Winners of the Hot Chocolate taste test

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  • 24 January, 2009 at 5:23 am #24330
    Dee
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    according to Epicurious…

    http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/everydaycooking/family/hotchocolatetastetest

    24 January, 2009 at 5:32 am #374048
    Tigerlilly
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    I love hot chocolate. There truly are major differences. The best coffee shop hot chocolate in my are is the one at Coffee bean and tea. I really dislike the Starbucks hot chocolate. I would have to recommend the powder from Coffee bean and tea, it is more cost effective so I enjoy it at home. BTW, they also sell a no added sugar powder, just as good really.

    24 January, 2009 at 5:38 am #374049
    Dee
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    Talk about the power of suggestion, TL…I am now drinking a mug of hot chocolate made with Nestle’s syrup.

    24 January, 2009 at 5:40 am #374050
    Tigerlilly
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    Well, I was just thinking that I would make myself a cup just before bed!!

    24 January, 2009 at 5:46 am #374051
    Tigerlilly
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    Dee, what do you like with your hot chocolate, whipped cream or marshmallows?

    24 January, 2009 at 5:47 am #374052
    Dee
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    Whipped cream! The more animal fat, the better…haha!

    24 January, 2009 at 6:00 am #374053
    Tigerlilly
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    Me too!, although baby marshmallows are a close 2nd.

    24 January, 2009 at 9:28 am #374054
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
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    Lol, and here I was thinking why choose??? Have both whipped cream and baby marshmallows!!!

    24 January, 2009 at 8:48 pm #374055
    Dee
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    HAHA! What was I thinking? In keeping with that line of thinking, how about a slice of cheesecake, too?

    24 January, 2009 at 9:27 pm #374056
    DancingCatHill
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    Best hot chocolate I ever had was in Brugge, Belgium. In a little cafe, they brought us cups of steaming hot milk and a little bowl of chocolate nibs. You mixed the chocolate into the hot milk until it melted. OH MY GOODNESS, it was like Heaven I am sure!

    After reading the article I haven’t had any of them except the last – Swiss Miss and it is the one we drink all the time!

    24 January, 2009 at 9:33 pm #374057
    MadcatwomanintheUK
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    Tescos(UK supermarket chain) does exceptionally good hot chocolate in their cafe…and muffins…especially raspberry & white choc chip…

    *wipes drool off keyboard*

    24 January, 2009 at 10:18 pm #374058
    SammyandOliversmama
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    I make mine off the Hershey cocoa box when my daughters come to town. They love it! Me too!

    24 January, 2009 at 10:36 pm #374059
    Dee
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    This Better Homes and Gardens recipe for mexican hot chocolate is fantastic. I use a whisk to froth it up rather than a rotary beater…I don’t even have a rotary beater! And even if you prefer to not use cinnamon, I think you will really like this recipe.

    http://www.bhg.com/recipe/drinks/mexican-hot-chocolate/

    24 January, 2009 at 10:43 pm #374060
    Tigerlilly
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    Dee, I’ve never had hot chocolate that had eggs in it! I don’t know , but it does not really appeal to me , as much as I love hot chocolate. I imagine it must give it a very thick consistency.

    24 January, 2009 at 10:45 pm #374061
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
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    Oh yeah, that sounds great and I do have a rotary beater. Ok the beater is many many years old and I don’t use it, but I have one. The whisk sounds easier to use, lol. And yes throw in the cheesecake too!!

    24 January, 2009 at 10:48 pm #374062
    Dee
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    It is not sickly thick, TL. That is what I initially thought, too. I love trying new recipes and gave it a shot. It was better than I thought it would be. The eggs give it a full-bodied richness.

    24 January, 2009 at 10:50 pm #374063
    Tigerlilly
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    I will definitely try marshmallows and whipped cream combined on my hot chocolate today…thanks Deb

    Not too crazy about cheesecake, maybe that upside down apple cake that someone posted earlier this week.

    24 January, 2009 at 10:51 pm #374064
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
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    Will have to try it, especially if its not as you say ‘sickly thick’. When I have used Swiss Miss, because there was nothing else in the house or I couldn’t afford better, I would use two packets because it made it thicker.

    24 January, 2009 at 10:52 pm #374065
    Tigerlilly
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    Maybe I’ll try to be daring some day Dee. Do you know if all mexican hot chocolate has eggs in it. I have never tried one because I don’t like cinnamon in my coffee , so I figured I wouldn’t like it in any other drink

    24 January, 2009 at 10:56 pm #374066
    Dee
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    I posted that one because I have to try it! My favorite dessert is tiramisu.

    I just copied this easy recipe from Giada for a different take on it…a strawberry tiramisu…it looks really easy, too!http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Strawberry-Tiramisu-234447

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