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Hi Chocolate Lovers

Yesterday I shared pictures from our Christmas Card Class Hot Chocolate Bar and I promised more info on the Mixie Sticks I made to flavor the Hot Chocolate

I saw the idea for these Mixie Sticks on Tradewind Tiaras and I immediately added them to my must have on the Hot Chocolate Bar list! The Mixie sticks are made by filling Paper Straws with flavored powders that you can poor into the Hot Chocolate to customize the flavors. The choices are endless but I decided to go with

• White Chocolate Raspberry – we used Dove Chocolate Discoveries Mix to fill these straws
• Espresso – Simply mix Espresso Powder with a little superfine sugar
• Peanut Butter – We Used PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter mixed with just a little sugar so it didn't stick In the straws.
• Chocolate Malt – Very Easy – Chocolate Malt Powder

Here's a quick little mini tutorial on putting the Mixie Sticks together

Start with a Paper Straw

Flatten the end of the straw.

Place a Mini Glue Dot on the end and roll the end up, pushing down on the glue dot so it adheres well.

Add another Mini Glue Dot to the end of the straw and roll a second time.

Insert the straw into the Paper Crimper and crimp a few times to hold everything together.

Fill your straws. You can use a small funnel but I found it went much faster simply to spoon the filling into the straws, just letting the extra fall back into the bowl.

Fold the tops of the Mixi Sticks down the same way you did the bottoms – I left the Mini Glue Dots off the tops so they are easy to unroll and poor into the Chocolate – but if you want a better seal use the glue dots and crimper on the tops as well!

I used a different color of straw for each flavor so it was easy to know the difference!

 

ETA: I've had a lot of questions about where I got my paper straws. Here's a few of my favorite sources for paper straws

 

Sip Sticks or Retro Sally

What's your Favorite Flavor of Hot Chocolate?? Leave me a message on this post and let me know…