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How To Make Hot Chocolate Stirrers With Marshmallows And Chocolate, Perfect For Christmas & Hot Drinks
Hot chocolate stirrers are fun, easy and so indulgent! They make cute edible Christmas gifts and are the perfect addition to hot drinks. With this recipe, you’ll learn how to make hot chocolate sticks with multiple topping ideas!
In my house no hot drink is complete without adding hot chocolate stirrers to them, especially in the winter period. When it cold, windy and raining heavily, the one thing that can easily put a smile on my face is making these homemade chocolate sticks. They’re not only perfect for the winter period but also make great homemade Christmas gifts. Because It’s true that the best Christmas gifts you can get is ones you can eat!
Easily customisable, you can personalise each stirrer with different designs and chocolate flavours. Plus, the type of toppings you can choose are pretty much endless. What I love about these chocolate stirrers is that you can go as wild or as minimal as you please; it’s a chance to get creative.
What Are Chocolate Stirrers?
If you’ve never made or heard of chocolate stirrers before, then you’re definitely in for a treat!
Hot chocolate stirrers are melted chocolate that has dried with a wooden spoon or stick in the centre. Some stirrers have different toppings such as marshmallows, caramel and chocolate chips. If you’re wondering how to use them, it’s just like using a spoon. You dip chocolate stirrers into a cup of hot milk and stir gently until the chocolate has melted. You’ll be left with a delicious and indulgent hot chocolate drink.
Usually, hot chocolate stirrers are dunked and mixed into milk. But between you and me adding instant coffee granules makes it taste EVEN BETTER!
These stirrers are also called hot chocolate sticks or hot chocolate spoons; chocolate spoons usually have wooden spoons in the middle as opposed to lolly sticks.
Watch How To Make It
Below is a video guide on how to make hot chocolate stirrers with shot glasses. The process is the same regardless of which container you use. Below I have suggested the best containers to use for making hot chocolate spoons.
Ingredients
Making this treat is fairly simple and requires minimal ingredients. The main ingredient is of course chocolate and the type of chocolate you use is up to you and your preference. White chocolate will be quite sweet in flavour, milk chocolate less and dark chocolate will be rich and strong in flavour.
If you are planning to mix these hot chocolate stirrers into hot chocolate rather than plain milk. Then dark chocolate may be a better match. Unless you’re a sweet tooth, I use milk and white chocolate regardless of what I am dipping it into!
There is quite a large range of toppings and fillings to choose from, below I’ve jotted a few suggestions.
What Toppings Can I Make?
I stuck with white chocolate chips, sprinkles and marshmallows but there are so many flavours to top your chocolate stirrers with. Check out a few ideas below:
- Caramel Chunks
- Fudge
- Candy Cane
- Mini Chocolate Reindeers
- Mini Gingerbread Man
- Chocolate Buttons
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Mint Aero Balls
- Maltesers
- Kinder Chocolate Squares
- Sauce (for example caramel sauce or chocolate sauce)
What Hot Chocolate Flavours Can I Make
You can go with a theme flavour like white chocolate or make a selection of flavours. When creating my own hot chocolate stirrers I stuck with white chocolate, milk chocolate and occasionally mixed the two. Below are more flavour ideas to spark your imagination:
- Galaxy Chocolate
- Dairy Milk Chocolate Oreo
- Milky Way White Chocolate
- Terry’s Chocolate Orange
- Dairy Milk Caramel
- Chilli Chocolate
- Dark Chocolate
- Mint Aero
What To Use As A Mould
I made my hot chocolate stirrers in shot glasses. The best stress-free mould to use is silicon moulds like these. They allow the chocolate to come out easily. You could also use yoghurt pots too. If you’re not using silicon moulds, I’ll show what to do if they get stuck in my top tips section later on.