Hot Cocoa Polar Bears

This is a sponsored post from Mom it Forward on behalf of Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa. As usual, all opinions are my own!

Some of my favorite holiday memories of my childhood involve sitting by the fire with a large cup of hot cocoa while watching the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree. I remember doing that night after night, and it never got old. Now that I am a parent, I hope to give those same cherished memories to my girls, which is no easy task.

To try and shake up the traditional cup of cocoa, I wanted to try something a little different this year. I wanted my girls to not only remember their amazing cups of cocoa by the beautifully lit tree, but I wanted to make something fun to go inside their creamy cup of goodness.

Here we give you Hot Cocoa Polar Bears!

This is what you will need:

Large Marshmallows
Little Marshmallows
Brown M&M’s
Melting chocolate (Preferably white. I used orange because I had some leftover from Thanksgiving)
Candy Eyes

Melt your melting chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals until fully liquified.

Take a toothpick or something similar to use the melting chocolate like a “glue” to stick two little marshmallows onto a big marshmallow, to look like ears.

Next, take another tiny marshmallow and squish it just a bit, to flatten it out and make a snout. Attach with your melted chocolate.

Once those are secure, use the melting chocolate to attach your brown M&M’s to look like it’s nose.

Once your noses are secure, attach the eyes just as you did the other pieces of your polar bear.

You could easily whip up a batch of these cute Hot Cocoa Polar Bears and wrap them up with your favorite jar of Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa and you have yourself the perfect gift idea for a coworker, teachers, or neighbors or to serve at your holiday party. I promise, these cute little bears will be a huge hit!

I prefer to use Stephen’s Gourmet Cocoa because it’s so rich, creamy and comes in tons of flavors. There is truly a unique flavor for everyone! A few of Stephen’s Gourmet signature cocoa flavors include: