Tis the season to snuggle close into the bed sheets and warm your stomach with hot chocolate. Here is a list comprised of recommended, taste tested, hot chocolate brands you must try before winter switches to spring.
Meltable chocolate (Tablets)
Abuelita Chocolate: After melting the tablet and adding 2 cups of milk, (nonfat in our case), the hot chocolate has a raw cocoa taste to it, not at all like the overly sweet chocolate one would normally eat. The chocolate’s harsh taste evens out with the milk’s creamy tone. This hot chocolate is certainly one for those who enjoy more of a coffee familiarity.
Hershey Chocolate Bar: Considering that this is a chocolate bar, we suggest mixing this with water instead of milk due to the sweetness. But if you've got a sweet tooth, milk is the way to go!
Toblerone: The chocolate on its own is amazing, but when it's warmed up and poured into milk, you get a completely different texture. It's sort of a light and fluffy feeling when it runs down your throat, cloud like even, making it unique to drink.
Powder Mixes
Nestle: Mixing the powder with nonfat milk, we are left with a very sweet tasting drink. It is not the overly sweet as if someone’s dumped a pile of sugar in it, but the perfect amount of a sugary taste. In a packet filled with 20 grams of the cocoa mix, which is one serving size, contains 80 calories and a total of 3 grams of fat.
Hershey Chocolate: Unlike the bar, the powder was perfectly fine being mixed with nonfat milk. It wasn't overly sweet and stuck to its signature Hershey’s taste. Key food hot cocoa mix: This one had more of the ‘Goldilocks’ taste in the group, it wasn't tooth decaying sugary or dull tasting, even with milk. The milk made the drink have a very creamy feeling but it didn't affect the taste. |
Purchased:
Starbucks: The cool whipped cream and hot chocolate mix in well as a drink. It's not too sweet and goes down very smoothly. It’s perfect for spending a cold day indoors.
Seven Eleven: This hot chocolate is a great pick up when you’re in a rush. It has a candy-like taste and the creamy texture makes it easy to drink. It's definitely worth the money.
Seven Eleven: This hot chocolate is a great pick up when you’re in a rush. It has a candy-like taste and the creamy texture makes it easy to drink. It's definitely worth the money.