Has anyone made hot chocolate using an orange Aero?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

I really fancy a chocolate orange flavour hot chocolate. I have an orange Aero bar in the fridge, it should work, right? If I melt it in a pan of milk and whisk it all up?

Not sure if the orange part would react differently to the normal chocolate, and make it lumpy/bitty or something?

There's only one way to find out - off you go, and report back

OMG it has never crossed my mind to use a chocolate bar to make hot choc. Genius!

OMG, that sounds good......

Let us know the results OP 😁 DP is currently making hot chocolate using a melted bar of lindt, my powdered hot chocolate is not good enough for him, apparently

Right, I'll try it later when the kids are in bed and let you know how it goes!

I imagine there wouldn't be enough cocoa solids. I'd be tempted to melt a bit of it first to see how it behaves before sacrificing the whole bar.

I don't know what the orange bit is made of, but I'm not convinced it would behave very well in hot milk. And the chocolate itself will have a high cocoa butter content which might form a fatty layer.

I wouldn't get your hopes up, and then it will be a pleasant surprise if it does work.

Can we talk about why the aero is in the fridge?

Yesss.
I’d heat up cream and chop up the Areo and add and whisk.
Like ganache but using more cream so it’s thinner.
I bet it’s amazing!

@sittingonacornflake

Can we talk about why the aero is in the fridge?

Because I am a heathen who likes her chocolate from the fridge

Actually, it may work better than I thought. A normal Aero bar has 25% cocoa solids, which I thought would be too low, but Whittard sells one of those blocks of choc on a wooden spoon which is 38%. So not THAT much difference. But the orange filling is still a big unknown.

I feel a bit over-invested in this now!

If you have malt Ovaltine or something similar add that in, I'd also add a pinch of cinnamon.

If you whisk it as it melts it shouldn't be lumpy.

Ok so I actually found an Aero hot chocolate recipe on the Aero website! The recipe uses a mint bar and a regular chocolate Aero bar. I have some chocolate chips I could chuck in too for the solids, would that help?

@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens

Ok so I actually found an Aero hot chocolate recipe on the Aero website! The recipe uses a mint bar and a regular chocolate Aero bar. I have some chocolate chips I could chuck in too for the solids, would that help?

I can think of nothing that can't be improved with extra chocolate.

It'll work, but for a really good orange hot chocolate you want a Fry's Orange Cream...

I would grate a fridge cold bar and sprinkle in to heated milk. Works well will galaxy dark bar

Yes, that ⬆️ . Definitely grate it (not melt it), then whisk in to hot milk. Mmmm this is so wrong, it’s right.

Ooh let us know how it goes OP. I wonder if one bar would be enough though? I hate weak hot chocolate.

If it works, I might try it with the new orange Twirl bar. They're gorgeous.

Wait till the MN "but mah obesity epidemic" mob catches you.

I would rather drink milk sucked up through the aero (bite the ends of first, obviously).

I think it will work www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229421/chocolate-bar-hot-chocolate/

In my googling there is apparently an aero chocolate orange powder hot choc drink!

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I have with Lindt balls it's turned out nice

No but I do put milk in to the jar with the last bit of Nutella and then stick it in the microwave!

Yesterday evening I grated up a 100% dark chocolate bar with a fine grater & made a jar full of dark hot chocolate curls. Suffice to say, I'm probably never buying hot chocolate in a tin again.