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Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar

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December 20, 2013 By Leigh Anne12 Comments

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Yesterday the first of my children was suppose to arrive home for the holidays. Thanks to an overabundance of snow and ice in Salt Lake City she is still in Utah. We are saying our prayers and keeping our fingers crossed that she can get home tomorrow along with her sister and the other three on Saturday! Positive thoughts and prayers that my kids arrive home and safe appreciated!!

I had a fun Activity Day Girl activity yesterday.  For those of you new to the blog, Activity Day Girls are the 8-12 year old girls at church that I am lucky enough to play with twice a month.

For our activity yesterday I hosted a Hot Chocolate Bar.  We were working on a service project making fleece blankets for a homeless shelter so I decided since we were helping keep others warm we could warm up our tummy’s with some hot chocolate.

Our morning in Portland started out with black ice and then with the snow in Utah, I had snow on the mind so this darling chalkboard art printable from  Pen N’ Paperflowers was perfect.  I also pulled out my old vintage sled and found this fun snow ball pom pom garland at Michaels.

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I thought our family Joy photo in the snow made the perfect backdrop for the hot chocolate bar.

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My neighbors snowman hot chocolate dispenser was perfect.  We had a selection of syrups to add flavor to the hot chocolate.  Vanilla, Peppermint, Almond, Caramel, Amaretto and  Cinnamon .  My personal favorite is Amaretto!

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I also made some cute chocolate/peppermint dipped marshmallow stir sticks for the hot chocolate.   I also had candy canes and pirouette cookies to use as stir sticks.

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Of course there had to be a nice selection of marshmallows too – big and small, regular and peppermint.  I also found some fun holiday Peeps that I just couldn’t resist.

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Then there were mini M & M’s, crushed up toffee and chocolate sprinkles to add in too.

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I also made my favorite sugar cookies.  I made them small and frosted them white to look like little snowballs.

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And of course no hot chocolate bar would be complete without whip cream – lots and lots of whip cream!
Hot Chocolate BarThe girls loved it and so did their mothers who had joined us for the afternoon of blanket making.

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Such a cute group of girls!

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Love these girls!

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For other fun Christmas ideas check out these posts:Christmas Collage

Christmas Minute to Win It –  Breakfast with Santa & Hot Cider Bar – Christmas Eve at Our House

Enjoy!

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  1. 1
    Patti says:
    December 20, 2013 at 8:29 am

    You hit a home run on this one! Wow! Everything is spectacular!

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      Leigh Anne says:
      December 20, 2013 at 9:36 pm

      Thanks Patti – was totally fun to do!!

      Reply
  2. 2
    Ellen says:
    December 20, 2013 at 8:31 am

    Saying prayers for your kids to arrive home quickly, safe and sound!!!!! Wishing you all happiness, the best of times & the good health to enjoy it all.

    This looks amazing, better than I ever remember. I think you are one of the most creative, giving, caring women I know. I feel blessed to know you! Let’s drink coco to that!!!!!!

    Reply
    • 2.1
      Leigh Anne says:
      December 20, 2013 at 9:36 pm

      Thank you so much for your sweet comment Ellen! One of the my kids has landed and is in Portland and another is on her way. Hoping the other 3 get out o.k. tomorrow!! Merry Christmas to you!!

      Reply
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    alicia says:
    December 21, 2013 at 9:34 am

    You’ve inspired me to do these chocolate dipped marsmallows and hot chocolate for my first grade bible study class! I bought tollhouse semi sweet chips and was going to melt them in the micro.. is that ok? What did you use? Thank you!

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    • 3.1
      Leigh Anne says:
      December 21, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      I actually used some chocolate melts and melted them in the microwave but chocolate chips should work fine. If is too thick after melting add a little vegetable oil to it to thin it out.

      Reply
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    Kim Henrichs says:
    December 23, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    I love this!!!

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  5. 5
    Marti says:
    December 29, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Sounds like a fun party and the table looks beautiful! I wanted to let you know I featured it in my roundup! You can see it here…http://sewlicioushomedecor.com/30-delicious-hot-chocolate-recipes. 🙂

    Marti

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      Leigh Anne says:
      December 30, 2013 at 9:50 pm

      Thanks so much for the feature Marti!

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    Spencer @ Moo-Lolly-Bar says:
    January 5, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Now that is my kind of bar! I love Christmas and I love chocolates so this is my idea of Heaven. It looks amazing and I am sure it tastes great too. The creativity is wonderful.

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    Deon Mattson says:
    November 14, 2016 at 6:18 am

    Hi!! Love this idea quick question what hot chocolate recepy do you use for a crowd???

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      Leigh Anne says:
      November 14, 2016 at 7:08 am

      Usually for a crowd I just used powdered hot chocolate mix and add in a little extra vanilla and use whole milk.

      Reply
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