How do you prefer to make your instant hot cocoa: Milk or water?

2 tsp of cocoa powder

1 tsp of honey

hot water


Mine isn't supposed to be a luxury.  Its just a hot drink to kick start my digestive system in the morning.

triumph7 said:

j_tso said:

I use 2% milk.

Why don't you just say water?

2% is fine.  1% will do in a dire emergency.

Skim is that water you're talking about.

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

This is genius and now I'm upset I've never done this before.

The 'add water' instant mixes from the store all seem to have a bunch of entirely unnecessary cheap garbage ingredients that end up tasting vaguely like disappointment when made with water. Getting better quality and tasting ingredients require making it with milk only. But when you're making cocoa on the go, water is often your only option... So what to do?

A better instant hot cocoa mix to make with water starts with the good (add milk type) ingredients and simply combining it with powdered milk. Voila! Water friendly instant hot cocoa mix that doesn't suck. The main trick is that for the best results it requires starting starting with cold water first to dissolve the the powdered milk, at least enough to make it like brownie batter, then adding the hot water or heating it up to melt in the cocoa.

It's not particularly difficult to DIY, but for people who are already overburdened for time and responsibilities, I still haven't figured out why this does not already exist on store shelves.

Ovaltine + Coffee

No milk or water. Poor the powder over vanilla ice cream. 

dean1484 said:

No milk or water. Poor the powder over vanilla ice cream. 

Oooohhhh, I like that idea.

In reply to dean1484 :

That's cold cocoa

Whole milk.

Half and half makes amazing hot cocoa too.

Sometimes I'll pour some peppermint mocha coffee creamer in mine if we have some in the fridge.

Oat milk for me.

No. Really.

Water???  WTF?  Are you crazy??

Maaaaaan, I used to work at this hipster place that provided free upscale coffee to the workers. They had flavorings and half and half, too. I do not imbibe in reconstituted charred bean juice so it didn't mean anything to me. 
 

Until. 
 

One day I had an epiphany. They ALSO had packets of Swiss Miss. Two Swiss Miss packets in a cup of half and half is GLORIOUSLY RICH!!

I discovered, when we ran out of Bailey's, that some Kahlúa mixes excellent into hot chocolate.  I think I like it better than Bailey's.  
 

And for sure I use whole milk.

Paris Van Gorder said:

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

This is genius and now I'm upset I've never done this before.

Really?  It's perfect for when you're cold in the morning and want it to have some kick too.  You won't even taste the coffee but its caffeine is still there.