Hot Chocolate Playdough Recipe (2024)

Hot chocolate is not just for drinking. We made a fun sensory activity by using a hot chocolate mix to make a deliciously smellinghot chocolate playdough. This fun hot chocolate playdough recipe is super easy to make and has a fun texture. Plus this is the perfect way to celebrate National Chocolate Day on October 28th, as awinter playdough recipe, or as a funvalentines day activityfor toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergartner, first grade, and 2nd grade students.

Hot chocolate playdough

One of my daughter’s favorite drinks is hot chocolate. It can be pushing 90 degrees out with 100% humidity and she will still ask for hot chocolate. We have made cookies, cakes, pudding, and so many more edible treats with hot chocolate mix but I wanted to try something totally new.We like making our own play dough and slime. So when the idea came to me to substitute some of the flour in our favorite play dough mix with hot chocolate mix – my daughter and I were almost giddy at the thought. THishot chocolate playdough is super easy to make and lots of fun to play with too! All you need are a few simple ingredients you probably already have on hand to make a batch of thisHot chocolate playdough recipe.This play doh recipe is perfect for celebration National Chocolate Day on October 28th, as a funwinter activity for kids, or to make into little chocolates for aValentines Day activity.

Either way, this play dough recipes is fun for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, and grade 2 students!

Hot chocolate playdough recipe

ThisHot Chocolate PlayDough Recipe is super simple actually. If you have made play dough before, or even if you haven’t, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Ingredients Needed:

1 Cup of Hot Chocolate Mix
2 Cups Of Flour
3/4 Cup Of Salt
1 Cup Baking Soda
1/2 Cup + 3 TBS Water
1/4 Cup Of Oil

Instructions:

We mixed all of the dry ingredients together with a fork in one bowl. Next we added the oil and stirred. It looked like brownie mix. I highly doubt with all the salt and baking soda that it tasted like brownie mix, but it sure looked like it!

Next we slowly added the water and mixed at the same time. Stir until ball starts to form. Take the ‘ball’ out and drop on floured surface.

Hot cocoa playdough

Roll around, kneed, mix, squish, poke, pound.. whatever you need to do to get it all mixed up. This is the fun part, right? When all of the white powder look is gone, the play dough is ready to play with. If you haven’t been playing already.

Winter Playdough REcipe

We first played with coffee cups. We filled and ‘poured’ and my daughter pretended to work at a coffee shop, serving me my favorite drink.

We played with chocolate chips, mixing in pretending to make chocolate chip cookies.We also added some marshmallows.

Winter Activity for Kids

I loved this because it wasn’t anymore expensive than regular play dough and it has a double sensory aspect. Not only is playing with play dough a sensory activity on its own, but the scent that comes from this recipe is phenomenal.

Whether you are making this for a classroom or for home, whether it’s close to Christmas, National Chocolate Day (on October 28), Hot Chocolate Day(on January31),or a random Wednesday in February – this is a MUST make!