Create a enjoyable sizzling chocolate station on your vacation events or household nights with this straightforward Christmas sizzling chocolate bar cart. Customise it with all your favourite toppings!
Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar
For those who’ve been round right here for some time, you know the way a lot I like placing collectively enjoyable sizzling chocolate bars! I’ve been doing it for years now and normally have one up someplace in the home all through many of the 12 months. Hot chocolate bars can actually be as easy or as extravagant as you prefer to. From just some bottles in a crate to a extra elaborate arrange on a aspect bar or buffet, there’s all the time room for a sizzling chocolate bar!!
Hot Chocolate Bar Cart
Often I put a Christmas sizzling chocolate bar in our kitchen or eating room, however this 12 months I made a decision to place it on a rolling cart for a bit of further versatility. We will roll it into the kitchen if wanted or convey it to the couch for refills and top-ups on our film nights. Utilizing a cart on your sizzling chocolate bar is a good concept when you’re brief on area or identical to to maintain your counters clear. It’s additionally numerous enjoyable for events or vacation gatherings.
What do I would like for a sizzling chocolate bar cart?
A part of the enjoyable with placing collectively a sizzling chocolate bar is selecting what to placed on it! You may preserve it easy with simply the fundamentals or add all kinds of sizzling chocolate choices and toppings to customise the proper cup.
Listed here are some concepts to assist get you began…
- sizzling cocoa combine. This appears cute displayed in a mason jar or simply get the packets {or sizzling chocolate bombs} for a fast and straightforward serving. Search for a few completely different flavors to combine issues up and make sure you examine if there are any particular necessities for making it. Some mixes do require sizzling milk slightly than water.
- marshmallows. Mini, flavored, or common measurement – something goes! Seasonal Peeps marshmallows additionally make cute sizzling cocoa toppers. You may just about get them for any vacation! Retailer in a mason jar or place in a bowl.
- whipped cream {clearly you’ll have to retailer this within the fridge till you’re able to serve!}
- flavored syrups. I’ve peppermint, vanilla, and caramel on ours.
- sweet canes. Use complete sweet canes for stir sticks or crush them up for a peppermint flavored sizzling chocolate. You may as well purchase finely crushed sweet canes that works nice for sprinkling over the whipped cream!
- chocolate, caramel, or strawberry sauce
- caramels or little chopped caramel bits
- sprinkles in seasonal colours or shapes
- toffee bits
- chopped nuts
- cinnamon. I added cinnamon to the gnome salt and pepper shakers for straightforward serving.
- Christmas coloured M&Ms or different favourite Christmas sweets
- cookies. You may both get the wafers to make use of as a stir stick or simply have common cookies out for dipping. I like shortbread for this at Christmas time!
- ADULTS ONLY – Bailey’s or Kahlua. 🙂
How do I embellish a sizzling chocolate bar cart?
Dressing up the cart with a couple of seasonal touches is my favourite half! Only a few little particulars can completely take it up a notch and I all the time love discovering these excellent additions.
- napkins in seasonal colours or patterns
- seasonal mugs. You don’t must spend some huge cash – my favourite Santa mugs had been simply from the greenback retailer and these cute gnome mugs had been from Walmart. {I feel they’re nonetheless in inventory!}
- stir sticks
- little bowls or jars for candies {I used some Christmas measuring cups}
- a cookie jar. Not solely do cookie jars look cute, however they’re additionally very practical. After all, they’re nice for protecting cookies recent, however they will also be used for storing different treats {I used one for holding popcorn in our film night time cart a few years in the past}, sizzling chocolate packets, or different gadgets like napkins or towels that you just may not wish to miss.
- varied seasonal decor gadgets. In case you have any further area, fill it in with enjoyable seasonal decor gadgets. I needed a bit of extra peak on the highest so I added the white tree {it additionally works to assist cover the battery pack for the twinkle lights!}. I additionally added some sprigs of greenery, a couple of giant jingle bells tied with ribbon and a cute little gnome.
- twinkle lights. I’m type of obsessive about twinkle lights and love including them in every single place.They only make every part look extra magical.
For those who’re on the lookout for extra sizzling chocolate bar concepts, I’ve put all of my favourite ideas and methods collectively on this publish.
Extra Christmas Concepts
For extra enjoyable Christmas concepts, try these posts…
Hot Chocolate Reward Decoration
Enjoyable Christmas Breakfast Concepts
Snowball Cookies
