Hotel Chocolat Velvetiser

Love ours and still in frequent use several years on, makes much better hot chocolate than the aeroccino thing that came with a coffee machine. Ours comes out properly hot too - maybe we're just lucky with that. It's made by Dualit so I can imagine that their own one is good too.

This, difficult to describe but it is really smooth. One drawback is it isn't very hot, so I heat milk in microwave, then add really hot milk to velvetised hot chocolate. I use Cadbury hot chocolate or you can grate real chocolate. I don't use mine all the time but more than the odd occasion.

I bought one in lockdown due to boredom and money burning a hole. I fully expected it to be relegated to a cupboard, but it’s proved quite popular. Mine came with two free cocoa cups.

I usually HC sachets for ease, but other hot chocolate is fine.

I love mine, I dotn like the hotel chocolate hot choc tho I use another brand. You cna use anything in it

you can add biscoff spread. And Nutella. And broken up chocolate bars like mint aero...

It's a shame we don't know each other @SisterAgatha , I could have posted them to you! 😂

so weird! I devour these! Although they changed the formula a little while back and they are called mocha now which is closer to the truth!

Also it says not to but you can put powder in them ie Horlicks, options, galaxy hot choc. All fine.

I’ve used mine almost every day in the 2 years I’ve had it. Even just to heat milk for a standard coffee as it gives you the velvet texture. If it broke I’d 💯 need to replace it.

people say you can get cheaper and you can - the dualit is the same, or there are other machines that have slightly different functions. But I have never not for one moment regretted that purchase!

Are they just a glorified milk frother that take up extra space and cost a lot more?

Pretty much. There are definitely better options out there.

I tested one as part of a MN product test. If I were buying one I'd buy a different one. IMO it was too small, not hot enough and a pain to clean (the method they suggest left smears, the only way was to carefully hold it under a tap)

I’ve just seen that you can buy a Dualit Cocoatiser, it looks better as it doesn’t have the long handle - cheaper too especially if you have a Costco card.

I have a velvetiser and the novelty was re off pretty quickly and we went back to using the microwave.

We have one and use it a lot, but I'm not sure it's any better than some of the other similar machines out there. It's definitely better than the cheap Lidl milk frother I had, that used to struggle if you put chocolate powder in it. I rarely use the official sachets now, anything works.

The Hotel Chocolat one is made by Dualit and you could get an actual Dualit one for less money. Or check out other brands. I don't mind that it only makes one cup as quite often we want different types anyway. But if you are planning to make for more people and there's a brand that does bigger portions I'd go for it. I highly recommend the M&S hazelnut and gingerbread syrups to make a flavoured hot chocolate.

We got one as a gift and use it far more than I thought we would, mostly because my son loves a hot chocolate made with Lidl’s Goodie Cao.

We love ours, as do the dcs x

Velvetiser - warms and froths milk and melts real chocolate flakes into it.

The reality in my house - flakes are expensive and bought in for the Xmas holidays for small cups of delicious hot chocolate with added alcohol and other fripperies.

Rest of the year - frothing milk for coffee, and hot chocolate made with Green & Blacks powder.

Aldi were selling dupes recently for £20 - perfectly fine alternative.

Personally I’ve been fine with my £10 handheld frother from Lakeland! Means you can make coffees too

I love mine, had it around 4 years and it’s still going strong. I only use the hotel chocolate sachets (I prefer the dark ones or mint) but I’ve used it to make tumeric/chai/beetroot lattes with blend smith powders.

we have the dualit one and it works brilliantly. https://www.dunelm.com/product/dualit-milk-frother-max-black-1000247227

I love mine and use it almost every night. Due to calorie content (and cost!) I often don’t use the Hotel Chocolat sachets, I use Cadbury’s Highlights and it’s perfect every time. I have sent quite a few as gifts and they’ve always been well received.

I bought one as a joint present for my kids a few years ago.

We think it's fantastic. It meant the kids could make themselves hot chocolate without milk over boiling and chocolate all over the kitchen.

I’ve got one and I feel it’s a glorified milk frother. It does the job and you can use chocolate from non Hotel Chocolat sources so that is good.

@Cliffwheat00 Another one here advising to stay clear of the latte sachets.. it was absolutely awful (and I say that as someone who adores Hotel Chocolat generally). I had to throw away my box of sachets, couldn’t bring myself to finish them.

Bought husband one for Christmas last year. He makes lattes in it and makes his own hot chocolate using buttons or chocolate pellets rather than what hotel chocolate sell. I got it cheap in the sale would not pay full price.

Yes! Had ours about 6 months and use it a lot. I did see a dupe version in B&M for about £30 the other day