Hot Chocolate Bar Catering in Chicago
Hot chocolate bar catering in Chicago starts at $395 (indoor or outdoor). Hello Boba Truck brings a fully staffed mobile hot cocoa bar directly to your winter event — corporate holiday parties, tree lightings, winter markets, school celebrations, and weddings across Chicagoland. Two baristas, real Belgian-style cocoa, and a full topping bar. We bring everything; your venue provides nothing.
Same trucks, same crew, same no-hidden-fees pricing that Chicagoland has booked for bubble tea since 2024 — with a winter menu built for cold weather. Our hot chocolate service runs November through February. Booking is open now, and December weekends fill first.
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Hot Chocolate Bar Catering in Chicago
Hot chocolate bar catering in Chicago starts at $395 (indoor or outdoor). Hello Boba Truck brings a fully staffed mobile hot cocoa bar directly to your winter event — corporate holiday parties, tree lightings, winter markets, school celebrations, and weddings across Chicagoland. Two baristas, real Belgian-style cocoa, and a full topping bar. We bring everything; your venue provides nothing.
Same trucks, same crew, same no-hidden-fees pricing that Chicagoland has booked for bubble tea since 2024 — with a winter menu built for cold weather. Our hot chocolate service runs November through February. Booking is open now, and December weekends fill first
Check availability for your date — quotes within a few minutes
Two Ways to Serve Hot Cocoa at Your Event
Whether your event is indoors in an office lobby or outdoors at a tree lighting, we have a format built for it. Both are fully self-contained and staffed by two trained baristas.
Mobile Hot Cocoa Cart — Indoor Events
Our mobile hot cocoa bar sets up cleanly inside any venue — an office lobby, a banquet hall, a school gym, a hotel ballroom, or a private home. It needs a standard 110v outlet. Everything else arrives with us: cocoa, toppings, cups, napkins, signage, and two baristas who serve for the full event.
Best for: corporate holiday parties, employee appreciation days, indoor weddings and receptions, school staff events, church gatherings, and Friendsgiving-style office parties.
Hot Cocoa Truck — Outdoor Winter Events
For outdoor winter events, our truck pulls up fully stocked and serves from the window — no power hookup or setup help needed from your team. The custom digital display can carry your company logo, school colors, or a holiday message, and a warm drink keeps a crowd standing outside in December far longer than anything else will.
Best for: tree lightings, holiday markets, winter festivals, school pickup events and spirit nights, sports tournaments, neighborhood block parties, and outdoor brand activations.
What's on the Hot Cocoa Bar
Every guest builds their own cup. Our baristas pour the base, then walk them through the topping bar — the part guests actually remember.
- The base: rich classic hot chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate, plus a caffeine-free option for kids
- Milk choices: whole, oat, and almond — dairy-free guests are covered without a separate order
- Toppings, all included: mini marshmallows, whipped cream, crushed peppermint, caramel and chocolate drizzle, toffee bits, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and sprinkles
- Seasonal add-ons: peppermint mocha, salted caramel, and s’mores-style with graham crumble
- Also available: our signature milk teas and fruit refreshers, if you want a warm option and a cold one side by side
Every topping is included in your price. There is no upcharge for oat milk, no per-topping fee, and no separate charge for the seasonal flavors.
Why Book Hello Boba as Your Hot Chocolate Vendor
- No hidden fees, ever. No gratuity, no travel surcharge, no parking charge, no per-topping upcharge.
- Fully self-contained. We bring the equipment, ingredients, cups, signage, and staff. Your venue provides a table and an outlet — or nothing at all if we are outdoors in the truck.
- Custom digital display included. Your company logo, school colors, or a holiday message on our screens at no extra cost.
- WBE and MBE certified. Useful for corporate and district clients with supplier diversity requirements. COI and permits provided on request.
- An established Chicagoland operator. Four trucks, hundreds of events served, and a booking process that runs on time in December weather.
Hot Chocolate Bar Catering Prices
Flat-rate packages, published upfront. You know your total before you book — no gratuity, no travel fee, no parking charge, no per-topping upcharge.
| Package | Price | Drinks included | Service time |
| P1 — Tasting Party | $395 | Up to 40 | 1 hour |
| P2 — Spirit Night | $695 | Up to 75 | 1.5 hours |
| P3 — Full Experience | $850 | Up to 100 | 2 hours |
| P4 — Grand Event | $1,150 | Up to 150 | 2.5 hours |
| P5 — Festival | $1,500 | Up to 200 | 3 hours |
Extra cups beyond your package are $8 each. Pick the tier just above your expected headcount — roughly one drink per guest is a reliable estimate for a winter event.
Other ways to book:
- School and nonprofit fundraisers: no fee to your organization at all. Guests buy their own cups and we donate an agreed percentage of gross sales back to your group.
Hot Chocolate Vendor for Chicago Winter Events
- Corporate holiday parties. A hot cocoa bar works where a bar cart does not — it is inclusive, everyone can join, and it gives people a reason to stand and talk. We serve offices across the Loop, Schaumburg, Naperville, Vernon Hills, and the I-88 and I-55 corridors. See our corporate catering options.
- Tree lightings and village winter events. Park districts and villages across Chicagoland run December programming, and a hot cocoa truck is the natural fit. We charge organisers no fee for public events where guests buy their own.
- School winter events. Staff appreciation, winter concerts, spirit nights, and last-day-before-break parties. We also run no-cost school fundraisers with a percentage donated back.
- Weddings and receptions. A hot chocolate bar for a winter wedding gives guests something warm during cocktail hour or a late-night pick-me-up after dancing. More on our wedding catering page.
- Holiday markets and craft fairs. High-footfall outdoor weekends where a warm drink sells itself.
- Private parties. Birthdays, Friendsgiving, family gatherings, and neighborhood open houses.
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Book Your Hot Chocolate Bar Catering
December weekends book first, and there are only so many of them. If you have a date in mind for a corporate holiday party, tree lighting, school event, or winter wedding, get it on the calendar early. Outside the winter season the same setup runs as a mobile dessert bar.
Contact our Events Manager Jackie Kotarba at +1 (224) 266-0637 or info@hellobobatruck.com — or use the booking form to check availability and get a quote for your date. We reply within one business day.
We are a WBE and MBE certified Chicagoland business. In warmer months we are better known for our bubble tea catering and boba truck — same trucks, same crew, same transparent pricing. View all our service areas