Hot Chocolate on a Stick

5 from 3 votes

This quick and easy hot chocolate on a stick is a warm and rich sweet treat that offers an irresistible, festive flavor.

Prep Time15

Chill Time3

Total Time3 15

Course: Dessert, Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Hot Chocolate on a Stick Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 179kcal

Ingredients

3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips,
4 ounces bittersweet (60% cacao) baking bar, broken into small pieces
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
½ cup heavy cream
28-30 lollipop sticks
1½ cups mini marshmallows, for topping
1 gallon whole milk, (1 cup of milk per mug of hot chocolate made)

Instructions

Place 2 (15 squares ~ 1.5x1.5x1.5-inch per square) silicone molds onto a rimmed baking sheet. Set aside.
In a large bowl, add the semi-sweet chocolate chips and the broken-up pieces of the bittersweet (60% cacao) chocolate baking bar. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan on medium heat, add the sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. Heat the mixture until it reaches about 120-130°F. This will take about 3-4 minutes.
Add chocolate and remove the pan from heat. Allow this to sit, undisturbed, for 3-4 minutes before whisking it to completely incorporate the hot milk and chocolate to make a smooth chocolate sauce.
Transfer the melted chocolate mixture to a large piping bag or zip-top plastic bag with the corner snipped off. You will want to make sure that you keep the open tip facing up until you are ready to pipe the chocolate into the silicone molds.
Pipe the melted chocolate into each of the square openings about ¾ full. Place 1 stick into the center of each chocolate square.
Place decorations on top of each of your chocolate squares and gently pressing them down.
Place the tray of hot chocolate squares into the refrigerator to chill and firm up for 3 hours up to overnight.
Once the hot chocolate squares have firmed up, you will remove 2 individual squares from the silicone mold to make 1 mug of hot chocolate.
To make the hot chocolate you will place two hot chocolate cubes on a stick into a large 10 to 12-ounce mug.
In a microwave-safe, 2-cup measuring cup with a spout, add the whole milk and heat on high for 2 to 2½ minutes. This will scald, not boil, your milk so that it is hot enough to melt your hot chocolate cubes. Pour the hot milk into the mug over the hot chocolate cubes.
Using your lollipop sticks, you will stir around the chocolate until it is completely melted and you have a rich cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. You will discard the lollipop sticks once you have made your mug of hot chocolate.

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Notes

Make sure your molds are very clean, wipe with a paper towel to be sure; otherwise, you may run into trouble popping the hot chocolate cubes out.
You can also use an ice cube tray if you don't have a silicone mold. If you don’t have silicone molds or ice trays, you can pour the chocolate into a foil-lined 8×8 pan. Once the chocolate has partially hardened, you can score the top in a grid of 1½-inch x 1½ inch squares. You can then place your sticks into the middle of each square to set fully. Alternately, you can just cut the firmed-up chocolate into squares, add 2 squares into your mug with hot milk and stir with a spoon to completely dissolve the chocolate.
Lift the silicone baking pan a few inches and drop once or twice (or shake) to get the chocolate to level out.
Check on the hot chocolate sticks while they are chilling to be sure that the sticks are staying centered and upright in the chocolate blocks.

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