# I made a hot chocolate to get in the festive spirit – but it ended in disaster

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/i-made-a-hot-chocolate-to-get-in-the-festive-spirit-but-it-ended-in-disaster/
- Published: 2026-11-13T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T08:53:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2265256/i-made-hot-chocolate-get
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Bobby suffered severe burns in a hot chocolate accident.
- His mother cooled the burns and rushed him to hospital.
- He has recovered, and Evans urges care around hot drinks.

## Summary

Four-year-old Bobby Mower suffered severe burns after accidentally pulling a mug of hot chocolate onto himself while his father briefly turned away in the kitchen. His mother, Charis Evans, shared the accident as a warning about keeping hot drinks out of children’s reach during the winter.

Evans cooled the burns under running water before taking Bobby to hospital, where he spent a couple of weeks in a burns unit and received treatment including pain relief and bandaging. She feared he would be left with facial scars, but says he has fully recovered; NHS advice is to cool burns with running water for about 20 minutes as soon as possible.

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