Butterfinger Hot Chocolate Bombs are an awesome treat to have on hand. They are decadent and turn a hot cup of milk into something SO irresistible.

white cup blue and white strip napkin with a cocoa and butterfinger bomb

Hot chocolate bombs are an awesome treat to have on hand. It’s like a bath bomb for your steamed milk that you can sip and savor to your own enjoyment. Unlike traditional hot chocolate mixes, bombs look great in a jar.

Watch the video to see how easy they are to make!

They’re also super convenient to turn into a tasty beverage, just by tossing into a saucepan of hot milk. The chocolate melts into a creamy blend of hot silky goodness, rich with all of your favorite ingredients. My favorites are the Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs that I have to show you.

The Real Cooking Season

This has been an interesting year that has upset the routines of virtually everybody. Leaving the house is a risky situation; lots of businesses are still closed in major cities. Since March, many people began cooking at home to stay safe and cut costs.

Now, all that training is about to pay off because winter is the feasting season, and it’s when we cook up all kinds of amazing treats to indulge in. Like most people, I love cooking all winter long because it makes the house smell more festive—no scented candles. Just real sugar and spice, and the tasty savory dishes fill the air with an aromatic cornucopia of Christmas cheer.

The smell and the warmth fill the air in a way we try to avoid during the hot months where we want to step outside as often as we can.

The best thing about cooking holiday treats is all of the goodies we can enjoy to brighten up those dark, cold nights. Warm spiced cakes are excellent, but what I really love is a good hot chocolate.

white and blue napkin hot chocolate bomb on a wood board

Time for Hot Chocolate

It’s time to bring out the Snuggie you know you have and settle into your reading chair with a good book and a steaming hot cup of creamy hot chocolate. The best hot chocolate comes from these delicious Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs. They are a convenient way to cook up your favorite winter beverage, and they are stylish enough to give as Christmas gifts to friends and family.

A batch of hot chocolate bombs will keep tummies warm well into the new year.

Imagine yourself warming up some milk on the stove, picking up a ball of Butterfinger encrusted chocolate, and melting it into a luscious concoction within minutes of your first craving for chocolate and peanut butter bliss.

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chocolate bombs filled with hot chocolate and butterfinger candy with yellow candy melts and topped with butterfinger

The Art of the Hot Chocolate Bomb

Making Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs requires more than a simple recipe. It’s a craft. You have to learn the art form. But don’t worry, making hot chocolate bombs is easy and fun to do.

This will possibly be a new holiday tradition like baking and decorating gingerbread cookies, making a gingerbread house, or shaping and baking your own clay Christmas tree ornaments.

Out of the 13 steps for making this deliciously smooth Butterfinger hot chocolate, 11 are dedicated just to forming and decorating the hot chocolate bombs. When you are done with them, they become practical sources for hot chocolate, but also decorative and pretty chocolate spheres that add to the ambiance in your holiday kitchen and make terrific seasonal gifts.

Making the perfect hot chocolate bomb requires melting down chocolates and forming an outer shell. Then you must use other desired ingredients to form a ball and cover with two shell halves.

Once your hot chocolate bomb is formed with everything you want, you can let your creativity shine and beautify the hot chocolate bombs with chocolate drizzles and Butterfinger crumbles. You can eat these by themselves, by the way, but try to wait until you have some hot milk, and you can melt them down into the best hat beverage ever.

Hot Chocolate Bomb Tips

One of the things I’d recommend if you plan on making some Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs is to make a large batch. Since the process is so involved, you will want to make as many as you can at once. This is especially true if you plan on making them as gifts.

Hot chocolate bombs are easy to use, but once they are gone, it requires a lot of effort to make more. Another reason to make several batches of Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs at once is that getting down the process requires some practice. Once you are used to doing it right, you will want to keep your momentum going. Otherwise, you might lose your edge when the time comes to make them again.

For a quick version of this recipe, you can tone down or skip the decorative process and stick to the steps that concentrate on forming the balls. You can also substitute other candy bars, especially ones that provide a similar texture and flavor. Bars made with crunchy toffee are a good choice, but for peanut butter flavor, Butterfinger bars make the best results.

3 hot chocolate butterfinger bombs on a wood board with a white and blue napkin and white cup and candy bar

Design Your Own Hot Chocolate Bombs

Hot chocolate bombs from scratch require some patience and effort to make, but once you have the process down, you may want to get even more imaginative with your winter creations. The mold you use to make Butterfinger hot chocolate bombs is a bath bomb mold. The finished product looks the same as something you would toss in the water for a luxurious bath. Instead, you make luscious hot chocolate with it. However, you don’t have to stick to the ball shape of the molds. You can turn just about any mold into a gorgeous hot chocolate bomb just by making the recipe’s necessary adjustments.

Besides the shape of the bomb, you can also customize the look by decorating it in your own unique way. There are all kinds of ways you can cover these balls of cocoa to be more visually appealing or more festive. Consider different colored chocolate melts to make Christmas tree ornament inspired hot chocolate bombs.

Although this recipe is a little bit complex, stick with it. There are only 5 ingredients, but it’s all what you do with them that makes the difference.