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21. Hot Chocolate is a decadant treat for me. Must be made with rich half and half and Ghirardelli cocoa mix. Boiled just right with a dollop of fresh whip cream on top. 22. Milk obviously. If it's made with water, it's undistinguishable from the swill known as coffee. 23. Oh, I forgot to mention, this time of year I usually stick a candy cane in as a stirstick...adds something special :) 24. Doesn't the Swiss Miss stuff contain non-dairy creamer? I go for the Ghirardelli (have 4 cans in my pantry) with 2% organic milk. And it's called "hot chocolate" in my home. 25. Isn't it hot chocolate if it's made with chocolate and hot cocoa if it's made with cocoa?! 26. I guess I am an oddball since I drink cold cocoa and only very rarely hot cocoa. 27. Always hot chocolate, almost always with milk, or coffee if a pot is made. And instead of marshmallows, i smother my chocolate with tons of CoolWhip. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...we have some Godiva mix in the cupboard, might have to go dig it out... 28. Milk is the only way to go. Although most cocoa (as we call it) contains powdered milk anyway, it's much creamier when made with milk. I usually use 1%, FWIW. I would think whole milk might be even _too_ rich. 29. Milk all the way, although I believe there is a difference between hot cocoa and hot chocolate. Cocoa is powder dissolved in milk whereas hot chocolate is chocolate melted in milk. Great, now I'm gonna have to go hit wikipedia and figure this out. 30. I sit corrected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_chocolate 31. Valhrona cocoa, equal part cold water, stir to a paste. Add sugar to taste, a bit of vanilla paste, and a pinch of salt, and maybe even a tiny pinch of cayenne. Add equal part milk or half and half, heat or steam. Yum. 32. I make mine with melted chocolate ice cream. Microwave 33. I staged a revolt a few years back and changed our Christmas tradition from swiss miss & water to Giradelli cocoa and milk, topped with whipped cream. This year, the Brother in law is making it using the steam attachment on his espresso machine. 34. I make it with milk,cream and shavings from a bittersweet chocolate bar. 35. Actually, I had a post on hot chocolate last October. I was having a bad day in the kitchen and was looking for the ultimate comfort food : 36. A backpacker magazine reviewed hot chocolate mixes not too long ago, and we love their top pick. Land O' Lakes hot chocolate (available at Costco). It's super creamy, even with water, and comes in several different flavors. 37. I use Ghirardelli also, how have you stopped the problem of the chocolate settling out of the beverage? Its kind of annoying, but then again, maybe I am putt far too much in. 38. Hot chocolate is made with chopped chocolate melted into hot milk. Hot cocoa is made with cocoa, sugar and milk heated together. All the mixes I've seen have dry milk in them, so you can theoretically make them with water, although milk is so much better. The Penzey's mix doesn't have dry milk, but the instructions specify milk. I don't think homemade cocoa made with water would be very good. 39. My grandmother started spoiling me w/ hot cocoa which she made from scratch using cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon and milk. Still do the same thing when I have the time or really need a breather from the craziness of my day to day. 50 years late, now tht I'm a big girl, I still make it the same way but now I also add some Amaretto to the mix. Very, very YUM!!! 40. I've only ever had 'hot chocolate' with milk. I would be bitterly disappointed when ordering a hot chocolate in a cafe only to receive some water with a bit of chocolate in it. How can they charge people for that rubbish? |
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