~~~PINK HOT CHOCOLATE TUTORIAL~~~ Romantic Christmas Treat Cones

~PINK HOT CHOCOLATE CONES~

Today I'm going to share with you a recipe my daughter, Adrienne, and I came up with for Pink Hot Chocolate and give you a quick tutorial on how to make Hot Chocolate Cones!  They are surprisingly easy to make and a sweet project for a frosty Saturday afternoon!!!

 ~CHOCOLATE HOT CHOCOLATE~

When my babes were little kids we were always making and baking sweet, fun confections in the kitchen of my La Chaumière de Briarwood.  I think it is amazing today they are such awesome cooks...they have far surpassed me with their culinary skills, I can assure you!

 

~DON'T FORGET THE TAG~

These charming Cones have been around for a long time.  Oprah Winfrey included them in her "2008 Favorite Things Show" and ever since then I was hooked.  The Cones are now used as Wedding and Birthday Favors, Christmas Treats and they are especially sweet for Valentine's Day when done up in PINK!  So...keep this in mind when February comes (maybe I'll remind you!)... 

I made a Word Document on how to make the Pink Hot Chocolate and it explains everything I think you'll need to know!  You can find the recipe, instructions and the ingredients you'll need 

HERE

You'll want to read and print out the document so the decorative instructions below will make sense!  The key ingredient is red-hot candies that have been ground down into a chunky powder with a food processor!  The sweet cinnamon adds a little 'kick' to your Pink Hot Chocolate and it's absolutely yummy!

 ~RED HOT CANDIES~

To decorate the Cones using doilies I did this...

 ~LACY TIPS~

To get the look of a 'lace tip' on your Cocoa Cone simply cut a 6" doily in quarters and form into smaller cones.

 ~FOUR EQUAL PARTS~

Lightly glue edges around tip.  As you will find in the instruction document the Cones are double bagged so you will want to do this on the inner bag!!!

~CLOSE-UP VIEW~

This is easier to do than it might look like!  After doing a couple you'll get the hang of it!

~ANOTHER VIEW~

After you've 'tipped' your Cones with the lace, sleeve this bag into the second outer bag! (The bag showing regular chocolate cocoa was made using gourmet store-bought cocoa!)

~DOUBLE BAGGING~

Begin to layer your selected treats (marshmallows, chips, candies) onto the top of the first bag already filled with your cocoa.

~LAYER TREATS~

After you have layered your cocoa with your chosen treats secure the top of the second outer bag with a clear (tiny) rubber-band.  Take another doily (un-cut) and fold (do not cut this one) into quarters.  Snip off the tip a tiny bit and place it over the tuffs of plastic you've secured with the rubber-band.  Smoosh doily together and tie with ribbon.  Decorate with jingle bells and don't forget a hang tag with instructions (see document).

~FINAL PRODUCT~

~PINK HOT CHOCOLATE~

And there you have it!  I'd LOVE to see your final project when you are done sooooo...SHARE when you can!


Hope your day is awsome!


Love to you...