Peppermint Marshmallow Dips for Hot Chocolate {Great Gift Idea!}

Name: Peppermint Marshmallow Dips for Hot Chocolate {Great Gift Idea!}
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Ingredients: Marshmallows; Chocolate Chips (or White Chocolate); Sprinkles and/or Peppermint; Coffee Straws; Wrap & Ribbon (optional)

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December 13, 2010 by Rose

Peppermint Marshmallow Dips for Hot Chocolate… one of the easiest, prettiest and most delicious hot chocolate treats you’ll ever make! And they’re great for gift giving!!

So, my friend Kathy from college posted on Facebook that she had made some Peppermint Marshmallow Dips for gifts and I had to know what she was talking about. First of all, I use marshmallows all. the. time for homemade marshmallow fondant on my cakes… but I rarely do anything else with them, so this was appealing.

Also, I love me some hot chocolate with mini marshmallows so making these was a no-brainer!!

She said she found the idea in Good Housekeeping but I couldn’t find an article on their site, so I just “winged” it. I think this would a be a fantastic frugal gift idea!!

So, you can make these as simple or fancy as you’d like. You’ll need at least marshmallows, chocolate chips, coffee straws, peppermint or candy sprinkles, and a way to package them.

If you grab a $1 Christmas mug at the dollar store, wrap the marshmallows in cellophane or cellophane bags with a bow, and add a $.10 pack of hot chocolate, you have a very yummy {frugal}, adorable Christmas gift!

Here’s how I make these! They’re easy-peasy!

First, I melted about half the bag of chocolate chips in the microwave.

It took me about 2 minutes (stirring every 30 seconds) to get it smooth and melted!

While that’s going on (or afterwards if you easily get distracted like me), you’ll want to put your marshmallows onto coffee straws or plastic “stir sticks”. I found the straws I used on the paper aisle at Walmart…next to regular straws and napkins and such. I think I paid $2-3 for a box of 250!

I put a sheet of wax paper (or parchment paper would do) onto a platter to get ready for the next step.

You’ll also need to get your “dips” ready. Crushed peppermint will be super yummy to make Peppermint Hot Chocolate, but you can also just use sprinkles. I used some of both!

Now, I didn’t get any actual pictures of dipping the marshmallows into chocolate, then sprinkles, because well…I just don’t have that many hands, or that much talent. Maybe one day I’ll figure out how others do it.

But…I ended up with a variety of Dipped Marshmallows!

Note… chill for about 10 minutes in the frig before wrapping or the chocolate gets everywhere. Ask me how I know!!

I personally think the Peppermint Marshmallow Dips will be the yummiest.. but they were all pretty!

At this point you need to make some Hot Chocolate, and instead of adding marshmallows into it…stir it up with your “straw” with a Peppermint Marshmallow Dip on the end! You’ll have Peppermint Hot Chocolate… doesn’t that sound delicious?!

OR, if you want to go with my original idea, wrap these up with cellophane and a ribbon, add them to a mug from the Dollar store with a pack of hot chocolate, and you’ve got an adorable, yummy, partly homemade gift!

You can get marshmallows for about a dollar a bag, and I got that Nestle Hot chocolate for a dollar a box at Walmart (of course, that will change over time). Chocolate chips are on sale a lot this time of year, and you could probably use plastic wrap and get creative with the ribbon.

If you’re really crafty, you could make up a Peppermint Hot Chocolate Basket, with a Homemade Jar of Hot Chocolate mix, a handful of Peppermint Marshmallow Dips, and a couple of mugs!

There are so many ways to do this – use whatever you have on hand to keep the cost down! I already had that mug, but I know you can get really cute ones at the dollar store! If you want, you could put multiples per mug…

Or…you don’t have to have a mug at all. Just give them as gifts all on their own. They taste sort of like the chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies around Easter! I know this because…well, because I just had to taste one…

Any way you choose to do it, or if you only do it as a fun afternoon {cold weather} project with your kids, they’ll love it and I promise…you’ll love the Peppermint Dipped Marshmallows!

So..do you have any homemade gift ideas? I’d love to hear them!

If you like to make Christmas goodies this time of year, be sure to check out my Oreo Truffles, and of course my most recent Christmas cupcakes!

Here’s a printable recipe for you: