Do You Want To Build A Frozen White Hot Chocolate Snowman?

I am amazed at how mild our winter was this year. We had some downright frigid days that called for school cancellations, but not for the amount of snow we received, for once. I am not a fan of winter, so I'm definitely not complaining here, but with the lack of snow we didn't get to do any of the cold weather activities that we usually enjoy like sledding, tubing, snowball fights, or building a snowman.

My girls have a bit of an iced coffee addiction, and we usually end up with a lot of coffeehouse glass containers that need to be recycled. Instead of immediately tossing them in the bin this week, I thought since we didn't get to build a snowman this year, it would be fun to use them to craft a snowman to get our winter fun fix in.

I have to say, I really like making these indoor snowmen much better than freezing my fingers off building one outside. Here's what you'll need to make your own Frozen White Hot Chocolate Snowmen:

• Glass Bottles (we upcycled used iced coffee bottles)
• Buttons
• Fabric Scraps, felt, burlap, or ribbon to make a scarf
• White Candy Melts
• Sandwich Cookies
• Decorator's Icing in Black and Orange
• Hot Glue Gun

 

Start your snowman by peeling off the labels from the glass bottle. You may have to use some GooGone to remove all of the sticky residue. Wash bottles in warm soapy water.

Hot Glue 3 black buttons to the the front of the bottle.

Cut a strip of scrap fabric long enough to wrap around the neck of the bottle to make a scarf. Tie into place.

Heat white candy melts according to package directions. Dip sandwich cookies into the melted candy, then place on wax paper and allow to cool. Once the candy has hardened over the cookies, draw a snowman face on each cookie with the black and orange decorator's icing.

Fill each bottle with Frozen White Hot Chocolate Mix and top each with a snowman face cookie. Serve immediately.

yield: Serves 4Author: Theresa Mprint recipe

Frozen White Hot Chocolate

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 Premium White Chocolate Candy Bar (such as Lindt or Ghirardelli)
• 2 Tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2 Tbsp White Hot Chocolate Mix (such as Ghirardelli)
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 cups ice

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Break the candy bar into bite size pieces and place in a bowl. Heat the heavy whipping cream to near boiling. Remove from heat, pour over candy. Allow to sit for 1 minute; stir the candy/cream until smooth.
2. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended; slowly add 1/2 cup of the milk and stir until combined.
3. In a blender place the remaining cup of milk, the room temperature chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth. Pour into your snowman bottles and serve immediately.

http://www.theresasmixednuts.com/2017/03/do-you-want-to-build-frozen-white-hot.html

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I like to use Lindt Classic Recipe White Chocolate Bars and Ghirardelli White Chocolate Mix (<- affiliate links), but any premium bars or mixes will yield the tastiest results.

Did your area get hit with lots of snow or did you experience a mild winter too?