Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Bombe (Aldi) By @Cinabar

So the instructions on the back of the box for this Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate Bombe are wrong, written by someone who doesn’t get what this product does. In a hot chocolate bombe, the idea is that the chocolate melts in hot milk and becomes hot chocolate, and when it does, marshmallows appear from the centre and float to the top. 

The instructions state to heat a mug of milk and add the bombe; if you do this, the chocolate won’t fit (it is big) or the milk will spill down the sides. Or you won’t have much of a drink if you use less milk. Put the hot chocolate bomb in the bottom of an empty mug and fill it with hot milk; the milk will melt the chocolate as you pour; the milk will dissolve a hole in the bomb; the milk will then melt it from the inside and pop; the marshmallows will burst to the top.That is how you should do this. This also means you will get a full mug of hot chocolate too. That is how I made it, and it was perfect.

It did require a bit of stirring to get all the chocolate mixed in, but it looked absolutely lovely. There were plenty of marshmallows, and the chocolate flavour had a lovely taste of salted caramel. This is a fun, soothing drink with lots of chocolate, perfect for a Christmas Eve treat or a special occasion, but do make sure you add the milk to the bombe and not the other way around.