For Chanukah this year, I decided to try out hot chocolate balls. These were surprisingly easy to assemble and my kids loved the activity! Hot chocolate balls would make for a great Motzei Shabbos Chanukah treat.

You’ll need:

Semi-circle molds (silicone or plastic)

Blue and white chocolate candy melts

White hot chocolate mix

Mini marshmallows

Toothpicks or a small paint brush

Milk

1) Melt blue chocolate candy melts in the microwave, first at 30 second intervals and then at 15 section intervals.

2) Stir the chocolate candy melts until you get a smooth mixture.

3) Spread the chocolate into semi-circle molds with the back of a spoon. Add a second layer and make sure the entire mold is covered until the edge.

4) Place the tray of molds into the refrigerator for five minutes.

5) Remove the tray and gently pop out the molds.

6) Put one semicircle of chocolate onto a round cookie cutter or wax paper.

7) Drop two tablespoons of white hot chocolate mix into the mold.

8) Sprinkle mini marshmallows into the mold until it fills.

9) Put a plate in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds until it is warm.

10) Place another chocolate semi-circle onto that warm plate to melt the edges slightly.

11) Place that second semicircle onto your mold filled with hot chocolate mix and mini marshmallows.

12) Seal the ball closed with any extra chocolate that was melted from the plate.

13) Melt the white chocolate candy melts in the microwave, first at 30 second intervals and then at 15 section intervals.

14) Stir the white chocolate candy melts until smooth and use a small paint brush or toothpick to decorate your hot chocolate balls with a chanukiah or dreidels.

15) Let white chocolate dry for five minutes.

16) Heat up a mug of milk in the microwave (about one minute to a minute and a half at most).

17) Gently drop your Chanukah hot chocolate ball into the warm milk and watch it sway back and forth until it pops open.

18) Stir and b’tayavon!

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