These sorting hat chocolate bombs are the perfect addition to your next Harry Potter marathon party! They are simple to make and are super interactive. Just pour some hot milk on top of the chocolate bomb and mix it to find out which house you belong to!
Welcome to my Harry Potter series, where I will be creating HP-inspired desserts so that we can all live a little bit of our childhood in real life. ⚡
Check out the first two Harry Potter recipes from this year!
One thing that I know every Harry Potter fan loves to do is find which house they belong in (and get angry when it’s not the house we WANT to belong in). Let’s face it; we’ve all taken multiple quizzes to find out our Hogwarts house. It’s just such a fun and exciting thing to do for us fans, and makes us feel like a part of that universe.
Every year, I love making a “sorting hat-inspired” dessert that you can enjoy and find out which house you belong to. Last year, it was the Sorting Hat Choux Pastry Tower, but this year I thought we could make something simpler and more fun.
Now chocolate bombs are nothing new; they took the internet by storm about two years ago and have been relevant ever since. I personally love the idea because it’s fun and quite easy to make.
Here’s how a chocolate bomb works – Make a hollow chocolate sphere with tempered chocolate and fill it with instant coffee or hot chocolate mix and add any other toppings you like, like marshmallows and sprinkles. Place the bomb in a cup and pour hot milk on top of it; the bomb will melt and create the perfect hot chocolate or coffee cup.
It’s a fun and interactive way of enjoying a cuppa.
Here’s how we turn these chocolate bombs into sorting hat chocolate bombs.
It’s simple; we add colored chocolate chips and sprinkles for each house – red-colored chocolate chips and sprinkles for Gryffindor, green-colored chocolate chips and sprinkles for Slytherin, you get the point.
You can either use colored candy melts or color white chocolate with oil-based colors. As the colored chocolate chips melt in the hot milk, the color reveals itself and sorts you into your houses!
Simple and fun, right?
How To Make The White Chocolate Spheres
The only slightly tricky part about making chocolate bombs is making tempered chocolate spheres. Let’s go into the details so that you know exactly how to do it. To make the spheres, you will need to temper the chocolate and set it in a silicone sphere mold. Here is the one I use.
How To Temper White Chocolate
I am no chocolatier, but tempering chocolate is not as complicated as people think it is. The theory is simple – you melt the chocolate and bring it to a high temperature, then lower the temperature to a point where it’s ready to use. At this point, the chocolate will be shiny, set better, and have a sharp crack.
Here’s how you can temper chocolate:
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals until it’s completely melted and reaches 49 degrees Celsius ( you can use a candy or digital thermometer to measure the temperature.
- Add some more chocolate into the melted chocolate and mix it until completely melted; this will help the temperature come down quicker.
- Keep mixing the chocolate until it reaches 29 degrees Celsius; at this point, it will be ready to use.
How To Make The Chocolate Spheres
- As soon as the chocolate reaches 29 degrees Celsius, add a few tablespoons of it into each sphere mold.
- Twist it around so that the chocolate covers all sides of the mold, then turn it upside down to get rid of all the excess chocolate. Make sure there are no gaps in the chocolate.
- Let the chocolate set in the fridge for 10-15 minutes upside down until it’s completely set.
- Unmold carefully by first stretching out the sides and then gently removing it from one side.
- If you live in a hot country (like me), make sure to keep the spheres in the fridge to keep them from melting.
- Once the spheres are ready, fill each half with the instant coffee mix, colored chocolate chips and sprinkles, and marshmallows for each house.
- To seal the spheres, take the other half and rub it on a hot plate to slightly melt the edges. Make sure not to place it on the plate for too long, or it will melt completely. Immediately place it on the filled bottom sphere and seal it gently with your fingers. Let the bomb set for 5 minutes; the melted chocolate will help seal the spheres together. Once set, top it with gold foil, and it’ll be ready to use.
You can make these a day in advance and store them in the fridge until they are ready to be used. If you live in a hot region, make sure to keep them refrigerated at all times; they will melt easily due to the heat.
Harry Potter Sorting Hat Chocolate Bombs
Equipment
- Round cavity silicone molds
- Silicone spatula
- Offset spatula
Ingredients
- 350 grams white chocolate
- 4 packets instant coffee or hot chocolate
- Oil-based colors – red, blue, green, yellow, or colored candy melts
- Mini marshmallows
- Colored sprinkles – optional
Instructions
- Temper the chocolate: Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals until it’s completely melted and reaches 49 degrees Celsius ( you can use a candy or digital thermometer to measure the temperature. Add some more chocolate into the melted chocolate and mix it until completely melted; this will help the temperature come down quicker. Keep mixing the chocolate until it reaches 29 degrees Celsius; at this point, it will be ready to use.350 grams white chocolate
- Make the colored chocolate chips: (skip this step if using colored candy melts). Separate 100 grams of the tempered chocolate and divide it into four parts and color each part red, blue, yellow, and green. Put each color in piping bags, make a small cut and pipe mini chocolate chips for each color, and let them set for 15 minutes.Oil-based colors – red, blue, green, yellow, or colored candy melts
- Make the chocolate spheres: If the chocolate has cooled down, heat it to bring it back to 29 degrees Celsius (tempering point). add a few tablespoons of it into each sphere mold. Twist it around so that the chocolate covers all sides of the mold, then turn it upside down to get rid of all the excess chocolate. Make sure there are no gaps in the chocolate. Let the chocolate set in the fridge for 10-15 minutes upside down until it’s completely set and unmold carefully by first stretching out the sides and then gently removing it from one side.
- Fill the spheres: Once the spheres are ready, fill each half with the instant coffee mix, colored chocolate chips and sprinkles, and marshmallows for each house. You can add more toppings of your choice.4 packets instant coffee or hot chocolate, Mini marshmallows, Colored sprinkles – optional
- Seal the spheres: Take the other half and rub it on a hot plate to slightly melt the edges. Make sure not to place it on the plate for too long, or it will melt completely. Immediately place it on the filled bottom sphere and seal it gently with your fingers. Let the bomb set for 5 minutes; the melted chocolate will help seal the spheres together. Once set, top it with gold foil, and it’ll be ready to use. Set the chocolate bombs in the fridge until ready to use.
- How to use the chocolate bomb: Place a chocolate bomb into a cup and pour very hot milk on top of it and let it sit for 30 seconds until everything melts. Mix the milk to reveal the color inside the hot chocolate to be sorted into your house.
Notes
- Always start using the chocolate when it is just about to reach the right tempering temperature as the chocolate will cool down further while you are using it. I start my process when the chocolate hits 29.5 degrees Celsius.
- Make sure the chocolate sphere is not too thick, or it will not melt properly. Store it upside down in the fridge after making it to help the excess chocolate drip out.
- Be very careful when unmolding the chocolate – star by pulling and releasing the sides, then stretch it out from one side.
- If you like in a hot region, keep the chocolate refrigerated at all times.
- Make sure the milk is boiling hot to help the chocolate bomb melt as easily as possible.
If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you will definitely love this fun and exciting idea. What house are you hoping to be sorted in? I’m a Slytherin myself🐍.
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Until next time.
