Ideas For The Perfect Winter Movie Night

Baby, it’s cold outside! Warm up with a family movie night at home with these tips, including movie suggestions, snacks, and hot chocolate.

Winter is quickly approaching, and for some, snow is already falling.

I love nothing more in the cooler weather than to curl up on the couch in front of the fire surrounded by the people I love, drink hot chocolate, and watch a movie. But give everyone a treat and kick up movie night a notch with these ideas.

My winter hot chocolate recipe is pretty simple.

I combine 1/2 a cup of 2% reduced-fat milk with half-and-half on the stove, stirring so that a skin doesn’t form on top.

Tip: If you have oversized mugs (like we do), fill them with water and then pour the water into a measuring jug to determine how much milk and half-and-half you need to heat.

In a mug, I add a couple of tablespoons of hot cocoa mix (or strawberry Nesquick for my daughter, who doesn’t like milk chocolate), with 2 teaspoons of sugar, and then pour the warm milk over the top.

I then topped with mini marshmallows and whipped cream.

Aren’t these ceramic penguin mugs from Oriental Trading just darling? And perfect to fill with hot chocolate for a winter movie night.

As you can see they are quite large, but that didn’t stop a certain little girl from asking for a second pink ‘hot chocolate’.

Don’t forget to put out some festive wooden stirrers (which are just wood stirrers with wood snow flakes glued to the top of each), extra marshmallows, and fill a jug with hot chocolate for anyone who wants refills.

And never forget snacks. Whether it’s popcorn, or Hershey’s kisses in blue and silver, and a Winter Candy Mix, which contains milk chocolate, white chocolate, and cookies and cream chocolate balls.