• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclosure Policy

Creating This Life

  • House & Home
  • Books & Reading
  • Travel & KC
  • Life
  • Shop
Details· Food & Celebrations· House & Home

Hot Chocolate Bar

Details· Food & Celebrations· House & Home December 1, 2013

Tiered Hot Chocolate Bar

Last fall I bought this tiered, wooden tray and filled it with mugs and plates and apples and little pumpkins. I told my family that the apples were fair game for eating, but the tray ended up being more for show than anything else.

Generally speaking, things that are just for show make me cranky; I like things that get used.

hot chocolate tray

While trying to think up something to do with the tray for winter, I remembered all the hot chocolate displays I’ve been seeing on Pinterest and in blogland.

Hot Chocolate CupsSo I hit the cabinets and filled the tray with everything we would need to make a quick cup.

Hot chocolate fixings

And then I added a few extras, courtesy of Homegoods and the grocery store spice aisle.

hot chocolate flavorings

Having a hot chocolate bar gives me an excuse to use one of my favorite vintage purchases of all time: a little, silver trophy from the 1934 county fair.

vintage county fair trophy

We live in Johnson County so it was an especially fun find.

Hot chocolate fixings

Normally, this tray sits on the kitchen table, but on Thanksgiving, I didn’t want it to get in the way of any visiting that would be going on there, so I moved it to the kitchen island.

Eventually the island was needed for all the goodies people were bringing with them as they arrived on Thanksgiving night, so the tray got moved to the living room coffee table.

hot chocolate tiered trayAnd that’s where it was when the hot chocolate party broke out. With just a little something extra off to the side for the adults.

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend, if you’re in the US, and that your holiday season is off to a good start.

This post is part of Tweak It Tuesday, Metamorphosis Monday, Inspired Sunday, Seasonal Sundays, and Sunday Link-Up.

hello!

I'm Julie. Lover of houses and books.

More about me

Get updates!

Comments

  1. Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says

    December 1, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    Your Hot Chocolate Bar looks great! You have alot of great additions for Hot Chocolate! =)
    Im new to your blog, and now following you with bloglovin!

    Have a great week!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      December 1, 2013 at 8:25 pm

      Thank you, Melissa. I look forward to checking out your blog. I’m a big reader too.

      Reply
  2. Erin O'Donnell says

    December 1, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Adorable! The Johnson County trophy really is a special touch. Thanks for linking up with Kansas Women Bloggers!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      December 1, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      Thank you, Erin. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Johnna says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    This is beautiful! Such a clever idea. I would love to do something similar when we have holiday guests over. Thank you for the wonderful idea!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      December 2, 2013 at 4:10 am

      Glad you liked it, Johnna. Thanks for the comment!

      Reply
  4. Liz @ Infuse With Liz says

    December 2, 2013 at 6:41 am

    What a cute idea! I love that silver trophy cup- what a great find! I love how the three layers offered everything you needed!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      December 2, 2013 at 12:46 pm

      Me too, Liz. 🙂

      Reply
  5. FABBY says

    December 2, 2013 at 2:36 pm

    I adore your hot chocolate bar my friend, it is fabulous! I love it how you used a two tier server for it. I also love the silver stem with the fkatware in it…great find! Have a nice December week.
    FABBY

    Reply
    • Julie says

      December 3, 2013 at 9:33 am

      Same to you, Fabby!

      Reply
  6. Laura Turner says

    December 6, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    What a splendid idea, and I love the presentation. Wow! I will be featuring you on Inspired Sunday (tonight)! 🙂

    Reply
    • Julie says

      January 2, 2014 at 10:10 pm

      Thank you, Laura!

      Reply
  7. tashia says

    September 18, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    May i ask where you found this tray?

    Reply
    • Julie says

      September 18, 2015 at 5:04 pm

      Tashia, I found it several years ago at a local shop in KC.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

I'm Julie. Lover of houses and books.

more about me

Receive future posts by email

Pinterest

Privacy Policy

Disclosure Policy

Instagram

@emilyaclark asked what is the best thing you’ve @emilyaclark asked what is the best thing you’ve found for your home through thrifting. Sharing a few of my favorites here. #decoratingwitheac  1. Blue and white jars. 2. Chair and basket. 3. Custom #toilepillows. 4. #Pinehutch. 5. Most of the dishes in the pine hutch. 6. #barleytwist candlesticks. 7. Chest and lamp
Last year’s Valentine’s Day flowers. Droopy #t Last year’s Valentine’s Day flowers. Droopy #tulips are the best tulips. 🌹
Every year about this time @annebogel asks her blo Every year about this time @annebogel asks her blog readers what’s saving their lives right now. My answers (both big and small) are in today’s blog post. A lInk to the blog is in my bio or visit creatingthislife.com. What’s saving your life right now?
Sharing how our bedroom at the lake is coming toge Sharing how our bedroom at the lake is coming together on the blog today. Link is in my bio or visit creatingthislife.com for the details.
I treated myself to a set of these bamboo melamine I treated myself to a set of these bamboo melamine (shatterproof) plates from @ballarddesigns and they are so beautiful! Pretty enough to use inside but I can’t wait until the weather warms up enough to set a table with these on the patio.
On a whim yesterday I made a trip to Home Goods fo On a whim yesterday I made a trip to Home Goods for some retail therapy and came home with some fun, little (nothing more than $17) finds. I’m sharing my trip on the blog today. Link is in my bio.
New on the blog today: my favorite books of 2020. New on the blog today: my favorite books of 2020. Link to the blog is in my bio. Did you have any favorites this year? I’d love to hear about them.
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2021 Creating This Life · Site by Moonsteam Design