DIY Hot Chocolate Sticks

Hai friends today  I am coming with different recipe called"DIY Hot chocolate Sticks".During winter it tastes very very yummy in the cold weather.Having Hot chocolate and watching tv is the best combo.This is perfect for Holidays  and for the Parties.
These are instant version of Hot Chocolate Mix.Just dip in the Hot milk and stir.
We can make these sticks at home and give to our friends and families.Homemade gifts are always the best gift.
I enjoy making homemade stuff.We can make this diy with kids.Take kids help while making simple diy homemade gifts.They will have fun.

Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Semi Sweet Chocolate chips-2 packs
White chocolate chips-1 pack
Marshmallow small-1 pack

Cocoa Powder-4 tsp
Wooden spoons/Popsicle sticks/Plastic spoons
Cup cake liners-1 pack/Silicon moulds/Ice cube Tray

Preparations

Chocolate:

Take semi Sweet chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl.Place it in the oven and melt it for 1 minutes.

If it doesn't melt heat again for 30 more seconds.

Now the chocolate melt is ready.

To this add the coco powder and mix it well without any lumps.Keep this aside.

White Chocolate:

Take white chocolate chips in the microwave safe bowl.Place in the oven and melt it.

Mix it well.Now the white chocolate melt is ready.

Method:

I used both ice cube tray and cupcake liners.

First take the spoon full of  chocolate mixture  and  pour in the ice cube tray .Fill half with chocolate and other half with white chocolate.

Now place the popsicle stick in the middle as shown in the pic.

Finally add the mini marshmallows on the tray as shown in the pic.(here we can add the candy cane pieces too)

Do same with the cupcake liner as shown in the pics.


Place the both the trays in the fridge for 1 hour.

After 1 hour take out from fridge and leave it aside for 5 minutes.

Then gently pull the stick.The hot chocolate comes out easily.

Same with cup cake liner.Gently peel the liner.It comes out easily.

Now decorate as shown in the pic.

Now the DIY Hot Chocolate Sticks are ready.

How to serve and Enjoy.

Take hot  milk .Dip the stick directly in the milk and stir it well.
It completely melts and now the hot chocolate is ready to enjoy.

Happy Holidays.

Cake Pops

Hai friends today i am coming new and nice recipe called "Cake Pops".This is easy to make and tasty.Everybody love this pops.Best for the parties.This i prepared for sankranthi gathering everyone loved it and its a great success.I am very happy for that.Ok lets go to the recipe.

Ingredients:

Cake mix packet-1
Chocolate frosting-1 tin
Candy melt packet-1
Eggs-3
Oil-1/2 cup
Water-1 1/2 cups
Lolipops sticks-1 packet(It includes 25 sticks)

Method:

First we have to prepare the cake:

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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and also grease the pan with the butter and keep it aside.

Take one bowl and add the eggs and whisk it with hand mixer.

To this add the water and oil and whisk it again.

Finally add the cake mix without any lumps.

Fill the pan with the batter and keep it in the oven and bake it for 30 - 35 minutes.

After 35 minutes take out the cake and make it cool.

How to make balls.
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Put your baked cake in a large mixing bowl.
Use your hands to crumble the entire cake. 

Add about 1/2 of the package of chocolate frosting to the crumbled cake.

The chocolate frosting is what acts as a glue to hold the cake balls together
Now its time to get dirty.
Take some of the cake mix in the hands and roll it like the balls and keep it aside.

Take this cake balls and sit in the fridge for atleast 1 hour.

How to make Chocolate cream:
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Take the pyrex cup and put the chocolate melt in it.

Heat in the microwave for atleast 1 minutes.

Now the melt is ready.

How to make cake pops:
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After 1 hour take the cake balls out .
Now dip the lollipop stick in the chocalate melt and insert in the centre of the cake ball (insert the stick upto 95 percent inside).

The chocolate act as the glue and keep the stick and the cake ball steady.

Now leave it aside for 2 minutes.

How to make cake pops:
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Now dip the cake pops in the chocolate melt and it should be evenly coated all over the cake pops.

Now insert  the cake pops to the thermocol .

Let it sit till the chocolate gets dry.

Now they are ready to decorate the cake pops.
I put each pop in a bag and tied with a ribbon for each friend to take home.