Hot chocolate cloud dough for sensory play is super easy and quick to make! Check your kitchen pantry and you should have what you need! A homemade cloud dough recipe is one of our go-to sensory play activities. It uses only a few simple ingredients I usually have on hand for baking. Give your cloud dough a special winter theme with hot chocolate this season.
Chocolate Cloud Dough Recipe
There are two ways you can make cloud dough. This cloud dough recipe below uses cooking oil instead of baby oil as we wanted a taste safe dough.
INGREDIENTS:
- 5 cups of flour (you can use all different kinds including gluten-free and buckwheat!)
- 1 cup of vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
- mini marshmallows
- play tools like cups and spoons work great
INSTRUCTIONS:
Add all ingredients to your sensory bin and mix it by hand. You should be able to grab a chunk and mold it and have it hold. If not, you may need more oil. Too oily, add more flour.
Set out your cloud dough with your tools and play. My son was super excited to see the marshmallows come out, so we had a little treat while we played too.
I had some left over cocoa from last year that was perfect to use for this cloud dough winter sensory bin.
He was the shop keeper and made us all hot cocoa cloud dough drink for free all day long!
More Fun Chocolate and Winter Sensory Activities
- Chocolate Playdough
- Christmas Cloud Dough
- Cinnamon Playdough
- Peppermint Playdough
- Chocolate Pudding Slime
- Edible Chocolate Slime (with marshmallows)
- Winter Sensory Bin Ideas
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Using cocoa for a cloud dough recipe is so creative. Pinned to my “Sensory Experiences for Children” board.
How long does this stay good? I was considering using it in my classroom but can’t make it each night.
As long as it doesn’t get wet too, it stays for quite awhile. We can have it for over a week!
Thank you!
What about kids with food allergies?
You will need to determine if this is suitable for your kiddos.