Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser

This is true too, ours was £50 if we bought a minimum years subscription of boxes, which I did - thinking we would never get through 10 hot chocolates in a month. Little did I realise the box would be gone in a week 🤣

Can I use baking cocoa in the velvetiser? I make hot chocolate like that. I dont like it made from actual chocolate.

I heard the drinks don't get properly hot, which put me off it.

I love mine and use Green and Blacks hot chocolate powder which tastes delicious and way cheaper than Hotel Chocolat sachets. I have a cheap version of the Velvetiser at my work and it is sadly not the same at all. For me, the Velvietiser is worth the money if you love a proper hot chocolate.

This is an absolute game changer! Honestly could this machine get any better!!!

@Figment1982 its a shame! Me and my friend sometimes go halves on boxes. Have you tried the new pecan cinnamon danish hot choc? It’s unbelievable.

We don't buy the HC sachets often, too expensive. We buy high quality chocolate blocks and grate them in directly, especially as my DH only really wants the really dark choc options.

Also, the Aldi small individual choc bars are the perfect size for a single serving, so we use those too.

It has to be grated quite finely to not disrupt the mechanism, and we just run it twice if it needs a bit longer to melt

We use ours a lot (2 adults, 2 DC). We have never bought the sachets though (other than the ones that came in the box with it). I only like really dark chocolate and found them all a bit sweet- we just grate chocolate up and use that. It makes a lovely smooth hot chocolate. It comes out at drinking temperature, not hot like a cup of tea / coffee from the kettle. We’ve used dark / milk / white chocolate and cream / milk / oat milk and everything seems to work. I also put a small amount of milk in it or some of that Willpowers MCT powder mixed with water to make some froth for the top of my coffee. I would definitely replace it if it died.

We have one & it's great. Our kids also love it. Makes the best hot choc ever. Can use other brands in it too 😉

Love mine. It comes out of the cupboard around Halloween and is put away again around March, so we keep it as a treat for the colder months. Don’t pay full price for one though - if you’re in the HC VIP club you can get a good discount on it. Each one comes with 2 ceramic cups. When making for kids I tend to split one serving between the 2 cups and top up with milk, as the hot chocolate is very rich. You absolutely can use other hot chocolate with the machine, but make sure it’s good quality and preferably a flaked chocolate one.

DP bought one for me almost 3 years ago. I was very sceptical at first and almost made him return it. I used to microwave my hot chocolate) but I’m now a convert - it mixes the chocolate in beautifully and I love the froth on the top. Never bothered with their sachets - just buy a sack of Callebaut chocolate chips (I recommend the 54.5% for a richer flavour, my daughter prefers hers with 33.6% for a sweeter/caramelly flavour). I find it’s too hot to drink even when filled to the max line, not sure if that affects the temperature much.

I absolutely love it and use it pretty much every day, even in Summer! I am a chocoholic though!
I am yet to find a smoother, more ‘chocolatey’ (as opposed to sugary cheap tasting) hot chocolate, they are just divine.

If you bought it as a joint present, you could always buy each DC their own boxes of flavoured sachets. They do a selection box which I found great when I first got the velvetiser to try all the flavours to see which ones I liked the best and then I ordered bigger boxes of my favourite ones.

See I've read loads of people saying this (not just on this thread) and never got it, mine always comes out too hot to drink immediately. I'm not sure if I've got one on a turbo boost or how hot people want their drinks!

I love mine. Much less faff than any other way of making it and absolutely delicious.

We love our Velvetiser. It’s used several times a day.
Main issue is the amount of milk we get through…..

I love mine! We use it most days (especially in winter) and makes such a smooth cup of hot chocolate. Expensive though so we alternative between the proper chocolate and just instant stuff. I wouldn’t be without it but my kids love hot chocolate!

As for the heat, I find it's just the right temperature to drink almost immediately - just enough time to take it to bed and read.

I've got the Dualit version, which was about half the price. I love hot chocolate and it's easily our most used appliance, probably daily in autumn and winter. I started using standard Cadbury's powder but have moved onto the Hotel Chocolate 70% flakes to cut down on sugar. The main appeal for me is it's so easy to use, rather than faffing around watching milk boil or taking my chances with exploding milk in the microwave.

Ours was a gift. It's really easy to use. The dc use it for hot chocolate on a regular basis and I'm happy for the younger dc to use it without supervision (in a way in which I wouldn't if they were heating milk in a pan). We also use it for latte sachets. Apart from the sachets which came with it, we use whatever hot chocolate we have at home.

The only downside is that you can only heat 1 portion at a time - when there are 4 of you, it takes longer than heating milk on the stove.

I love mine yes it's a milk frother but if you like hot chocolate it is worth it

I use ours quite a lot- bought it as a new house present when we moved nearly 6 years ago. Favourites are the Mint and Salted Caramel and Clementine flavours. Another who says stay away from the Latte selection.
I’m buying my son and his wife one for Christmas with Emma Bridgewater Mugs as they’re just the right size.

I love mine. I use chocolate from Pendragon Drinks in mine.

Amazon often have them on offer in the run up to Christmas, I think the ones I bought last year came with some nice mugs and lots of different sachets.

It is a glorified milk frother, but in a good way. Chocolate always comes out smooth and frothy and if you don’t find it quite hot enough just warm the mug with boiling water before serving.

They are somewhat overpriced for what they are, but you can often find them discounted at Costco.

Our gets used daily by two DD's. But we have swapped to using glassy chocolate powder rather than the hotel chocolat version (except for special occasions) due to exorbitant cost

If you buy it from QVC you can try it and send it back. We love ours. I pour the first cup into a saucepan to keep it warm until the second one is done, so we can have them together. I couldn't be arsed to whisk etc.

Contrary to the majority I find the velevetiser too hot and have to add a bit of cold milk!!

For those saying it doesn't get that hot what I do is fill a mug full of boiling water whilst it makes the hot chocolate and you can also press the button once it's finished so it goes on a bit longer to heat it a bit more then tip the mug of boiling water away and pour the hot chocolate in. It's always really hot then! I use cadburys hot chocolate and oat milk and I used vanilla oat milk and also salted caramel oat milk last week to give it different flavours