A Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar is a wonderful idea for a fun treat! Just imagine how your family and friends will love to help themselves to a delicious mug of hot chocolate! And I’m sharing a fun way to add a little hot chocolate station to your Christmas decor!
Just a reminder before we begin to get your free printable Christmas Gift Checklist! Stay organized this year!
Today we are celebrating HOT CHOCOLATE BARS! And our inspiration? This wonderful Pinterest pin from Pen + Paper Flower. Thanks, Jessica for the chocolate inspiration! Isn’t this a welcoming area to stop for a how chocolate?
Also, thank you to Cindy at Country Road 407 for organizing us and finding Jessica’s pretty Pinterest picture.
Here’s my version of a hot chocolate bar! Vertical style! But if hot chocolate is not your thing this vertical bar can easily convert into a coffee, tea or libation of choice bar!
I was thinking how fun it would be to have a Christmas hot chocolate bar in the foyer! Can you imagine being greeted by Christmas music and hot chocolate?
We are having a holiday get-together for our neighborhood and what a nice welcome for our new friends, right?
THE BAR CART HOT CHOCOLATE BAR
We can roll our bar cart around the house so we rolled it into the foyer! I think a great entertaining tip is to use your whole home! I try very hard to keep my guests from all hibernating in the kitchen or dining room where all the food usually is. Instead, I love to create little “stations” for food and drink around my downstairs spaces. This encourages people to spread out and bump into new people throughout the evening!
I used a tall tiered tray to put many of the hot chocolate bar elements on. It’s so so easy and people tend to think anything elevated is extra special! But believe me, it was so easy to assemble. This will be our little secret!
THE MIDDLE TIER
I started with the middle tier of the tray. Simple white mugs from Corelle were perfect for the hot chocolate bar. Just for fun, I added a candy cane and a festive plaid napkin to them. I thought a candy cane would be a delicious stirrer!
And to make the hot chocolate bar ever more festive I added snow to the base of the tray!
And a twig of green to each much too!
BOTTOM TIER
The bottom layer holds all the goodies to add to the Hot Chocolate.
The base of the bottom tier of the Hot Chocolate bar was also filled with snow and I rimmed the base with greens, pinecones, and red and white ornaments. I think it looks a little like a wreath!
Four little white bowls are filled with some yummy how chocolate fixings!
- mini marshmallows
- semi-sweet chocolate chips- you can’t get too chocolatey
- marshmallows with burnt vanilla and nutmeg tops
- and marshmallows with chocolate and coffee bean bottoms
Can you guess my favorite?
TOP TIER
The tops tier is a pretty little candy cane and Christmas greens centerpiece!
I lined the candy canes around the rim of the cylinder and topped it off with a ball of faux evergreens. And to the evergreens, I added sprigs of red berries.
And of course, added snow to the base of the top tier!
OTHER THINGS ON THE BAR CART
Next to the tiered tray, I put a white carafe filled with scrumptious hot chocolate!
You might like to see my recipe for Peppermint Hot Chocolate made in the slow cooker HERE.
There are log slice coasters for the mugs on the bar cart! Adding to the woodland Christmas theme!
And a can of Pirouette cookies fanned out in a glass cylinder. These are chocolate mocha. And trust me, these are perfectly scrumptious dipped into hot chocolate!
THE BOTTOM SHELF OF THE CHRISTMAS HOT CHOCOLATE BAR
The bottom shelf of the bar cart holds a white Christmas house, some small square cookie plates, a bowl of peppermint candies and a footed plate filled with raspberry thumbprint cookies.
I hope my Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar has inspired you to create one of your own!
Fabulous hot chocolate bar. Thank you so much. We love hot chocolate during the cold winter months.
Happy holidays!
I just love your blog – thanks so much for all your ideas! Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving, Henrietta!
Hi ! I have a two tired table just like this. I’m struggling how to decorate it. Being diabetic and have two dogs I can’t make it a hot chocolate bar sadly. Would you have any other decorating ideas to do with it?
Thank you!
Hi Jan, keep it simple. Use a tall lamp and a pretty plant, real or faux, and baskets on the bottom shelf to stash things. Hope this helps.
I loved the hot chocolate bar. Yummy.
I also loved the wall hanging behind it.
It’s the blessing, where did you get it? I would love to order one.
Thanks!
Here you go:https://rstyle.me/+wucJtq0Tn4woJmUH7T4g-A
Where did you find the 3 tiered pedestal. I love it and the style is perfect for a small kitchen!!
Hi Judy, I found it on Wayfair years ago. Check for tiered trays there.
Beautiful, festive, and PINNED!
Thank you I love my pinners. Helps so much!
Did you make the vanilla and nutmeg topped mini-marshmallows or did you purchase? If you made them, could you please post the recipe. And if purchased, where can I find them? Thank you so much! Have been following your blog now for several years and I thoroughly enjoy it. I appreciate also how you live your faith in your Sunday posts! God bless you and a very blessed Christmas season to you and your family!
Hi Kathleen, I found those marshmallows at HomeGoods. I’m so glad you are part of our family of readers.
So pretty Yvonne! Where do you get the expresso and burnt nutmeg marshmallows?
Hi Sabra, I found them at HomeGoods. They have so many wonderful goodies there.
Yvonne,
Your bar is so lovely. Tiered stands are so great for small spaces and you sure rocked it with this lovely one! Merry Christmas, sweet friend!
Oh how pretty, Yvonne! I love how you’ve gone upwards with your hot cocoa bar!!! The plaid napkins inside the mugs are so pretty and the candy cane bouquet is really pretty… Hope your guests enjoy this wonderful hot chocolate bar when they come over!
Happy Thanksgiving and Christmas season to you,
Barb 🙂
This looks so pretty! I love the vase with candy canes too!
Tania
What a gorgeous bar cart! I adore the tiered tray. May you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
So, so lovely, Yvonne! You always inspire me with your classy style. I love how clean and grand your coffee station looks, and what a brilliant idea to keep it rolling around to encourage mingling. Pinned!
So cute, Yvonne. Love the way you styled the bar cart. The foyer is the perfect place to greet guests. The sweet treats on the bottom tier definitely looks like a wreath. Love the candy cane vase on top. Lovely setting.
Your hot chocolate cart is sigh-worthy, Yvonne. So much in such a little space, and done with perfection. Love it! I’ve pinned, and have tucked away some ideas for the future! So fun hopping with you!
I love the idea of serving it on a tiered serving piece, Yvonne! Cute and practical. Also love your candy cane centerpiece at the top. Fun to be hopping with you!
Yvonne, your guest will enjoy a good hot cup of cocoa from your beautiful display bar cart. I love it. Happy Thanksgiving.
Simply lovely and those chocolate dipped marshmallows look yummy !
How fun, I love the idea of using the cart in the entry for a party. Yours looks so inviting with all the different toppings to choose from and the tier is decorated so beautifully. Such a fun treat for your guests to enjoy.
Thanks so much Mary!
Your hot chocolate bar is picture perfect, Yvonne! Serving from the foyer is a great idea to get guests to mingle throughout your home. They always somehow end up in my kitchen no matter what I do!
I know! Thanks, Paula! Heading over to your Hot Chocolate bar now!
What a beautiful hot chocolate bar! I love the idea of using both the bar cart and the tiered tray. I have a small tiered tray but after seeing this, I want a larger one! You’ve styled yours so beautifully and I love all the color.
Cheers!
Shelley
So sweet! Thanks!
Soooooooo sweet! ?
Thank you