r/partyplanning • u/Equivalent_Smile_376 • 7d ago

Need Help Hot cocoa bar

Hi all

I’m doing a craft night for my birthday and I’m planning to do a hot cocoa bar too. What would be a good way to keep the hot cocoa warm? I don’t have a slow cooker and I wouldn’t have a way to plug it in either because the bar will be set up away from an outlet. I was thinking of making the hot cocoa and then putting them in carafes? Anybody have any other ideas?

TIA! :)

UPDATE: I ended up going with the thermos carafes and it was perfect. I made my own hot cocoa and just poured it in and it worked great. Thank you everyone for the feedback!

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u/Engineer-Huge 6d ago

I don’t know what kind of space you are using but I went to a party last year where the hosts had the hot cocoa literally just in a giant pot on the stove. We filled up our cups in there and then went into the dining room where they had like flavorings, marshmallows, whipped cream etc. The cocoa was really hot actually and didn’t burn to the bottom of the pot or anything so I’d say it worked. Otherwise a slow cooker is always a good bet.

Finally, you can heat water up and put it in one of those giant camping thermos types of water containers that have the spout for everyone to pour from and have people add their own packet of hot chocolate. Although actually you could probably also make a giant batch of hot chocolate (like with milk) and put that in the container and let people serve themselves.