Annabel Karmel’s Hot Choc Snowmen recipe

Method

• step 1

  To make the marshmallow snowmen, thread 3 marshmallows onto a cocktail stick. (The top marshmallow is your snowman's head, the middle marshmallow is his trunk and the bottom marshmallow is his hips.) Repeat with 2 more cocktail sticks.

• step 2

  Using the spare cocktail stick, make a small hole in the centre of the top marshmallows for the jelly bean nose. Make 2 small holes on either side of the middle marshmallow for the Pretzel-stick arms, and 2 small holes in the base of the bottom marshmallow for the Pretzel-stick legs

• step 3

  Insert Pretzel sticks into the holes you've made, breaking them to the right length. Insert the orange jelly beans for each snowman's nose

• step 4

  Using the chocolate writing icing pen, pop on 3 buttons on each snowman's chest, plus eyes and mouth on the head. Place to one side

• step 5

  For the hot chocolate, put the milk into a pan and bring to a simmer. Spoon in the drinking chocolate and stir until dissolved

• step 6

  Pour the hot chocolate into 3 mugs. Place the snowmen on top of your mugs and serve. Be careful to remove the cocktail stick for smaller children before they tuck in