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Have you seen the Hot Chocolate bomb craze and ever wondered why there aren’t many recipes for sugar-free hot chocolate bombs out there? This is an easy-to-follow recipe for them and don’t forget to fill them with our Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate mix.
I have wondered the same thing. So when you can’t find it, you make it yourself! These sugar-free hot chocolate bombs are easy to make and taste delicious.
Many of the ingredients we use can be found in our diabetic-friendly pantry. When you have sugar-free ingredients on hand, you can make just about anything.
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Making Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate Bombs – The Video
There are two ways to make sugar-free hot chocolate bombs. The first is totally from scratch and the second is made by using sugar-free chocolate chips. I will provide both ways, just in case you don’t have access to sugar chocolate chips.
Reccomended Kitchen tools
- Bowl for melting chocolate OR
- small saucepan
- hot chocolate bomb moulds
- spoon or whisk
- measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
Ingredient List for Sugar Free Hot Chocolate Bombs
- Sugar-free chocolate chips. OR
- cocoa powder
- pure cacao butter (food grade)
- sweetener – liquid stevia
Recipe for Sugar Free Hot Chocolate Bombs
Sugar-free Hot Chocolate Bombs
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cocao powder
- 4 ounces cacao butter
- 1 tsp liquid Stevia ( or 3 Tbsp powdered stevia)
Instructions
- Sift the cocoa powder
- In a small saucepan over medium heat melt the cacao butter
- Add Stevia drops to melted cacao butter, stirring to mix.
- Add cocoa powder, stirring while adding, until well mixed.
- Pour into molds and using the back of a spoon, cover sides of molds.
- Chill to set
- Store in refrigerator.
- fill half of the chocolate sphere with the sugar-free hot chocolate mix
- Melt the edge of the sphere. slightly until smooth,on a warm pan or plate.
- secure top of chocolate sphere to bottom
- Using your finger, smooth around the seam with a scant amount of the melted chocolate.
- Dust with powdered sweetener or cocoa.
Nutrition
NOTE – If using powdered Stevia or Splenda, the chocolate mixture will get grainy. When the chocolate moulds were set and the bombs were removed from the moulds, they still had a shiny appearance, even though the mixture was grainy going into the mould. If possible, use liquid stevia.
Making Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate Bombs using sugar-free chocolate chips
If you are using sugar-free chocolate chips instead of making chocolate from scratch, melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave. Use about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips for 6 moulds (or 3 bombs).
Fill your Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate bombs with our delicious Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate mix.
Melting the chocolate chips – 2 methods
Microwave method
- Put your chocolate pieces or chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on half power (50 %) for 30-second intervals.
- Stir in between intervals.
- When the chocolate pieces or chips are almost completely melted, stir until the remaining chocolate is melted.
Stove-top method
- Bring water in a double boiler pan to a simmer
- If you don’t have a double boiler, use a heat-proof bowl that is big enough to sit on top of a small or medium-sized saucepan.
- place chocolate into the top pan of a double boiler or a heatproof bowl.
- place on top of the pan with simmering water.
- Stir continuously while the chocolate melts.
- just before all the chocolate is melted, remove the pan or bowl from the heat.
- Continue to stir until the chocolate is melted.
** Be careful to not let any water get into your melting chocolate as it will cause your chocolate to seize.
Making Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate Bombs using silicone moulds.
- Place your silicone chocolate moulds on a baking tray. (this makes it easier to move them to the refrigerator)
- Drop about a tablespoon of melted chocolate into the bottom of the cavity of the chocolate bomb mould.
- Using the back of your spoon, pull the chocolate up the sides of the mould.
- Work your way around the mould until the sides and bottom are completely covered.
- ** If chocolate is running down the sides, allow to cool a couple of minutes and continue.
- Once all the moulds are covered, place the baking tray into the freezer for about 20-30 minutes.
- Remove from the freezer and carefully remove chocolate shells from the silicone moulds.
Fill your Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate bombs with our recipe for Sugar-free hot chocolate mix get it here
Assembling the Sugar-free Hot Chocolate Bombs
- Heat a non-stick frying pan, just enough to make the surface hot and remove it from the heat.
- Holding one of the chocolate shells, gently rub the edges. on the warm pan. This will melt the edge enough to smooth it out, making a nice seam around the bomb.
- Place 2 tablespoons of the sugar-free hot chocolate mix into one half of a chocolate bomb shell.
- Add a few mini marshmallows ( I added 4 small marshmallows cut in half to make 8 mini marshmallows)
- Take the top shell and smooth the edges in the hot pan and while the edges are warm, attach it to the bottom half of the shell.
- Dip your finger into the melted chocolate, take a small amount and rub it around the seam of the chocolate bomb.
- Place on a baking tray.
- Repeat until all the bombs are assembled.
- Place into the refrigerator to set the seams.
- Sprinkle with cocoa powder, or for a snow-like look, dust on some Splenda or powdered Stevia.
- Another option is to drizzle with melted chocolate or brush a little melted chocolate onto the top and sprinkle with sugar-free peppermint
Nutritional Value for Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate Bombs
DOES NOT INCLUDE MARSHMALLOWS – VALUE FOR SCRATCH RECIPE- ( for using sugar-free chocolate chips, see package nutritional information)
- Calories 287
- Total fat – 30 g
- Saturated fat – 18 gr
- Total Carbs – 9 gr
- Fibre 4 gr
- Net carbs – 5 gr
- Protein – 2 gr
Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is automatically calculated using an online nutrition calculator. We encourage you to calculate nutrition data with your specific brand ingredients as nutritional information can vary between brands
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Made this with chocolate chip instructions. Needed about twice the cc’s suggested. Delicious and fun to make.