Getting the winter blues? How about inviting some people over for game night and have a Hot Chocolate Bar. There is so many possibilities. And you can create a hot chocolate bar on any kind of budget.
Just some basics:
Use matching fancy mugs, casual mugs you pick up at the goodwill, on clearance or use all the miss matched mugs in your cupboard
Just have a few key basic hot chocolates flavors so that your guests can flavor them with the add-ins. So milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate are good choices. Keep the hot chocolate hot in slow cookers or even thermal carafes.
Have your add-ins in little containers. Maybe divided appetizer trays or little bowls. Or you could even have a theme such as summer beach party to bring the summer to the winter.
For a summer theme - You could use little plastic pails with shovels and maybe set them in a homemade table top sandbox. And thread add-ins on umbrella cocktail toothpicks/skewers,hand out leis and hang up lanterns Stirrers - again can be simple as spoons or coffee stirrers to homemade ones on chocolate dipped peppermint sticks or pretzels.
Add-ins:
Make sure they are chopped finely so that they melt quickly.
marshmallows of course (try making homemade marshmallows)
flavored whipped cream
crushed peppermint sticks, butterscotch candies or other flavored hard candies such as jolly ranchers.
flavored liqueurs or syrups
orange rind twists
candied ginger
cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne or chili powder
chopped up candy bars (Milky Ways, Hershey chocolate bars, 3 Musketeers), caramels, truffles (hazelnut, raspberry, espresso)
chocolate, mint or butterscotch chips
Serve the cocoa with salty snacks such as popcorn, crackers and pretzels. And chase the winter blues away with good friends and hot cocoa.
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