Chocolate Bomb Snowman

A chocolate snowman dessert with frosting, chocolate chip buttons, and a scarf
Kim Simons
Intermediate
Learn how to make a chocolate bomb snowman — a hollow chocolate shell filled with hot chocolate mix and marshmallows. Drop him in boiling water for a delicious winter treat.

Supply List

Dark chocolate wafers
White chocolate wafers
Color gel
Candy color
Silicone molds: 3" and 1 3⁄4" half sphere
Round or square 1" silicone candy mold for hat
Cookie sheet
Parchment paper
Spoons
Medium and small paint brushes
Medium and large glass bowls
Clay tool
Piping bag
Hot chocolate mix
Mini marshmallows
Hot chocolate mug
Microwave
Boiling water

Instructions

  • Pour white chocolate wafers into a glass bowl.
    Pouring white chocolate wafers from a bag into a glass bowl.
  • Reserve a handful on the side.
    Glass bowl of white chocolate wafers with some spilled on the table.
  • Heat wafers for 30 seconds in microwave, then at 15-second intervals until it reaches about 83 degrees F. Mix.
  • Stir in reserve wafers to temper.
    Hand stirring melted white chocolate with a spatula in a bowl.
  • Coat the interior of two 3” silicone molds with white chocolate; allow to harden.
    Spoon spreading melted white chocolate inside a silicone mold.
  • Coat the interior of two 1 3⁄4” silicone molds with white chocolate; allow to harden.
    Hand pouring white chocolate into small half-sphere silicone molds.
  • Using a piping bag, create stick arms from melted dark chocolate wafers. Do the same for the nose. Once hardened, color with peach.
    Hand piping dark chocolate arms and nose shapes on a surface.
  • Remove 3” spheres from mold.
    Hand peeling a silicone mold to remove a white chocolate sphere.
  • Fill one sphere with hot chocolate, and the other with mini marshmallows. Heat the edge of a sphere and assemble.
    Two chocolate sphere halves showing marshmallows and hot chocolate mix inside.
  • Using melted white chocolate and paint brushes, add detail to the 3” sphere.
  • Assemble 1 3⁄4” sphere into head. Attach to body with melted chocolate. Add details with brush.
    Hand brushing melted white chocolate onto the assembled snowman head.
  • Attach nose and arms with melted chocolate.
  • Paint eyes, mouth, and buttons with melted dark chocolate.
    Hand painting dark chocolate details onto the snowman body.
  • Shape feet out of dark chocolate. Attach to body once hardened.
  • Pour dark chocolate into square or round mold. Allow to harden.
  • Pour dark chocolate circle about 2” in diameter to form hat brim. Allow to harden.
  • Attach brim to head with melted chocolate.
  • Remove square or circle from mold. Attach to brim with melted chocolate.
  • Cut edible paper into strip for scarf. Paint with hot rod red gel. Wrap around snowman’s neck.
    Hands cutting a strip of edible paper for the snowman scarf.
  • Pour boiling water into large mug. Drop snowman in. Stir and enjoy!
    Finished chocolate bomb snowman with hat and scarf in a pitcher.

Notes

• Tempering chocolate requires careful temperature control. Heat for 30 seconds, then at 15-second intervals.

Products Used

• Ghirardelli: Dark chocolate wafers, White chocolate wafers
• Artisan Accents: Color gel (hot rod red)
• Chocolate Chameleon: Candy color (peach and black)
• Icing Images: SmArt Sheet edible paper