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Holiday Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar

October 31, 2017 by Tangled with Taste 19 Comments

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Fun decoration and serving ideas, along with delicious recipes for the ultimate “Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar” this Holiday Season!

Easy and fun ideas for the cutest cooffee bar and/or hot cocoa bar ever! Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar by Flirting with Flavor!

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Holiday Coffee and Cocoa Bar

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Oh baby, it’s getting cold outside! There’s the good, the bad, and the ugly that comes with cold weather; and then there’s the best: a mug of warmth in the evening with friends and family.

I created this beautiful coffee and cocoa bar for a “girl’s night in” with some of my “besties” and it was a complete hit. You may want to create a similar atmosphere for girl’s nights, holiday parties, baby showers, bridal showers and more this holiday season!

Adorable coffee and hot cocoa bar by Flirting with Flavor

The Decor

When it comes to decor, the trick is to be cohesive but not too matchy-matchy.

For this coffee and hot chocolate bar, I used decorations and serving platters I already had, then tied everything together by putting a giant sign behind the bar and adding in a few key eye-catching pieces of holiday decor.

You don’t want to go overboard with holiday prints and platters because then it will go from classy to tacky. Less is more in this case!

Cutest Coffee and Hot Chocolate bar ever!

The Food

When it comes to a Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar girl’s night or get together, food is not a must. However, I would suggest having a bit of food on hand because food tends to make the heart grow fonder.

For my Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar, I served miniature powdered donuts. Other fun ideas include:

  1. Struesel-topped Blueberry Muffins (these are a fast and easy option).
  2. Cranberry Red Pepper Jelly with cheese and crackers (as a savory choice is always good along with the sweets).
  3. Cinnamon Breadsticks on sticks!

Share your fun Holiday Party food ideas in the comments; I’d love to hear your ideas!

The perfect coffee bar and hot chocolate bar by Flirting with Flavor! Coffee and Cocoa Bar tutorial.

The Coffee and Cocoa

This holiday season it is time to discover a new favorite combination!

I wanted my guests to have options. Some may prefer coffee and some may prefer cocoa and some may prefer a mix of the two! One thing everyone has in common though is a preference for the very best flavor.

Enter: Starbucks® Holiday Blend 28 oz ground coffee and my own special cocoa recipe using Lindt Chocolate Assorted Lindor Truffle Bag 19 oz from Sam’s Club.

Hot coffee and hot cocoa bar tutorial and recipes!

These two really should go hand in hand always because the sweet, rich taste of Lindt Chocolate Assorted Lindor Truffles  brings out the sweet maple flavor of Starbucks® Holiday Blend ground coffee.

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Mix-In’s for your Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar

Every good Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar is going to have mix-in options.

I was able to purchase all my food and drink products for this party at Sam’s Club (however please hover over the above picture if you would like the option to purchase online).

Fast and Easy simple Coffee and Hot Chocolate bar

The mix-ins I used in my Coffee and Cocoa Bar were:

  1. The other flavors from the Lindt Lindor Assorted Truffles bag (for the hot chocolate recipe I used the dark truffles. The white, milk, and regular dark truffles also make great coffee mix-ins.
  2. Flavored coffee creamers- peppermint mocha, sweet cream, hazelnut, and salted caramel.
  3. cinnamon sticks
  4. marshmallows
  5. chocolate wafer cookie sticks

Cutest Coffee and Hot Cocoa bar ever! Great tips for recreating this on your own!!!

Other great Coffee and Hot Chocolate Bar mix-in ideas include:

  • Chocolate chips
  • Spice mixtures such as pumpkin spice and powdered cinnamon.
  • Whipped cream topping
  • Candy canes
  • Caramels

EASY tutorial for a great hot chocolate bar!

Don’t forget Accessories!

Last but not least, a girl should never forget to accessorize; especially for a girl’s night!

Cute cups, stirring spoons, and napkins are the finishing touches you will need to take your party from cute to TOTALLY FABULOUS!

