Hot chocolate recommendations

[newbie]

Oxfam 'Divine' 100% dark cocoa is very nice indeed.

They also do some exceptionally good apricots in dark chocolate, but they're not good for you and shouldn't be recommended

 

[trashpony]

If you like a bit of kick in it, I put a couple of squares of Montezuma chilli choclate into the mug too.

Good idea

 

[moose]

You can definitely get the Maya Gold chocolate bar here, so just melt that and add milk.

 

[feyr]

liquid chocolat - aztec chilli from hotel chocolat is the best spicy hot chocolate ever. fact

 

[Cheesypoof]

You can definitely get the Maya Gold chocolate bar here, so just melt that and add milk.

thanks moose, genius is the way to describe you x

 

[moomoo]

Good grief! I never knew hot chocolate could be so posh!

 

[butterfly child]

Good grief! I never knew hot chocolate could be so posh!

<hides cadburys hot choc in the cupboard>

<gets G&B hot choc out>

(we don't drink the G&B's, having decided it's too bitter and a bit watery for my liking..)

 

[Greebo]

If it's anything like the bar of chocolate, it'll taste a bit like a chocolate orange, rather than spicy chocolate. Might do better to get their plain one and add some spices yourself - chilli, cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper?

edit: oh and you should be able to get it in Waitrose or Sainsburys

Oxfam sometimes sell it.

 

[Poi E]

Droste cocoa is nice and comes in a funky tin:

Algerian Coffee Store in Soho has it I think

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

It's what hippies buy in starbucks - chai latte made with soy milk

I use oat milk to make my own chai tea, its very nice actually

for hot chocolate I use oat millk with cocoa in (shiftyjunior is lactose intolerant you see) I add a couple of spoons of cocoa, maybe some carob pods and some sugar or sometimes syrup

Have never malted chocolate to make it though, will try that and will whisk it a la BigPhil

 

[pogofish]

oh my god. I think....<hyperventilates>....I think.....I have found the hot chocolate of my dreams!! its got spices in it! drools.


i hope they sell it in the UK

Don't get your hopes-up.


I tried it once & sadly, G&B's hot chocolate is a big let-down. Not a patch on their proper choc.

In the meantime, can I direct you to my version of a recipie for Maya Gold Chocolate fudge on this thread:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=237087&highlight=fudge

 

[pogofish]

Any self confessed chocolate snob isn't going to want any Cadbury product

I may have to check the nearest Sainsbury for that Maya one.

Hot chocolate is one thing where the Cadbury thing still reigns supreme. Options were OK initially but they changed the recipie & it was never the same again.

I know several places where Cadbury's is the standard drinking choc & it outsells the "better" brands several-fold. Not just on price but simply because even tasted blind, customers prefer it.

 

[lang rabbie]

Whittard's "Christmas Gianduja Hot Chocolate with Biscuit Balls" was reduced from £5 to £2 yesterday and looked very promising.

However, I've just read the small print on the ingredients and it only contains nut flavouring rather than 50% hazel/almond paste found in real gianduja/gianduia chocolate.

 

[cybertect]

Resurrecting an old thread (inspired by the Dark Chocolate thread) but the winter weather has resulted my falling off the wagon of my hot chocolate addiction (again).

I'm currently thoroughly enjoying Café Direct's San Cristobal (with the occasional addition of a pinch of red chilli powder )

It actually tastes properly of chocolate

 

[cybertect]

Yes, using chocalte is by far the best way to make hot chocalte. 100g of dark choclate to make two cups. I heat milk, add chocalte. Just before boiling whisk to make frothy.

Having a mug in my hand that I just made using this method (Green & Blacks Dark 70% was what my corner shop had) with the addition of a capful of whisky and a pinch of red chilli powder, it's the best hot chocolate I've had this side of Firenze.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

What a bump

I use oat milk to make my own chai tea, its very nice actually

for hot chocolate I use oat millk with cocoa in (shiftyjunior is lactose intolerant you see) I add a couple of spoons of cocoa, maybe some carob pods and some sugar or sometimes syrup

Have never malted chocolate to make it though, will try that and will whisk it a la BigPhil

I don't do that anymore
I do drink soya chai lattes though...
I've found a place that does the best hot chocolate ever but I'm not telling any of you. I am greedily keeping it to myself.

