Candy Corn Hot Chocolate is a fun and festive way to serve a delicious drink this Halloween season. It calls for just five ingredients and a few hours of cooking time. This is sure to be a warm treat the kids and adults alike will love.
Pair this super easy beverage with my Slow Cooker Gingerbread Cake for a sweet treat the whole family will enjoy.
Can you cook candy corn in the slow cooker?
Candy corn melts nicely in the slow cooker thanks to its melt-friendly ingredients such as carnauba wax and corn syrup. When mixed and melted with a few other liquid-based ingredients, you’ll come out with a non-spooky drink that is perfect for a Halloween party.
And if you’re wondering whether or not this is still considered a “hot chocolate,” the answer is yes! Typically when we hear the word chocolate, we think brown; however, this candy corn hot chocolate is every bit of chocolate because of the white chocolate chips used.
Recipe Ingredients
- Candy Corn: The highlight of this recipe and where the drink gets its color.
- Chocolate Chips: You’ll use white chocolate chips for this recipe.
- Liquid: Heavy cream and half and half combine to help create the creaminess of the hot cocoa.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Add candy corn and white chocolate chips to the slow cooker.
Step Two – Pour in the remaining ingredients.
Step Three – Heat on LOW for 2 hours until everything has melted. Stir and heat for an additional hour.
Variations
- You can replace the half and half with your milk of choice (whole milk, skim, 2%, almond milk, oat milk).
- Give your hot chocolate a slight vanilla taste by adding a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- Have fun with the toppings by adding some whipped cream, a drizzle of chocolate syrup, yellow sprinkles, black sprinkles, and a few marshmallow ghosts. You can even let the kids add little ghost faces to other marshmallows.
Recipe FAQs
Reheat on the stove top or microwave. Don’t overheat, for the milk will scorch.
Store any leftover hot chocolate in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat according to answer above.
Set your slow cooker to the warm setting to keep it from burning throughout the party.
You can certainly experiment with different colors to see what happens!
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Slow Cooker Candy Corn Hot Chocolate
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 16 oz. candy corn
- 12 oz. white chocolate chips
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 5 cups half and half
- ¼ tsp. salt
Optional Toppings
- ghost marshmallow peeps
- mashmallows
- sprinkles
- whipped cream
- chocolate sauce
Instructions:
- To your slow cooker add all the ingredients and stir. Heat on low for 2 hours until everything has melted. Stir and heat on low for another hour.
- Serve hot and garnish with whipped cream, marshmallows, sprinkles, candy corn and chocolate sauce, enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- You can replace the half and half with your milk of choice ( whole, skim, 2%, almond milk, oat milk)
- Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container such as a mason jar for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
- Reheat on the stove top or microwave.
- Want to cook faster on high setting? You can, but be sure to stir often for white chocolate burns easily.
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Wonder what the drink would look like if you did use regular chocolate chips instead of white ones LOL!
Double batch, double cook time?
No, probably just a half-hour longer.
May I use 2 % milk,I never buy whole milk ?
Yes! Will work fine
Can you make this up a day in advance, refrigerate then crockpot warm again?
You can, but it will take the same amount of time to reheat as if you were making it fresh (in the slow cooker).
This looks amazing! Is whole milk required or could you do this with a milk substitute?
You would have to test it out Lilth, I have never cooked with a milk substitute. Sorry I am not any help!
Thank you for sharing this. We love Halloween & start planning early
this recipe looks so good i’m totally gonna make it but more importantly where did you get those mugs?? I need them they are amazing
I ordered them on Ebay, the bran is Tii Collections! I just couldn’t resist getting them. 🙂
Oh my gosh! This is so cute! 🙂 I might have to make this for after trick or treat this year. My daughter would love this!
Sounds great and the kids would love it! Sending this one on to Amara’s Mommy!
Sarah, this is just so cute and genius!! I would have never thought to do this and I think those marshmallow peeps are the perfect garnish!
What a fun hot cocoa recipe! Now I want to have a party so I can make this!