and repeat for 30-second intervals until chocolate is completely melted and smooth, about 4 more times. (Note: If only a few lumps remain in the melted chocolate, microwave 15 seconds.) Stir vanilla into chocolate mixture until combined. Immediately spoon chocolate mixture evenly (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) into a 12- to 15-compartment silicone ice cube tray.

Let chocolate cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with desired toppings, and insert a plastic spoon into center of each compartment. Freeze until chocolate hardens and is completely set, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from silicone ice tray.

To serve: Stir 1 Hot Chocolate Spoon into 1 cup very hot milk of choice, until hot chocolate spoon is completely melted.

Recipe Credit

A Southern Living Recipe

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