One of my favorite new additions last Christmas was a hot chocolate bar. I served the hot chocolate bar on Christmas morning but it would be prefect to have out for the week of Christmas or even a small version out for the entire winter.
I had a separate table set up in my dining room to hold the bar.
The hot chocolate mix and marshmallows were placed in a vintage bowls, but if you were going to keep out an extended time frame a jar would be the perfect solution. Additional toppings like sprinkles, chocolate chips and candy canes were placed in bowls and santa mugs. I placed red and blue stripe paper straws in a vintage glass. I also added cinnamon in the snowflake shaker.
I placed warm milk in various vintage thermoses.
We have added a frozen wine cooler with redi-whip too.
My table did not have much room on it but I did add a chalkboard sign and a pine bough to decorate the table.
This was one of my favorite parts of Christmas morning!
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This is picture perfect! Love it! What a fun idea especially with kiddos!
Thank you so much Erin! Lots of fun and everyone can make their hot chocolate just like they like it.
What a fabulous idea for Christmas morning (or week!) I love how you had this out and prepared for everyone to enjoy… it’s so cute, and I bet your family loved it. And I kind of want to do the same thing with my family, even though we don’t have kiddos at our Christmas celebration just yet!
Perfect for adults too! If you wanted you could have peppermint schnapps to add to the hot chocolate 🙂
Those vintage thermoses are precious! Each Santa mug has a different expression, love that. I might just be putting together a little Hot Chocolate bar now!
Thank you Chelsea! Those santa mugs are my favorite! I hope you do put together a hot chocolate bar!
This is such a fun addition to the festivities during the holidays. I love hot chocolate with marshmallows. The straws are cool too!
Thanks Kim! I love picking up fun paper straws! 🙂
I love Hot Chocolate, And these mugs are just awesome
Thank you Nicole! The Santa mugs are definitely my favorite!
I love hot chocolate so this looks AMAZING
Thank you Sarah!
How fun is this! My kids would love it.
It is so fun and I love that everyone can customize their own cup 🙂 Thanks Lysha!
I just love this idea! I hosted a Cookie Exchange this past weekend, and used a hot chocolate bar. Hot cocoa in the crockpot with several toppings to choose from. Everyone loved it!
Sounds awesome Leesha! I love that your hot chocolate was in the crockpot!
Very cute. I love the idea of a little “bar” for hot chocolate. Thanks for linking up to Snickerdoodle Sunday!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing, a coffee or hot chocolate station seem to be the latest trend in home decorating. I am loving the personal touch you added via the black board and those Santa mugs add a little sense of humor to the set up. I love it. I have also recently shared a coffee station inspired by two bloggers, here is a link if you’d like to check it out! http://glamistahome.com/2014/12/my-coffee-station.html
Thank you Dagmara! I’ll stop by and check out your coffee station!
So fun! It always surprised me what a kick the adults get out of this.
It’s definitely an invitation to feel young again!
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Thank you!
Love it! Great idea for parties, Christmas morning — any wintery gathering. Thanks for linking to Show Me Saturday.
Thank you so much Ginger! I agree!
I’ve been wanting to set up a hot chocolate bar for a party sometime. It would be so much fun! You have some really great ideas. Thanks for joining us for Hump Day Happenings.
Thank you so much Jenna! I hope you do a hot chocolate bar; it’s great addition!
so cute! I love hot chocolate and coffee bars! Thanks so much for sharing at On Display Thursday! We hope to see you tomorrow at our new day and time – Thursdays starting at 6 am central!
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Thank you Shelly