DIY Hot Chocolate Bar Ideas and Tips
DIY Hot Chocolate Bar
I know I promised you a hot chocolate bar and here I am showing you the countertop in my bathroom. It’s the perfect start. You may see cotton balls, q-tips and wash cloths. I see dust…but I also see the perfect containers for marshmallows, hot cocoa mix and chocolate chips.
No need to go shopping for special containers for this project, it’s time to shop your home.
***By the way, do you call it hot cocoa or hot chocolate?
The other thing you’ll need is your Hot Chocolate sign. If you have an old frame you have the beginnings of your sign. You’ll still need chalkboard paint, chalk, a chalk pen or a paint pen.
I ended up using the smaller coffee and tea sign and repainting it with another coat of chalkboard paint for a fresh canvas.
These were from a wedding and a mardi gras baby shower. Click on the link for the wedding sign if you’d like to see a variety of fonts and a complete chalkboard sign tutorial (or you can just freehand).
For my hot cocoa bar I’m taking full advantage of my built in cabinet in the kitchen that I installed and painted last year. Normally this area holds all the drinks for my guests but we’re switching it out.
If you hate your builder grade desk as much as I did, this just might be the project for you. Notice the tops are the same, I just switched out the bottom with an old buffet. Paint unites the entire project.
Replace the q-tips and cotton balls with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips. Spoons and candy canes are in glasses and caramels are in a small candy dish. There is white chocolate in a squeeze bottle all the way on the left.
For hot water I’ll have a kettle of water heating on the stove.
Recipe books usually found above the drawers are temporarily relocated to the den and replaced with mugs.
On Christmas the elevated domed cheese plate will hold a pile of cookies and I still need to purchase a can of whipped cream. I can’t put the cookies out early because someone (me) has absolutely no willpower and they’d be gone before the end of the day.
You still have plenty of time to create your own hot chocolate / hot cocoa bar.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’ll be back in 2020 with many more upcycles and fun projects. Until then stay inspired.
**note, the caramels didn’t dissolve very well but they were good for snacking and I did add some festive holiday sprinkles leftover from cookie baking that looked great sprinkled on the whip cream.
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How cute is that! Makes my “Baileys” heart go pitter patter!