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Globetrotter.uk
21-10-2010, 22:51
I've been looking at the vast range of drinking chocolate powder available, I usually carry a tub rather than individual packs. I do like army ration stuff and sometimes I make a mix of cheap stuff. What is your fab brand or recipe?
The Big Lebowski
21-10-2010, 22:57
For that pure taste of luxury on a cold winters day... Green and Blacks :)
Good 'ol Cadbury's with some mini-marshmallows just makes me grin from ear to ear!
Try your favorite mix with an actual square of milk chocco or two in next time, but it has to be piping, and stirred well.
TBL.
I'm a sucker for the Galaxy sachets, the Bourneville ones in hotels used to be nice too but you don;t see many these days.
The ratpack ones were tasty too but they all got drunk donkeys ago
For that pure tase of luxury on a cold winters day... Green and Blacks :)
G&B do drinking chocolate ???
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Shewie01/Smileys/drool.gif
options mint choc fob stuff regards dave
The Big Lebowski
21-10-2010, 23:04
G&B do drinking chocolate ???
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd291/Shewie01/Smileys/drool.gif
Ohhh yeah ;)
http://www.alcoholfree.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=2_25&products_id=94
they do a smaller one thats about £2.50, and i think there's 2 or three in the range.
Keep your eye out for the gift pack they do over chrimbo, it has 4 or 5 variety's of chocco (10 bars i think) and each bar size is perfect to plonking in the drink... now i'm getting carried away LoL!
TBL.
a spoon o choclate, (usually rat pack syuff)
and a spoon o horlicks!
dash o milk ,...nom nom nom !!!
lannyman8
21-10-2010, 23:09
ration hot chocolate, but thats just because i can get it and im tight.......lol
jonnie drake
21-10-2010, 23:10
horlicks hot choc is amazing!
Stuart69
21-10-2010, 23:55
Got to be the Aero stuff for me, either the plain or the mint one.
I keep rat pack hot chocolate like gold dust, to me its the nicest ( and easiest) of all lol
Chinkapin
22-10-2010, 01:48
Swiss Miss (individual packets) ease of preparation, good flavor. The powdered milk is already mixed in, just add to your Crusader cup of steaming hot water.
Abuela (a Mexican chocolate that is a bit different, but quite good if made properly, according to the instructions.
Hint: 1/8 teaspoon of chili powder to two cups of milk gives a cup of hot chocolate a very good flavor. It will not taste like chili powder--just different but good. Try it sometime, you might just like it!
gowersponger
22-10-2010, 05:52
,,marvel,, hot choc ive been geting recent as my local pound shop has got decent size jars and its nice. i just tip the amount i need in a sandwich bag when heading out.
veryWildbill
22-10-2010, 08:49
At Cub camp, we always give the little horrors hot chocolate before bed (spoilt they are). A couple of years ago, on the last night of a weeks camp we ran out:yikes:, we had a billy full of brown liquid that tasted like dishwater.
One of the mums that was on camp that year said no problem, bung this in and pruduced a large bar of dairy milk, it still tasted like dishwater. Another bar appeared, still no good.
Some Galexy turned up, then more. A couple of multi packs of Mars bars went in and by this time we had a brew that was thick and very chocolaty. One of the cubs noted that it tasted a bit different, but the adults loved it.
Not recommened if you are lightweight camping:D
Cocoa powder is good if made properly. You have to let it thicken though.
BTW Green and Blacks is owned by Cadbury, it's their luxury range.
Ray Britton
22-10-2010, 12:58
I drink mostly rat pack hot chocolate as I get it free, but for shop bought ones, I used to love the Lidl stuff. Sadly they no longer sell it, so I have to use Cadburies hot chocolate.
bilmo-p5
22-10-2010, 13:06
Cocoa powder is good if made properly.
Coupla tsps cocoa in a mug, ½"-¾" of condensed milk, top it off w/ boiling water & stir well. Mmm-mmmmmmmmmmm. Multiple yummifications!!!
Chocolate Ovaltine is nice too.
John Fenna
22-10-2010, 13:14
Gotta be Rat-pack choc!
Preferably with either a shot of rum or (non-alcoholic) Maple syrup!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
My favorite is proper Cadbury's make with hot milk, hot chocolate. If milk isn't practical and I have to use instant make with water stuff then my preference is Galaxy.
Davey569
22-10-2010, 13:36
Well I have a collection of about 40 rat pack choccys including some orange ones. :P
But when those run out Ill be drinking cadburys sachets.
