To potentially start WW3 with a hot chocolate thread?

[Firstbornunicorn]

Hello, Mumsnetters. I'm on the lookout for a very chocolately, rich, and indulgent hot chocolate mix.

The Cadbury one in the purple tin just isn't satisfying my craving (pregnant, maybe that's why), and although I do enjoy making it from a bar of chocolate, that feels like lots more calories than a mix would be.

So, give me your recommendations for a really special treat, please :)

Dd had a costa hot chocolate with praline at the weekend and said it was the nicest one ever.

I had the Starbucks Christmas hot chocolate (salted caramel brownie hot chocolate) and that was really nice

Twinning is my first choice. Galaxy frothy as a back up.

Whittards! They always have some to try. Currently enjoying their orange choc one. Yum!

@TheChickenOfTruth well thats kind of my theory out of the window then.

Gaviscon double action medicine seems to stop the heartburn straight away for me.

Give it a try even if you just manage the cream off the top.

Melt your fav choc add to hot milk and add a tbsp of corn flour. Whisk until creamy. Mmmmm

Twinings Swiss is delicious

Galaxy 3heaped teaspoons with 1.5 teaspoons of Cadburys.
I use water just because i dont like milk. Tastes amazing. Although not as good as the Hazelnut and Praline hot choc at Costa mmmmmmmmm

I made Jamie Oliver’s epic hot choc this evening for DC and it really was epic!

I was disappointed with the Hotel Chocolat gingerbread one - doesn't taste chocolatey at all more like a kind of milky chai.

I'm a sucker for the Paul hot chocolate, it's really rich. I think you can buy it in cartons at Paul shops.

Whittards! I accidentally bought their Rocky Road (instead of ordinary) and it's gorgeous. I make mine with oat milk and my dds with ordinary. Dd2 was practically doing doughnuts

The absolute best is Miles add a bit of milk whisk it up and add the water!
I think it might be a south west brand but I get it from Tesco so maybe it’s everyw
it’s the creamiest chocolatiest yummiest
I’ve just had a bedtime mug

Bettys hot chocolate. Basically chocolate flakes.

www.bettys.co.uk/bettys-hot-chocolate-caddy?gclid=CjwKCAiAz7TfBRAKEiwAz8fKOIKzd1zRamMKDqJJu6wXrd4Rd5293OUuuZPp81QNcX2Q1valk5VgLxoCrmAQAvD_BwE

If you are ever in the US Ghiradelli's hot cocoa mixes are food of the gods.

Ghirardelli's hot cocoa mixes

I'm partial to the mocha, but they're all fabulous.

I love the French one called Poulin. Very creamy, very chocolatey and very cheap! Not much help though unless you are planning a trip. I sometimes add the tip of a teaspoon of cocoa to make it slightly richer.

I also like Whittards and always used to buy in the U.K. and bring it back - now I take Poulin to the U.K.!

I recommend you Google The Tea Emporium in Bath and look up their hot chocolate. Nicest I’ve tried.

Twotabbycats For some reason I was drawn to look up Poulain and realised it's the hot chocolate my grandad used to make me (he visited france a lot) I remember the tub! That would have been a forever lost memory if I hadn't just looked it up!

Cocoa for me, with full fat milk, with very little sugar.

I never order hot chocolate out as it is always too sweet. You would never get coffee or tea pre-sweetened so we do we get hot chocolate? Drives me wild!

@Cineraria Do you really mean tablespoons? at the sugar

Green & Blacks.

YYY to Ibarra hot choc (Mexican). Abuelita is also a great mix (Mexican too). It has a picture of abuelita herself sipping hot choc, on the package. It's made by Nestle though.

You could make your own Mexican style hot choc with plain choc, sugar, full fat milk and a cinnamon stick stirred in it for a few minutes.

@organizing yes tablespoons, the measuring scoop kind. He does have a sweet tooth and tends to have his hot chocolate as a snack when he'd otherwise maybe have a bar of chocolate or piece of cake rather than as a drink but in this occasion fancies something hot, so I guess it's more comparable with the sugar content of those.

Green and Blacks for every day. Charbonnel for special treat.

If you are ever in the US Ghiradelli's hot cocoa mixes are food of the gods.

I can never understand the American obsession with Ghiradelli chocolate, we queued for ages in SF for a sundae and were so disappointed, very low cocoa content and dreadfully sweet. It's on a par with Cadbury's.