Best hot chocolate

[Bellafrenum]

What is your absolute favourite hot chocolate to make at home and with no specialist equipment (I.e. velvetiser)?

Want to get a lovely one to have with amaretto at the weekend

Interested in this too. I am a bit shite at making hot choc.

100g of your fave chocolate bar. Break up into pieces and add 2 cups of milk to a saucepan and warm through on a gentle heat stirring occasionally. Add a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg or chilli powder for fancy.

Choc and milk in microwave.

Powdered i would say cadburys

We've tried loads. Our fav at the moment is lindt followed by Costa. Nothing too pricy as the dds drink loads of it.

Spanish hot chocolate.

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Had never thought of using actual chocolate - will give it a go. Also interested in powdered suggestions.

Cadburys

Whittards is my favourite, Sainsburys powder is also nice.

Twinings.

I always get Cadburys and its fine but surely there is a better one? Maybe a luxury grated chocolate kind. Considering trying the hotel chocolat ones but in a saucepan...

Ha - second thread on this topic - I make stirrers from melted chocolate mixed with cocoa.

I think it depends a lot on individual preference: I love Options and my dad loves Sainsbury's, but I can't stand his and he hates mine.

Of the café ones, I like Paul and Gail's. I'm not sure if Gail's sell for home delivery but Paul do.

Marimba chocolate drinking flakes are our favourite and will mix with milk in a saucepan and stir over gentle heat
Alternatives are hotel chocolate or Cocoba or Chococo who all do pure chocolate flakes and can be made as above

Aldi have a lovely Special one. Much more chocolatey than Cadburys

Costco cocao dissolved in hot milk. Not sweet tho.

Sloanes of London no contest

This thread is full of good reccs

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/Christmas/4414014-Hot-chocolate-recommendations-not-a-station

Whittards Christmas hot chocolate, hands down. Only sold at this time of year so I stuck up with an embarrassing amount to see me through til it’s restocked next year.

options hot chocolate every time

Clipper!!

Normally I would say San Cristobal Hot Chocolate but it seems out of stock everywhere.

M&S is also nice or Green and Blacks but you need a lot of the latter to get the same taste.

I tried Sloanes but I find the beans only disolve if the milk is nearly boiling and then the taste changes too much. Same with the chocolate stirer thingies.

Hotel chocolat hands down!

Charbonnel et walker, nothing beats it. Its expensive tho so my close 2nd is cadburys or make it with aldi chocolate buttons.

Green & Blacks for sure (if you don't like it sickly sweet) - sooooooo good! I have it with squirty cream and marshmallows and the contrast between the super sweet from the marshmallows and the less sweet chocolate is great!

Twinings Swiss hot chocolate

Charbonnel et Walker