Hot chocolate - milk or water...

[Timeisavirtue]

So everyone in my house minus me and dd are hot chocolate fanatics, DS absolutely loves them, so went shopping with a friend, was picking up a pack of hot chocolate, they always say mix with hot water.... now we’ve always made ours with milk despite what it says on the packet, friends says she always uses water. I don’t even drink it but the thought of it being mixed with water makes me cringe.... so are you a water or a milk person?

Always hot milk in this house, it has to be the stuff in tins not the sachets.

Milk here too

I buy the one that tells you to mix with milk
Some already have milk powder in them so you'd add water

@DramaAlpaca

Always hot milk in this house, it has to be the stuff in tins not the sachets.

Oh yeah, has to be the tins... we’ve got a couple on the go right now, Lindt, malteasers, options, galaxy and now clippers as Ocado subbed it for the one we actually order.

Milk always.

I could never be friends with someone who uses water

Milk! I don't buy the stuff which says you have to mix with water.

@dementedpixie

I buy the one that tells you to mix with milk Some already have milk powder in them so you'd add water

Nope, we still use milk.... the creamier the better for my DS and dsis 😊 and just brought a new hot chocolate frother too...

Definitely milk - making it with hot water feels miserably Dickensian

Milk 100%

Milk, even if it said water.

Milk

You've bought shit hot chocolate if it says mix with water. Milk always.

Always milk! Water is nowhere near as nice.

Milk. Making it with water is for savages!

Milk.

And you need to get a Velvetiser

I was shocked last week when my PIL asked me to make a hot chocolate and they looked horrified when I went to make it using hot milk only. They make it like a cup of coffee, powder, sugar, splash of milk and the rest hot water 🤮 looked like gravy

Milk, have they tried Sloanes? It's to die for!

I am so snobby about my hot chocolate since I got a velvetiser a few years ago. I couldn’t go back to anything else now!! If you have a house full of hot chocolate lovers it would go down very well!!

Both for me :) I make it like a tea.

I'm clearly a bit feral - for the powdered milk ones I do 1/4 milk, mixed to a gloop, then topped up with hot water.

I make it with milk, marshmallows, sqooshy cream on top and then sprinkled with either cinnamon or chocolate powder. Hmm now I am going to go make one

Always milk

Proper hot chocolate powder needs milk
The instant sachets are supposed to be used with water, so depends which one you're using.
I really like the one we have at work but checked the ingredients and it's just cocoa powder and sugar, so simple but tastes really good although not quite mastered the ratios of sugar/cocoa/milk at home yet!

Milk. Always. The nicest hot chocolate I've made was when I stirred some chocolate curls or shavings into some warm milk and single cream. I also stirred in some vanilla paste whilst heating up the milk and cream.

Water only in dire emergency. Definitely better with milk.