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Started by splinky, Nov 09 2009 10:50 PM

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#16 splinky

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 01:05 AM

today, dagoba drinking chocolate blend in hot half and half, a dash of caramel sauce and a drop of dark rum.

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#17 Rail Paul

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 02:53 AM

Elisa Ung of the Bergen NJ Record conducted an informal taste test among powdered cocoa in her office. They tested the house brand from Target stores, a Nestle brand, two sugar free versions, and a $19 version from Nieman Marcus. It was a blind taste test.

We mixed everything according to the package instructions and with 2 percent milk, though the cheaper brands also said they could be made with water.

For the first time, our panel didn't have a consensus for their favorite – each of the classic mixes got some votes.

Nestle did well – "chocolate is as rich as Donald Trump, as sweet as Taylor Swift," wrote one panelist – as did the Archer Farms brand, which one person called "rich and good without being overwhelming." Interestingly, many people thought the Archer Farms mix was the most expensive

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I agree with Blondie's opinion on the Jacques Torres chocolate drink. That's a wonderful winter time treat.

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#18 StephanieL

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 03:57 PM

Lake Champlain's hot chocolate is not bad for a commercial blend. I may need to make some more this weekend and add a shot of Cointreau.

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#19 memesuze

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 06:01 PM

Well, actually, I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate. So I like my hot chocolate made with a dark chocolate and water - in the Mexican manner (remember "Like Water for Chocolate"?). And then sometimes I do top it with whipped cream. So as you sip, you pull the hot dark chocolate up through the cool cream.

Hot chocolate made with water rather than milk can take a little getting used to for those that have never had anything other than hot milk chocolate.

So I'm not sure it's everybody's cup of...um...chocolate, but it's what I personally prefer.

That's a reminder to me to pull out that Majordomo and other Mexican chocolate in the cupboard and treat myself on a nippy evening.

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#20 tsquare

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 07:01 PM

Years ago I was drinking good hot chocolate made with water as I was out of milk. A potential bf came by and was so appalled he took me out for real hot cocoa at a fast food place up the street. I think I knew then that we were going nowhere.

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#21 splinky

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 07:02 PM

Years ago I was drinking good hot chocolate made with water as I was out of milk. A potential bf came by and was so appalled he took me out for real hot cocoa at a fast food place up the street. I think I knew then that we were going nowhere.

saving yourself torturous years of swiss miss gift baskets

“One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh, no!', I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.”
~Jack Handey

*proud descendant of cheese eating surrender monkeys*