I suggest color palette matching, but not print matching.

Remember: No matchy matchy. We’re going for classy gourmet here!!!

BEST EVER Coffee and Hot Cocoa Bar with recipes and tutorial by Flirting with Flavor!

Okay y’all, enough talk, let’s get this party started!

Recipe for Lindt LINDOR Truffle Hot Chocolate:

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Ingredients

  • 10-15 Lindt LINDOR Truffles
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 cups Coffee Creamer (I use sweet cream flavor, but it's totally your choice which flavor you want to go with!)
  • Dash of Salt

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a medium sized sauce pan.
  2. Heat over medium-medium-low heat, whisking often, until melted and smooth.
  3. Make sure to stir in the corners of the pan because the chocolate will melt and gather in the edges.
  4. Taste test and add more milk or Chocolate according to preference.
  5. Serve hot!
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Nutrition

Calories

1087 cal

Fat

56 g

Carbs

99 g

Protein

23 g
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Comments

  1. Micaela D says

    December 16, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    where did you find your baby its cold outside sign?
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      December 16, 2017 at 9:25 pm

      It is a picture frame I already had but then filled with a white poster board. Then the letter can be cut out on a silhoutte or cricut machine. I have a silhouette though...
      Reply
      • TRACY Dove-Terry says

        December 20, 2019 at 3:33 pm

        Do you make the baby its cold out signs to sell?
        Reply
        • Tangled with Taste says

          December 23, 2019 at 1:23 am

          I do not. I'm so sorry :)
          Reply
  2. Bee says

    December 2, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    And galvanized plates
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      December 2, 2017 at 11:47 pm

      The galvanized plates are from hobby lobby. I also saw some at Walmart and then just recently my Sam's Club had some serving platter options that were galvanized...
      Reply
  3. Bee says

    December 2, 2017 at 11:27 pm

    Where did you get your mugs from?
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      December 2, 2017 at 11:45 pm

      Last year from World Market :)
      Reply
  4. Sara Glover says

    November 15, 2017 at 5:01 pm

    I am going to be fat and broke. I make this every stinking morning! Lindor should give me coupons because I probably am the sole reason their company stays in business hahahaha serious though, that hot chocolate is so good!
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      November 15, 2017 at 10:37 pm

      You could never be fat! And isn't it sooo good!!!
      Reply
  5. Jen says

    November 14, 2017 at 11:13 am

    Super cute idea?..where did yoi get the comtainers to store/containers to put the hot coffee and cocco in?
    Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      November 14, 2017 at 2:01 pm

      I found them on Amazon! http://amzn.to/2yCFRpH But then literally two days after I purchased them I found nicer ones at the same price at Sam's Club!
      Reply
    • Tangled with Taste says

      November 14, 2017 at 2:02 pm

      Also, THank you!!!
      Reply
  6. Brynslee says

    November 11, 2017 at 12:13 am

    What is your powdered donut recipe?
    Reply
    • Flirting with Flavor says

      November 12, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      Oh Man... Brynslee- Wish I could say I made those! I actually just picked them up from my local bakery though! THey make a super delish powdered donut in mini size that I have yet to be able to duplicate (pretty sure they put cinnamon and nutmeg in the douhg, but there's something else in it too)... I'm sorry!!!
      Reply
  7. Delaine says

    November 10, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    Can't wait to do this! Can you tell me where you found the cute spoons? Everything looks fabulous!
    Reply
    • Flirting with Flavor says

      November 12, 2017 at 6:11 pm

      Hi Delaine! I found the spoons at my local hobby lobby in the birthday party supplies aisle. There are also some cute options here on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2zFrlz3
      Reply
  8. Seth says

    November 1, 2017 at 2:35 pm

    This looks like a winter wonderland heaven!!! Yummy!!!!!
    Reply
    • Flirting with Flavor says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:06 pm

      Thank you! It was super fun to put together :)
      Reply

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