Cocoa Cones

When I'm in stores shopping for tacky Christmas themed stocking stuffers (I love them!), I always run across these great cones that are used for hot cocoa. They're usually around $5 for one serving of cocoa, and I'm always in awe of how they manage to rip people off for this type of thing!

Here's a little tutorial on how to make around 20 of them for around $7. Quite the bargain! If you take a ride around the fabulous internets, you'll see how other crafters are doing this as well.

For your basic cocoa cone, you'll need 2 packs of marshmallows, 2 boxes of individual Swiss Miss serving packets, 1 bag of chocolate chips, and a 24 count of Disposable icing bags. Your local grocer can handle most if not all of these, with a possible exception of the disposable icing bags. Do yourself a favor and head out to your local JoAnn's, AC Moore, or Michaels, and pick these up - make sure to snag yourself a 40% off coupon (I get mine here!)

Alright. Now that you've gotten all of your ingredients assembled, I like to take over the dining room table, and really spread out.

First, start by opening up one of the frosting bags and pouring in one of the hot chocolate packets: 

Second, layer on the marshmallows and the chocolate chips: 

Then, twist the top of the decorating bags, and tie off with a piece of curling ribbon. Voila! Your first cocoa cone. 

Keep working through your ingredients until you've exhausted your supplies. These make perfect stocking stuffers, as well as small coworker gifts; and for much less expensively than you can buy in the store!