The hot chocolate packets you get from the Big Blue hotel in Blackpool - without doubt the best thing ever in the whole town.
It is the sole reason for going back there to do work..........
Melonfish
22-10-2010, 14:02
Hmm G&B drinking choc is wickedly delish, must say though i'm a big fan of ovaltine! they do a "Light" version you make with water, touch of milk in there and its the ultimate sleep bringer on a cold night by a fire.
Andy2112
22-10-2010, 14:24
Clipper do a very nice hot chocolate in sachets and it's fair trade stuff.
Left Turn
22-10-2010, 18:25
I like Mexican-style hot chocolate mix. It is spicy and wonderful. A lot of it comes in tablets which require grinding, but some comes in a powder. It all requires milk, so I use powdered milk. You can jazz up regular hot chocolate with vanilla, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon if you want to kind of get the flavor.
Rat pack choc is great but cannot beat
http://www.britishdelights.com/prod_cad334.htm
with lots of evaporated milk and sugar or sweetened condensed milk with some sugar all topped off with brandy :)
Don't laugh, it's very good.
Heat up a wee carton of Alpro soya chocolate in my Ti mug if I'm camping and it's excellent:D
Sprinkle with real cocoa powder and a add a teaspoonful of Cointreau if I'm at home :cool:
It just works :approve:
cheers,
Toddy
johnnytheboy
22-10-2010, 18:52
The real deal for me
25grms of grated Cacao
100ml of water
sugar/milk/rum/chilli to taste
Why bother with the packet crap when you can have the real mccoy
The Big Lebowski
22-10-2010, 20:29
BTW Green and Blacks is owned by Cadbury, it's their luxury range.
You sure..? http://www.greenandblacks.com/uk/home.html
Not that in the bigger picture it matters, But i bet cadbury's would love to get their hands on the brand name :)
Available in hot chocolate, or pure cocoa. £2.70 (ish) and £1.60 (ish)
TBL.
neoaliphant
23-10-2010, 19:06
ill add a vote for Aero
bilmo-p5
23-10-2010, 19:35
The real deal for me
25grms of grated Cacao
100ml of water
sugar/milk/rum/chilli to taste
Why bother with the packet crap when you can have the real mccoy
I've often thought that Montezuma's milk chocolate with nutmeg would be nice done that way. Hopefully Santa will bring me some more. Chilli in the cocoa should be nice too. yum, yum, yum. :D
Luxury chocolate drink
http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=50
You sure..? http://www.greenandblacks.com/uk/home.html
Not that in the bigger picture it matters, But i bet cadbury's would love to get their hands on the brand name :)
Available in hot chocolate, or pure cocoa. £2.70 (ish) and £1.60 (ish)
TBL.
Yes Cadbury's bought them way back in 05...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4543583.stm
Mike8472
23-10-2010, 20:41
I second rat pack choc. I wouldn't choose to drink anything else when out camping. I find the other stuff like cadburys/mars/malteasers etc too watery and you are left with far too much sediment in the bottom of the mug!
The Big Lebowski
23-10-2010, 23:31
Yes Cadbury's bought them way back in 05...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4543583.stm
I stand corrected then.... I bet G&B's founders had an offer they couldn't refuse, and fair play to them i guess!
Regards, TBL.
robin wood
24-10-2010, 00:10
Yes Cadbury's bought them way back in 05...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4543583.stm
And then Cadburies were bought by Kraft, yuk.... but whilst the ethics may not be what they were the choc is still good.
I find all commercial drinking chock has too much sugar and too little chock for my taste so I mix it 50 50 with G&B cocoa powder. Rat pack chock is just neat sugar isn't it?
B
nice second choice toddy alpro choc nice regards dave
Boring old Cadbury's hot choc for me.
1 finely sliced mars bar, melted into a mug of hot milk.
Unbeatable.
1 finely sliced mars bar, melted into a mug of hot milk.
Unbeatable.
Now that does sound good
Spikey DaPikey
03-11-2010, 00:33
Rat pack stuff mainly, or the cadburys mint choc...... both better with a shot of brandy ;)
bikething
03-11-2010, 08:01
Milo and powdered milk.You can get Milo in the UK? Where? I've only ever seen it in Namibia
Have to go with Rat-pack choc when I can get it. Lidls used to be good before they stopped selling it :(
You can get Milo in the UK? Where? I've only ever seen it in Namibia
Sainsbury's or Tesco's, with the other hot drinks.
I've also found a source of Nido :D
bikething
03-11-2010, 19:35
Sainsbury's or Tesco's, with the other hot drinks. not seen it on this side of the moors... will have to visit Sainsburys, next time I'm heading into Exeter...
