What is festive, warm, cheery . . . oh, and yummy?
If you yelled out âHOT CHOCOLATE,â well then, you are correct! Every Christmas, we love to make our cherished annual holiday hot chocolate bar. Since a hot chocolate bar is so pretty, this is actually an easy and fun way to decorate your house. And, after fighting the holiday crowds, nothing is better than coming home and having a little loveâ¤ď¸ in a mug! A hot chocolate bar is fun, festive, and yummers! Letâs make an easy and inexpensive Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar!
How to Make Your Hot Chocolate Bar
You can look at Pinterest for a lot of ideas, but copying those pins might mean buying expensive odds-n-ends. My goal is always to make a festive hot chocolate bar as easily and inexpensively as possible. So, no buying a lot of stuff, okay? Letâs see what you have that you can work with.
Mugs
Do you already have holiday mugs stashed in the back of your cabinets? Or, can you âdress upâ your current mugs with a bit of ribbon?
The mugs I use are either gifts or mugs Iâve had for years.
These Santa mugs have been around for over 20 years! (They may not be Pottery Barn, but they are special.â¤ď¸)
Level Up!
Different levels make your hot chocolate bar really pop. I have a cake stand, and I bought a second little cake stand from the âdollar sectionâ of Target.
Target has other inexpensive cake stands.
Here are two other possibilities from Target, but a bit more priceyâŚa 2-tier cake stand and a 3-tiered metal stand.
Stars in the Jars
Jars are a bit of an obsession for me. I love them, all shapes and sizes. And they are so perfect for our Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar! How inexpensive it is to use jars to house our hot chocolate goodies!! I put M&Ms in a mason jar and marshmallows (leftover from Thanksgiving) in an old olive jar.
How about candy canes and maybe some hot chocolate stirrers? Or these?
Some Assembly Required
đHere comes the fun! Letâs put it all together. Add your touches to make it special. One of my friends gave me a holiday casserole dish, and thatâs where my packets of hot chocolate are.
Fun. Cheerful. Yummy. Lifetime memory! You just made an easy and inexpensive Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar! Yeah you! Send me your pictures! (âĽď¸Thank you Stephanie, Cat, and Lisa for sendingâĽď¸ )
Lisa serves up a crockpot of hot chocolate in the lovely mugs pictured above.
Stephanieâs hot chocolate bar from last year and this year (below).
Have so much fun, and enjoy your loveâĽď¸ in a mug!