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How did this come about?
There’s never a time when my kitchen cupboard doesn’t contain at least three or four different drinking chocolate varieties. As I don’t drink much coffee I NEED hot chocolate to function and get me through my busy days. I am always on the hunt for the best of this magical powder.
So you can imagine my enthusiasm when Tatiana, our Club-Chocolate E-zine and website editor, suggested we hold this award.
We thought long and hard who should be the judge and finally realized there’s no one better to ask then you guys!!!
The award winner
The winner of Britain’s Best Drinking Chocolate will be announced during The Chocolate Festival this December.
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Zotter Chocolate #bestdrinkingchoc gets my vote
@WISHGIRL123
My favourite hot chocolate has not come from any posh brand but from the cocoa producers of the Caribbean who make cocoa into little bars or balls and you have to grate them, add spices and boil to extract the goodness! Perfection!!
But the brand that comes closest has to be Valrhona, this is great stuff!
I agree! Caribbean cocoa balls are intense in flavour, they’re the real deal!! My parents used to bring them back from Jamaica. I shall try Valrhona. Thanks!
I confess not to making hot chocolate very often at home, though when I do, I simply use a good quality dark chocolate, eating quality, and grate/ melt into milk. Or top quality cocoa powder, I guess.
Zotter Chocolate #bestdrinkingchoc is my favourite so gets my vote
@01592_katie
My absolute favourite has to be Green & Black. It is just amazing! Love this website btw!
How about Hotel Chocolate? Their hot chocolate is really delicious! They get my vote.
Green & Blacks, delicious and indulgent in one cup.
def Hotel chocolat’s liquid chocolate
Green And Blacks! It’s just Indulgence in abundance!! xxx
Not a regular Hot chocolate drinker but Whitards 70% cocoa takes some beating
Green & Blacks
The new Clipper one is pretty yummy as is good old Green and Blacks. However, when i’m feeling really indulgent I make own homemade version that I think takes some beating
Well if i have time i would actually go the extra mile and melt the chocolate, and i would only use the Divine Chocolate, during the day i then warm it up, i know it seems long but definitely worth it.
If i go for instant then it’s Cameo Ciobar if i can find it or Green & Black’s.
Zotter Chocolate #bestdrinkingchoc is wonderful,
I’m also a fan of Tassimo Milka Hazelnut hot chocolate too.x
@The_Mazza on twitter.
Mazz mullarkey on f/b.
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Cafe Vergnano’s wins my vote. Have a virtual vat of it!
Hotel Chocolate – most definitely! it’s sooooo good
Real chocolate makes the #bestdrinkingchoc, and Zotter’s is one of the best I’ve tried so far.
However, Montezuma’s also does a lovely range of drinking chocolates.
Divine 70% chocolate also makes for one of the #bestdrinkingchoc
Devnaa’s Signature Chai Masala Drinking Chocolate gets my vote all the way!!! Chocolate, Tea and Spices all in one….what more could you ask for…..except for everyone to try it!!
Devnaa Chai Masala – just the smell of it makes me drool and that’s before drinking it!
Devnaa Chai Masala definately ! Lovely, combination of chi masala in a chocolate is divine !! The innovative idea deserves the award .
Devnaa Chai Masala!!!
My favourite would be Devnaa’s Chai Masala Drinking Chocolate…Hands down!!!!! The combination of authentic indian spices and chocolate is perfect for warming you up on these cold winter evenings….mmmm!
Konditor and cook are known for their sweets but have a delicious blend they serve !!
Devnaa spiced hot chocolate is the best! No other drink comes close to it!!
Zotter Chocolate is my fave
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Paul A young spiced hot chocolate. Dairy free and a great spiced kick in the finish. I’m stocking up for christmas now!
My absolute favourite hot chocolate is made by Pierre Herme with raspberry and made the continental way with hot water and no milk. Orgasmic!
Charbonel & Walker chocolate flakes – yummy!
William Curley’s Spiced Hot Chocolate is pretty amazing. If I was going for a drinking chocolate, that would probably be it.
