#THANKSGIVING HOT COCOA BOMBS HOW TO#

wood handles because wooden handles splinter and peel after too many washes. I prefer to use paintbrushes that have plastic handles vs. Mason jars, glass measuring cups, ramekins, or bowls - Melt your candy melts in small glass jars or bowls.įood-use-only paintbrushes - Use clean, dry, paintbrushes that have never been used for anything other than food crafts.

#THANKSGIVING HOT COCOA BOMBS HOW TO#

See how to color candy melts and how to keep jars of melted candy melts warm all day! Orange, red, white, black, and light cocoa Candy Melts - You can buy a bag of white candy melts and color them using oil-based candy coloring or you can buy bags of pre-colored candy melts. Occasionally they are available on Amazon. Spinning Leaf Turkey OREO Cookie Mold - You can find the Turkey candy mold on the Spinning Leaf website. Step-by-step instructions and pictures are below. I did not make a specific video for this recipe, but you can watch this Conversation Heart Hot Chocolate Bombs video to see the technique used to make these turkeys. When melted in hot milk along with homemade hot cocoa mix, they give the milk a very nice chocolate flavor. If you don't have a lot of experience using colored compound chocolate (candy melts), you might want to check out my Chocolate Making Tips page for details. You simply melt them, paint them into the mold, and they harden in the freezer. Candy Melts are compound chocolate and are made with palm kernel oil instead of cocoa butter. These hot chocolate bomb turkeys are made by painting red, orange, white, black, and brown (light cocoa) Wilton Candy Melts into the candy mold. Plus, they have so many cute designs including these cute turkey molds. I think the chocolates made using these molds are perfectly sized. Spinning Leaf sells molds that are typically used to make chocolate-covered OREO Cookies, but I love using them for hot cocoa bombs. To make the bombs, you will need a turkey candy mold.

I hand-painted colored candy melts into a plastic candy mold to make these sweet treats for Thanksgiving and I am so excited to show you how you can make them for your friends and family. How cute are these turkey hot chocolate bombs? These cute chocolate turkeys will surely make your dinner guests smile! Serve your party guests a mug of hot milk and a Thanksgiving Hot Chocolate Bomb Turkey or use these cute chocolates as party favors that your guests can take home.

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Thanksgiving hot cocoa bombs