Tea Bombs
Step aside hot chocolate bombs because the latest hot beverage craze is here…Tea Bombs!
That’s right, you don’t just have to be a hot chocolate lover to experience the delight of trendy bombs. These pretty tea bombs, aka tea globes, are made with food-colored sugar casings that are filled with your favorite tea. And if you really want to get fancy, you can also add in some edible flowers!
Just imagine serving this to your girlfriends over brunch or a high tea. They are also great for baby showers, bridal showers or other celebratory events. Store them at room temperature and get ready to take your tea to the next level!
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Recipe Notes:
- These tea bombs are made from Isomalt crystals which consist of beet sugar. As a result they shouldn’t affect blood sugar.
- The isomalt crystals offer a naturally sweet taste but you can add more sugar to your cup if you enjoy sweeter tea.
- Depending on the size of tea bags you use, you may need to fold your bags so that they fit inside the tea globes but be careful when assembling your tea bombs as they are extremely fragile!
- I do suggest wearing these Isomalt Sugar Protective Gloves while making your tea bombs so that you reduce risk of burns from the melted hot sugar mixture.
- Keep in mind that if you opt to use gel food coloring for your tea bombs, it may tint the color of your tea but this won’t affect the taste of your tea.
- If you want to make a larger batch of tea bombs, I recommend that you complete one batch (i.e. 2 tea bombs) first with only the ingredient quantity for 2 bombs and then you move on to make another 2 and so on. The isomalt mixture sets fairly quickly so you may find it setting before you can add it to the molds if you try to make more than 2 bombs in one go.
These tea bombs can be stored at room temperature but need to be placed in an area that is free from moisture or humidity.
Store them in an airtight container with a bit of powdered sugar sprinkled over them to prevent them from sticking to any surface or each other.
These tea bombs don’t require refrigeration storage so long as they are kept in a cool, dry area of your kitchen.
Tea Bombs are basically the tea version of the popular hot chocolate bombs. Their outer shells are made of a hardened sugar mixture after having applied high heat to the ingredients and pouring the mixture into the silicone molds that you may already have from making hot chocolate bombs.
Tea Bombs
- Place isomalt crystals into a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Allow crystals to melt. If needed, shake the pan to facilitate melting. DO NOT STIR.
- When all crystals have melted, work quickly to spoon mixture into semi-sphere molds. Be very careful to avoid contact with skin. This will be hot.
- Add a few drops of gel food coloring into each mold. This will bubble up and sizzle, that’s ok. Stir with a small spoon to mix with melted crystals.
- Using the back of the spoon, quickly spread mixture to cover the entire surface of the mold. Do this step as fast as you can, it won’t take long for the mixture to begin to set up.
- Allow halves to set up before continuing, approximately 30 minutes.
- Remove the top half of the sphere from mold by carefully pushing up from bottom of the mold. Leave the bottom half in the mold for now. This makes it easier to assemble the globe.
- Place tea in bottom half of globe in mold along with any edible flowers, sugar cubes or herbs you are using. If desired, leave tea bag string outside the mold.
- Place small skillet over low heat. This will be used to smooth globe edges and ease joining the two globes together.
- Place globe top onto hot skillet for a few seconds to smooth and melt the edge. Quickly join to bottom globe that is still in the mold.
- Allow to cool 5-10 minutes. After a few minutes, you should be able to remove the entire sphere from the mold by carefully pressing up on the mold to release the bottom half of the globe.
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Tea Bombs
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup Isomalt Crystals
- Gel Food Coloring optional
- Tea of choice can be bags or loose leaf
Instructions
- Place isomalt crystals into a small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Allow crystals to melt. If needed, shake the pan to facilitate melting. DO NOT STIR.
- When all crystals have melted, work quickly to spoon mixture into semi-sphere molds. Be very careful to avoid contact with skin. This will be hot.
- Add a few drops of gel food coloring into each mold. This will bubble up and sizzle, that’s ok.
- Stir with a small spoon to mix with melted crystals.
- Using the back of the spoon, quickly spread mixture to cover the entire surface of the mold. Do this step as fast as you can, it won’t take long for the mixture to begin to set up.
- Allow halves to set up before continuing, approximately 30 minutes.
- Remove the top half of the sphere from mold by carefully pushing up from bottom of the mold. Leave the bottom half in the mold for now. This makes it easier to assemble the globe.
- Place tea in bottom half of globe in mold along with any edible flowers, sugar cubes or herbs you are using. If desired, leave tea bag string outside the mold.
- Place small skillet over low heat. This will be used to smooth globe edges and ease joining the two globes together.
- Place globe top onto hot skillet for a few seconds to smooth and melt the edge. Quickly join to bottom globe that is still in the mold.
- Allow to cool 5-10 minutes. After a few minutes, you should be able to remove the entire sphere from the mold by carefully pressing up on the mold to release the bottom half of the globe.
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