I've also found a source of Nido :Dnot heard of that one ?
I go for the horlicks malt choc individual packets when I am treking. One for each night before bed when I am sat in my tent. A great time of day:)
ps. also tastes good with a nip of whisky in it
not seen it on this side of the moors... will have to visit Sainsburys, next time I'm heading into Exeter...
The little Tesco in town doesn't have it but the Sainsubry's in the Guildhall centre does.
Nido is powdered whole milk.
bikething
03-11-2010, 21:01
The little Tesco in town doesn't have it but the Sainsubry's in the Guildhall centre does. I was thinking of the big Sainsburys out at Marsh Barton as that's the way I head into town
Nido is powdered whole milk.interesting... Again, when in Namibia, we had bags of powdered milk (called Nestle i think) which was much better than anything I've used in the UK
man_of_tanith
04-11-2010, 20:40
one sachet of chocolate horlicks
one sachet malteasers hot chocolate
one over generous slug of brandy
drink then sleep
or at home 100/200ml warmed milk
two spoons whittards dreamtime chocolate
half bar little bar galaxy chocolate
brandy (for me not lisa or shan)
slug of baileys makes an interesting mixer
Sleep
mind you any hot choc is good if its got brandy in it
bilmo-p5
04-11-2010, 20:50
Can't help thinking (and just the thought makes me drool) that Montezuma's Nutmeg chocolate grated into hot milk would be sooper-d-dooper at the end of the day.
johnnytheboy
04-11-2010, 20:57
That sound gid
Globetrotter.uk
04-11-2010, 22:03
One I use to make up was the following:
Mix all the following together then just use 4 table spoons in hot water.
100g of each
Shop value chocolate powder
Coca powder
Powder milk
Chocolate angel delight
I was thinking of the big Sainsburys out at Marsh Barton as that's the way I head into town
I don't often go there but they should have it.
interesting... Again, when in Namibia, we had bags of powdered milk (called Nestle i think) which was much better than anything I've used in the UK
Well, Nido is made by Nestle so it sould well be the same stuff.
I got in from work the other day and pulled a tin of Milo out my bag. "Wow Milo, I haven't seen that since I lived in New Zealand!" says mum.
dgardner
05-11-2010, 15:21
Gotta say I love Nido, most Indian shops sell it in massive packs for about £15.00
Globetrotter.uk
05-11-2010, 20:14
Right I'm just trying Galaxy drinking chocolate, 4 heaped tsp but I still want something a bit more richer. So I'm blending together some ingredients. Watch this space
hairyhippy
06-11-2010, 21:44
If you come across the co op own brand hot choc it really is worth a punt.
naefearjustbeer
06-11-2010, 22:11
Aye the coop fairtrade hot chocolate is excellent stuff.
Bluemerle
06-11-2010, 22:56
Any good drinking choc and then a slug of cointreau, its a great nightcap as you hunker down in your sleeping bag!
scottishwolf
10-11-2010, 17:20
Aldi's own. Big jar for a quid and it's better the Cadbury's in my opinion. Doesn't leave sediment in the bottom of the cup either.
Everything Mac
23-12-2010, 20:36
Was just about to make another thread about this.
does anyone add stuff to their hot choc? other than brandy? I want to make mine a bit more bulky - I'll be trying the mars bar thing soon though.
Andy
Snowfire
24-12-2010, 11:53
Extra G&B 85% chocolate! :)
The best hot chocolate I've ever had was at the Bonatti Refuge in Italy - it was so good I took a photo.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6205/septicwiththebesthotcho.jpg
Cadbury's for me, we have a drinks machine at work and I'm well in with the girl who orders the replen for it so I get the odd pack or two now and again. Empty the contents of 2 of these little cups into a mug and fill with hot water. Perhaps when feeling a bit devilish I'll add a splash of Mint Liquour for that added zing.
PhotoGirl
26-12-2010, 12:43
does anyone know who makes/supplies the rat-pack hot chocolate to the MOD
fred gordon
26-12-2010, 15:15
G&B for me. All this talk about chocolate is not good for you. Perhaps this thread should have been a Poll?:)
Hey! Just noticed this is my 2000'th Post!!
tiger stacker
26-12-2010, 17:14
does anyone know who makes/supplies the rat-pack hot chocolate to the MOD
It is Dutch isnt it?
PhotoGirl
26-12-2010, 18:23
Cool, never even seen it before. I must try find some. Anyone know of any online sources?