Creating Hot Chocolate Stations
Hot chocolate stations, or bars, are a fun way to entertain and celebrate a holiday or birthday. Just set up an area for the ingredients and do the invites.
Who doesn’t love delicious hot cocoa? Most everyone has a sweet tooth. Particularly at holidays.
Inexpensive Hot Cocoa Bar For Christmas:
This hot chocolate station is all decked out for Christmas.
It has hot chocolate and all the fixings. Sprinkles, mints, marshmallows, and whipped cream, etc..
Cocoa & Donut Bar:
This hot chocolate station features both hot chocolate and coffee. Like your typical coffee and donuts at the office..
Make a trip to your favorite donut store and bring home a few dozen for your guests to dine on.
Mix Your Own Hot Chocolate Bar:
–Row 1: Silver sprinkles, Shredded coconut, Caramel Sauce, York Peppermint Patties
–Row 2: Butterscotch chips, Whipped Cream, Mini-Marshmallows, Andes Mints
–Brownie Crumble, Cinnamon Crunch Marshmallows, White Chocolate Peppermint Chunks, Chopped Almonds
This is a “mix your own” hot chocolate station.
- This retro hot chocolate maker
- This 3-pack of jars for extra goodies
- Ghirardelli chocolate, caramel, white chocolate & sea salt caramel flavored sauces
Holiday Hot Chocolate Bar:
And yet another holiday hot chocolate station is above. Cookies are the extra sweets in this scenario.
Small Space Hot Cocoa Bar:
Many of you live in small spaces. The hot chocolate station above is an example of how to do this in a small space.
This could be set up in a corner, for instance. In an apartment or house.
Neutral Themed Cocoa Bar:
Hot chocolate is mighty popular at Christmas time. This chocolate bar is decorated in neutrals.
If you’re lucky enough to have these neutral vintage Santa mugs, then you’re in business!
Slow Cooker Cocoa Bar:
You can always decide on a slow cooker chocolate station. Keep the cocoa hot in the slow cooker and then pour it into mugs. Then go for the extras to make it just that much sweeter.
I would think that this type of hot chocolate station would be an easy clean up.
Coffee + Hot Chocolate Bar:
This is a chocolate as well as a coffee station. Cookies are laid out along with various versions of Coffeemate.
A small Christmas tree heralds the season.
This hot chocolate station looks like it was created with elevated wood planks and vintage cutting boards. And there’s lots of sweets to nibble on too.
Cozy Hot Cocoa Bar + Printables
This website features a hot chocolate station and printables for you as well.
- A simple mug for hot chocolate
- A decorative hot cocoa bar banner
- This hot cocoa bar wood storage box
All The Goodies:
All the sweet goodies are laid out for you to choose from above. They’ve thought of most everything you might want to add to your mug of hot chocolate.
Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board:
I’ve never seen a hot chocolate charcuterie board before. But with the popularity of charcuterie boards, I’m certainly not surprised.
Hot Chocolate Recipes To Keep You Cozy + Warm:
- Crock pot hot chocolate
- Homemade white hot chocolate mix
- 4 ingredient homemade hot chocolate mix
- Spanish style hot chocolate (dark chocolate)
- Frozen hot chocolate
- Spiced hot chocolate
What You’ll Need:
- Mugs
- Hot chocolate
- Toppings
- Scoops for the toppings
- Spoons or stirrers
- Biscotti or favorite cookies
- Bailey’s Irish Cream or Kahlua (for the adults)
Toppings
- Marshmallows of different sizes
- Chocolate chips
- Toasted coconut
- Whipped cream
- Caramel sauce
- Chocolate syrup
- Toffee bar, finely chopped
- Peppermint sticks
The great thing about a hot chocolate station is that you can keep the costs of your gathering down. Instead of serving a meal, just have beverages and desserts.
Would you consider one of these hot chocolate stations for your next gathering?
Such a nice Idea Keep posting such great ideas.
Brenda, I've pinned your whole post today to my Pinterest board! LOVE LOVE It! so many great ideas – I can't wait to get started to incorporate some of these ideas before my kids get here for Christmas! Thank you for sharing your blog with us. May you feel God's peace and joy this season and in the coming year!
These are really nice but if I had all those goodies sitting out in front of me my butt would grow 10 inches this Winter..lol
What lovely and festive ideas for hot chocolate bars. There are so many fantastically creative people out there!
This has given me the idea to kind of make a hot chocolate bar as a gift. I have some snowman mugs to give my sister. I think I will add some marshmallows and other items along with the mugs.
Looking at all these pictures makes me want to add a hot chocolate bar to my kitchen! I do have some jars filled with marshmallows and hot chocolate tied with red and white twine, but that's about it. I don't have the cute labels and all the other stuff to go with it. Thanks for sharing all of this great inspiration.
I love all of the Hot Cocoa Stations I see, but I don't need to have treats out in front of me all the time.
Our son and his fiancee are not having a cake at their wedding. Instead, they are doing a McConnell's Ice Cream Bar. McConnell's is a Santa Barbara ice cream company and it is heads above any other ice cream we taste. I love that they are not doing a "cookie cutter" wedding.
I love Kevin and Amanda's mugs! They give me an idea to pull out my Made in Japan chipmunk mugs and pitcher to use in a hot chocolate bar. This could even be great for a cold January day, couldn't it? When I'll need the warmth and cheer of your pictures above. Thanks!
Brenda-those are all such cute ideas. I need to do this for the kids when they come to visit. Hope you are having a great week, Brenda. xo Diana
I keep meaning to set up a coco station and love all the ideas out there!
so many pretty samples.. If I watch for items to use maybe I can do one next year.
I set up a hot chocolate station this year, but mine is not nearly as cute as these! I have it beside my Keurig with hot cocoa mix, peppermint, marshmallows and chocolate spoons in Mason jars. We have really enjoyed it. The chocolate spoons were a project I did with my granddaughters. They really got into that!