Hot Chocolate Spoon Recipes

HOT CHOCOLATE SPOONS

Steps:

• Set up a double boiler.
• Place the chocolate into the double boiler and mix until melted.
• Once the chocolate is melted add in the sugar and vanilla and mix.
• Scoop the hot chocolate mixture onto your spoons and place onto parchment paper.
• Decorate and top as desired.

HOT CHOCOLATE SPOON RECIPE

Steps:

• Add some water to a small saucepan and place a heatproof bowl on top to create a double boiler.
• Pour your chocolate chips into the bowl (melt each type of chocolate separately).
• Bring the water in the saucepan to a boil and then turn the heat to medium-low to simmer. You don't want to burn the chocolate. Stir to gently melt the chocolate chips until smooth. Remove from heat. (For a time saver, you could also melt each chocolate type individually in small bowls in the microwave for 20 seconds at a time, stirring each time until melted.)
• Place the ice cube mold on a baking sheet so that you can transfer it easily later. Pour the chocolate into the ice cube mold cavities (it should fill about 14 of them). Fill them to just below the top, because when you push the spoons in, the chocolate level will rise a bit.
• Tap the baking sheet gently on the counter to smooth out the surface of the chocolate.
• Sprinkle with desired toppings. Then, gently insert spoons into the chocolate in each cavity of the ice cube mold. (It is easier to add the toppings first, but if some of the toppings sink into the chocolate when you push the spoons in, just re-add some back to the top.)
• Carefully transfer the baking sheet with the ice cube mold on it to the freezer for about 30 minutes (or until hard) to help the chocolate set. Or you can also set it at room temperature if you prefer, but it'll take longer.
• Remove the spoons from the mold by gently flexing the mold around like you would with ice cubes to release the chocolates and pull them out. Use right away or store (in a cool place) by wrapping in a cellophane bag and tying a ribbon around the top.
• To serve: mix a chocolate spoon into 1 cup of hot water, milk or coffee and let the chocolate melt into it.

CANDY CANE HOT COCOA SPOONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Spray 3 soup spoons lightly with cooking spray. Place 3 unwrapped candy canes on the prepared baking sheet and bake until the candy canes are slightly soft and pliable and very warm to the touch, 8 to 10 minutes. Gently lift a candy cane and place onto one of the greased spoons (if they're too hot to touch, lift with a paper towel.) Mold and gently press the curved top of the candy cane into the bowl of the spoon so that it takes the shape of the spoon; the center of the bowl will be bare. Mold the straight part of the candy cane to the handle of the spoon. If the candy canes cool too quickly, you can pop them back in the oven for a minute or two to soften again. Let cool on the spoons while you bake the next batch of candy canes, continuing until you've molded them all.
• Melt the 3 chocolates in 3 separate small bowls by microwaving each on 50 percent power in 20-second intervals, stirring in between each, until melted.
• Dip the bowls of the candy cane spoons into the melted chocolate; you will have 4 of each type of chocolate. Set the spoons so that the chocolate-covered bowls sit flat on the cooled baking sheet and the handles tilt upward resting on the baking sheet rim. Let the chocolate set slightly, 10 to 15 minutes at room temperature or 5 minutes in the refrigerator. Keep the remaining chocolate in the bowls warm and melted, returning them to the microwave if necessary.
• Spoon some melted chocolate into the open unfilled space in the bowls of the spoons. Sprinkle with marshmallows, chocolate chips or crushed candy canes, mounding them in the center so they look like they're on the spoon. Let harden completely at room temperature, about 1 hour, or in the refrigerator, 15 to 20 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SPOONS

Steps:

• In a microwave safe bowl, melt semisweet chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Dip spoons into chocolate. Put spoons onto wax paper and refrigerate until chocolate hardens.
• Melt milk chocolate pieces in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir until smooth. Place chocolate into plastic bag and cut off a corner. Drizzle melted chocolate over spoons. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens.
• Wrap each spoon separately and store in a cool dry place,

HOT CHOCOLATE STIRRERS

Steps:

• You will need:6 cupcake cases, pencil, pastry brush, 6 empty 47g fromage frais pots (washed and dried), 6 wooden lolly sticks, cellophane and string or ribbon for wrapping, 6 gift tagsPush a small hole in the middle of the cupcake cases with a pencil and put aside for later.
• Dip the pastry brush in the sunflower oil and paint a very thin layer of oil over the insides of the fromage frais pots.
• Put the chocolate in a bowl and heat in the microwave in 30-sec bursts until runny, stirring after each blast. Or melt it in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (get an adult to help you). If you're using different types of chocolate, you should melt them separately.
• Carefully pour the melted chocolate into the pots. Put a lolly stick in the middle of each and sprinkle your chosen decorations around it.
• Sit a cake case on top of each pot so that it covers the chocolate and the stick pokes through the hole. Put them in the fridge to set overnight.
• The next day, carefully pull the chocolates out of the pots and throw away the paper cases. Wrap each in cellophane tied with string and write a tag to read: 'Simply stir into hot milk.'

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED BEVERAGE SPOONS

Steps:

• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt milk chocolate chips with 2 teaspoons shortening; stir until smooth. Repeat with white baking chips and remaining shortening. Dip spoons into either mixture, tapping handles on bowl edges to remove excess. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Pipe or drizzle milk chocolate over white-dipped spoons and white mixture over milk chocolate-dipped spoons. Use a toothpick or skewer to swirl chocolate. If desired, decorate with coarse sugar or sprinkles if desired. Chill for 5 minutes or until set. Use as stirring spoons for coffee or cocoa.