Make A Chocolate Pop-It: Your Complete Guide (Perfect for December Break)

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With December break on the horizon, grab some chocolate melting wafers and make a chocolate pop-it! Making a chocolate pop-it is a fun, simple and cheap activity to do with your kids.

The Mint Chip Mama - Rainbow Pop Toy

Pop-Its – The Hot Toy In Everyone’s House

As I’m sure you know – right now – one of the most popular toys is the push and pop bubble fidget sensory toy known as the pop-it. However, that plastic bastion of bubbles is so much more than just a toy! You can use it as a mold to make chocolate and candy! We recently signed up for a library class where we learned how to do this great activity. We tweaked it a bit and thought it would be fun to share!

Most importantly, it can take as little as twenty minutes to make a chocolate pop-it or as long as your little Picasso can last.

The Mint Chip Mama - Melting Wafers

Start off with deciding what type of chocolate melting wafers you want to use. They come in all different flavors and colors; you can get creative! Specifically, the library gave us milk chocolate but if we had our choice we would use mint chocolate (obviously, says The Mint Chip Mama).

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Next, grab some fillings for your popped out bubbles. Any candy around your house works especially the size and shape of M & M’s or Skittles. They fit perfectly and will look really pretty. Since my kids love mini marshmallows we cut them in half and put them in there too. In a perfect world my ideal candy would be Junior Mint cabochons.

Make A Chocolate Pop-It In 10 Easy Steps!

The Mint Chip Mama - Wash Your Pop Toy

1. Wash your pop-it because who knows where your kids took that thing. I filled up a bin with soapy water and let it soak for a bit. 

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

2. Take eight ounces of melting chocolate and microwave for 30 seconds at 50% power, then stir and repeat. You can play around with the time and power. Funny enough, because of this activity I discovered our microwave has a “melt” setting with a chocolate option!

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

3. Take the cup out (be careful – it may be hot – duh) and stir the chocolate so it’s all melted together. I find a knife works better than a spoon, its easier to clean off, and you can use it again.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

4. You are ready for the big pour! Make sure all bubbles are facing up – or experiment for a funky design (you can pop out a smiley face or even your child’s initial!). Start in the middle and slowly pour the entire cup of chocolate onto the pop-it.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

5. Flattened the chocolate into all corners using your knife.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

6. Pop it into the freezer to harden. Yep! That’s it! That’s all it takes to make a chocolate pop-it! The hardest part is making enough room in your freezer to fit your plate flat. Unless your freezer is neater than mine – then good for you.

The Mint Chip Mama - Timer

7. Set your timer for fifteen minutes.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

8. Your pop-it is ready to come out! It should be shiny indicating it’s nice and solid.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

9. Run your nail under the edge and slowly pull the chocolate off. There is a bit of suction so go slowly and carefully. Tada! Well just look at that. Pretty cool, right?

10. Set up your toppings and let your kids go to town decorating their creation.

The Mint Chip Mama - Decorate A Chocolate Pop-It!

Decorate Your Chocolate Pop-It!

To secure your toppings into each bubble, you need “glue”. For this you will use a little more melted chocolate. We tried both dipping the toppings into the melted chocolate and painting the chocolate with a small (clean) paintbrush. Either works, it all depends on what you want to do – and if you want to clean up something else.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

Keep in mind, the chocolate “glue” hardens quickly if you use the paint brush so make sure to move quickly. It dries a little slower if you dip the topping into it.

The Mint Chip Mama - Make A Chocolate Pop-It!

They can make patterns, designs, or just pop stuff in randomly. Anything that fits in the bubble works for a topping. Just don’t forget your chocolate glue to keep it all together. Or leave it out and your kids can play tic tac toe, or you can use it for a number or letter game!

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You Did It!

Pat yourself on the back for repurposing something laying around the house into a cool, edible creation. Since the chocolate is so thick, you’ll most likely want to eat this in shifts. You can easily break apart the rows thanks to the indentations.

Play Around And Make All Kinds Of Pop-Its

I hope you enjoyed this step-by-step guide on how to make a chocolate pop-it. I can’t wait to see how all of yours come out. Play around with different things – anything that melts and hardens should work – you can even try Jell-O! If you want to think bigger, try making them as a customized DIY party favors.

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Not here over break? This would be fun for a snow day too! Speaking of snow days, check out my other crafty ideas here. In addition, please follow me on Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to my blog (new posts come right to your inbox!) for more creative ideas. Looking for a new item to keep your kids busy, a birthday present, or a treat for yourself? Check out my Amazon storefront (where I get a small commission from each purchase)! 

Published by Stacey Wallenstein

Stacey Gish Wallenstein created The Mint Chip Mama blog in 2013 to share her love and passion for giving children meaningful life experiences and helping moms like her navigate the challenges and benefits of raising children in the New York metropolitan area. Before becoming a full-time mom in 2010, Stacey spent the better part of the preceding decade as a high-end customer relationship management (CRM) professional for some of the most well-known brands in the hotel, luxury, fashion, and beauty industries, such as Harrah’s Entertainment, Chanel and Christian Dior, Inc. She managed customer loyalty programs for thousands of clients around the country and created social media strategies for a span of industries including healthcare services, restaurants, consumer packaged goods, specialty foods, local attractions and retail locations. After 13 wonderful years in Manhattan (the last three of which spent as a city mom), Stacey and her husband moved to Long Island in 2014, where they now reside with their three children (13, 9, and 7). There, she is a founding member of her local Parenting Center, which provides classes and coordinates events designed to educate and inform parents while fostering an environment of support and friendship within the community. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Stacey has been active in the New York area alumni organization for nearly twenty years, serving as a board member on the school’s University of Michigan Alumni Club of New York City. She also holds a Masters in Psychology from The New School in New York City. Please check out The Mint Chip Mama in the Press: The New York Post, Psychology Today, NY Metro Parents, New York Family, Parents Magazine, Newsday, News 12, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt: Kids, NerdWallet, Big Apple Kids Guide, and more! The Mint Chip Mama was also nominated as "The Best Blog On Long Island" for 2022 & 2023, one of the Top 20 New York Mom Blogs & Websites, and one of the Top 100 Mom Lifestyle Blogs on the web! For more updates, follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Pinterest.

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