 

[sheothebudworths]

its not tea flavoured chocolate moomoo, its the chai kinda spice flavour i am after, the chai spice is a mix of things like allspice, cracked black pepper, cardamon, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and nutmeg.

Wrong.






Go on - call me a shit stirrer now.

 

[Jazzz]

I am currently getting through a Green & Black's cocoa tin a week. It's the bollocks.

tbh, I find the hot chocolate too sweet - besides the cocoa lasts much longer anyway, you only need a spoon. better for you without all that sugar too. drink cocoa, that's my tip.

 

[strung out]

you sexy thing, or every 1's a winner

 

[Jazzz]

so you win again...

 

[Jazzz]

I am drinking some Green & Black's cocoa now.

mmmmmmmmm

 

[hash tag]

I prefer milk chocolate to plain. I prefer my hot chocolate made with water not milk, but saying that I can't remember making it with soya milk. Something not already mentioned is throwing in a dash of Cointreau to give it an orangey kick.
This is why I came here. Drinking my hot chocolate tonight I was wondering what was the best way to give it a bit of a chilli kick....

If you like a bit of kick in it, I put a couple of squares of Montezuma chilli choclate into the mug too.

liquid chocolat - aztec chilli from hotel chocolat is the best spicy hot chocolate ever. fact

 

[Carvaged]

I try lots of different types of cocoa and cacao powders and always start my day with a cup. For the time being I've settled on a non-alkalinized roasted fermented raw cacao from Ghana (low cadmium):

Organic Natural Cacao Powder

Organic Natural Cacao Powder is a true indulgence. This is chocolate in its purest form and it can be used to make delicious raw chocolate.

www.forestwholefoods.co.uk

 

[ouirdeaux]

Chocolate was discovered in a distant land, but was a drink. When it was brought to Europe, it remained a drink. In the 19th century. Coenraad van Houten made the amazing discovery that it could be processed as a solid. This deserves to be remembered, because it is the one and only contribution the Dutch have made to matters culinary (they have many admirable qualities, but cooking isn't often one of them). And yet, there are people who still drink chocolate.

 

[weltweit]

I miss Cheesypoof!

 

[Carvaged]

Chocolate was discovered in a distant land, but was a drink. When it was brought to Europe, it remained a drink. In the 19th century. Coenraad van Houten made the amazing discovery that it could be processed as a solid. This deserves to be remembered, because it is the one and only contribution the Dutch have made to matters culinary (they have many admirable qualities, but cooking isn't often one of them). And yet, there are people who still drink chocolate.

Speaking of which, this van Houten cocoa is an acquired taste, but goes really well (at about 1:10 ratio with a more 'normal' cocoa or a raw cacao) in any baked goods and ganaches (especially ones with alcohol in). In a cocoa drink, I'd probably go no higher than half a teaspoon to a heaped tablespoon of regular cocoa.

Van Houten | Alkalised deep brown cocoa mass powder (52 - 56% cocoa butter) | 1kg

Van Houten are legendary in chocolate circles. Founded by Casparus van Houten in 1815, the Van Houten company invented two processes central to modern chocolate production – the cocoa press and the 'dutching' method of using alkaline salts to remove the bitter taste of cocoa. Now owned by Barry...

hbingredients.co.uk

 

[Epona]

I've got some plain old cocoa powder and a carton of oat milk so that lactose/dairy-intolerant OH can enjoy a lovely warming cup of cocoa (with added brandy or rum ofc) over the festive period without spending the next day doubled over

*Edited because I am not sure "oak milk" would be edible or tasty, I of course meant oat milk!!!

 

[hash tag]

Hot chocolate is THE new hot drink with one company alone offering 29 varieties

‘People are bored with coffee’: how posh hot chocolate is conquering the UK

Companies such as Knoops are capitalising on a new desire for luxury hot chocolate with super-strength cocoa

www.theguardian.com

 

[Orang Utan]

It does taste so much better than coffee, but it’s too weak to replace it. I like having a Clipper Hot Chocolate in the evening, but not as a drug like coffee