Melted Snowman Hot Chocolate Gift Jars

Melted snowman hot chocolate makes a fun homemade gift! Just fill clear jars with hot white chocolate mix, and add a snowman marshmallow and one of our free printable labels for a gift anyone will love.

Making melted snowman chocolate is so easy! You will need new or recycled glass jars, like canning jars. Fill the jars with enough store-bought white chocolate hot cocoa mix to make 2 cups. Top the mix with snowman marshmallows made using food-safe markers. Draw the snowman arms and buttons outside the jars using a permanent marker. Close the lid and add a free downloadable snowman hot cocoa label. Hand out the melted snowmen to all of your friends and family.

Melted Snowman Hot Chocolate

Snowman Hot Cocoa Supplies:

This little gift is so easy to make.  But you will need a few specialty items.

• White Hot Chocolate – the best deal I could find is on a 10 lb bag of Ghirardelli mix. That little 1 lb tub of Stephen’s of cost 50% of a 10 lb bag. The 1 lb tub made four jars. If you want to make a lot of jars, get the big bag.
• Edible Food Markers – I used orange and brown, but black works, too
• Large Marshmallows (the normal size)
• 1/2 pint canning jars with a clear front
• Black Sharpie Marker
• Free Melted Snowman Hot Cocoa labels (sign up below to get them)

How to Make Melted Snowman Hot Chocolate Jars 

Start by scooping the white hot chocolate into the 1/2 pint jars. The back of the can said that you need 2 heaping Tablespoons of the mix for 1 cup of hot cocoa. I could fit 4 Tablespoons in each jar and still have enough room for the marshmallows.

Next, use the edible markers to make snowman faces on 1 marshmallow for each jar.  The marker bleeds a bit, so just barely touch the marshmallows with them.  Have fun and make funny faces or make them all smile.

Place the snowman marshmallow on top of the hot cocoa mix facing out. You want the marshmallow to just rest on top of the mix.

Carefully add 3 more marshmallows on top of the hot cocoa to help keep the snowman in place.

Place a lid on top of the jar and tighten it with the corresponding band. Use a Sharpie to draw the rest of the snowman’s buttons and arms.

You can choose how to add a Melted Snowman Hot Chocolate label. We have two printables – one is square, and the other has a circle in the square to cut out.

The first way is to use the circle printable and secure the label to the top lid of the jar. I used Glue Dots to affix the label.  The round labels are 2 inches, and a 2-inch circle punch would make cutting them out super easy.  Good old-fashioned scissors work, too.

Another option is to use the square printable and attach it with a pretty ribbon. This was fussy. While I like the ribbon, the lid label is a lot quicker.

You may want to include directions on the back of the tag on making the hot cocoa. I didn’t include it in the printable since each hot cocoa mix is different. But for mine, I’d simply say the jar makes 2 cups of cocoa.

These are great gifts for neighbors, teachers, co-workers, and friends!