Our simple hot cocoa bar set-up has been a HUGE hit around here these last couple weeks, which is no surprise since it’s biggest fans are 6 and 4! Today I’m sharing our fun, festive and Simple Hot Cocoa Bar to maybe inspire you to create one of your own! It sort of came together in our house this year by accident 😉
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When I shared our Simply Green Christmas Kitchen, I mentioned that we had a little hot chocolate station set up on the wall off to the side of the kitchen table. We bought this folding serving cart for the back deck to use for serving drinks while entertaining or setting plants and flowers on it during normal use. When it was time to clear all of our cushions, pillows, rug and other furniture from outside, we wheeled the cart in and pushed it up against the empty wall [where our small desk was before we moved it into the front room that we’re converting from the playroom to my office].
So once we cleaned it off, I thought it would be really cute to put some hot cocoa fixin’s on it and let the boys “help” make their hot chocolate this winter.
Here’s how I created our Simple Hot Cocoa Bar
Grabbed a small square vase and lined up hot cocoa packets and then rounded up some other containers
Filled a tall apothecary vase with small peppermint candy canes
added a bag of round peppermints into my grandma’s glass candy dish
A tall IKEA canister was filled with large marshmallows and a few mini ones were mixed in, too
Found a canister of Cocoa Batons from Trader Joe’s [and the boys went crazy for them!] to put with the other goodies
chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips
peppermint sticks
sprinkles
whipped cream
It’s always been our tradition to have hot chocolate after the boys come in from sledding and building snowmen and now we have everything ready to go!! Just add hot water or milk and then finish off with our favorite toppings and plop yourself down in front of the fire with a Christmas movie.
Sounds like a dream to me and of course, for the boys – Day. Made!
That is of course, if we can keep our marshmallows in stock 😉
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If you missed any of our Christmas posts this season, you can see them all below:
Simple Hot Cocoa Bar 
DIY Marbled Christmas Ornaments 
A Simply Green Christmas Kitchen 
Our Christmas Family Room 2018 
DIY Buffalo Check Scarf 
DIY Ornament Place Cards 
5 Minute Holiday Hostess Gift 
$2 Wrapping Paper Runner 
DIY Christmas Bell Napkin Ring 
DIY Pom Pom Wreath Photo Ornament 
Pretty in Plaid Christmas Living Room 
A Simply Red Christmas Family Room 
DIY Holiday Wreath [Modern Minimalist] 
DIY Foil Confetti & Mini Pom Pom-Filled Bulb Ornament 
A Merry & Metallic Christmas Family Room 
A Merry & Metallic Christmas Dining Room 
Christmas Living Room 2016 
Eat, Drink & Be Merry Holiday Bar 
DIY Mini Wrapped Present Ornaments 
DIY Wrapped Coffee Table Books 
Living Room Holiday Bar 
My Home Style Christmas Tree 2015 
Front Door Christmas 2015 
Family Room Christmas 2015 
Christmas Table 2015 
Formal Living Room Christmas 2015 
Christmas Home Tour 2015 
December 2015 Bucket List 
Holiday Wrapping 
DIY Gold Foil Art 
DIY No-sew Tree Skirt 
A Simply Green Christmas Kitchen - This is our Bliss
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