That said, left to myself, I like cocoa best, with just 100% cocoa powder (usually Green & Blacks) and milk, no sugar.
It has to be this beauty http://www.touchofeurope.net/21365/Poulain+Grand+Arome+Hot+Chocolate+Mix+500g.html – Poulain Grand Arome Hot Chocolate – I buy it every year when I’m over in France. Reminds me of summer holidays when I was younger too!
favourite drinking chocolate? Montezuma’s. Especially ‘No.2′ with chilli. Just the right amount of kick!
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Theobroma Cacao in Chiswick make Hot chocolate from heaven!!
Hmm…this is quite difficult because I’m not quite sure what brands coffee shops use, but in terms of what I have at home, it’s always Cadbury’s Hot Chocolate, plain and simple..
Clipper
Melange Chocolate in Peckham makes amazing hot chocolates, I think I tried them all.
TESCO Light Choices Instant Hot Chocolate is delicious !! It’s better than any other instant hot chocolate by far, and low calorie, and far cheaper.
Montezumas gets my vote , delicious. Have tweeted x
Hope you wont mind a bit of self-promotion! But we are a small family run business based in York,UK who manufacture fairtrade chocolate family treats!
Our business was created to launch our very first product which was a Hot-Chocolate on Stick designed to be stirred into hot milk or Soya milk. We created it so solve the problem of family members with lactose intolerance who love hot chocolate! We also sell bags of fairtrade Cocoa! Thanks and best of luck to all the nominees!
We vote for the original and the best Hans Sloane milk chocolate drink the recipe was devised by him and brought to London from Jamaica in 1689 where it was used for medicinal purposes. Approximately 250 years later it was purchased by the Cadbury brothers and this recipe is still used today how’s that for longevity? Can anyone else beat this historical record if so we would like to hear from them before our Killyleagh Hans Sloane Chocolate Festival 21st – 23rd September 2012?
Cadbury’s drinking chocolate gets our vote, as wonderful today as it was when Hans Sloane invented it in 1692. Visit our website @ http://www.hanssloane.com or follow Sloane350 on Twitter
My vote goes to Devnaa which has a special blend of cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger, nutmeg and Belgian chocolate. Hot chocolate with a bit of spice!
Zotter, most definitely.
I found Mortimer Chocolate’s West African chocolate drink in Waitrose: it is simply fantastic! Real chocolate, not cocoa, so good that I eat it straight from the pack too while I’m making my hot chocolate…
My Dad makes the best hot chocolate in the world! Its the award winning Mortimer West African! its lush. the pack is simple to use and even i could make the hot chocolate, its that easy! You dont just have to make hot chocolate you can make loads of things like brownies and chocolate cakes! its so delicious I sometimes eat it straight out the pack.
Mortimer Chocolate Company West African chocolate powder is the best hot chocolate my taste buds have ever tasted! its beautiful rich flavor beats every other chocolate drink i have ever tried! I can’t go a day without it!
this chocolate is amazing its the best chocolate ive ever tasted! Its Yummy!
My daddy’s chocolate drink is the best in the world. Vote for Mortimer Chocolate West African drink.
Mortimer Chocolate Company, there powder makes the best cuppa!!
Mortimer Chocolate Company powder, it makes possibly the best hot chocolate ever!
I don’t even like chocolate but Mortimer Chocolate Company powder is delicious.
My vote goes to Mortimer West African chocolate drink! Deliciouls
I vote for Mortimer West African chocolate drink!
And my vote also goes to Mortimer West African – yum!
I can certainly vouch for the Mortimer Chocolate Co West African chocolate drink – it’s a real hug on these chilly evenings.
For me it has to be the Sloan 350, original and the best. The man invented it for goodness sake!!!
The best drinking chocolate has to be the Tanzanian hot chocolate by the Chocolate Tree in Edinburgh. So rich and fruity and smooth.
Mortimer West African chocolate drink
I vote Cadbury’s Drinking Chocolate – from Sloane 350 Group in Killyleagh – to Sir Hans Sloane born in Killyleagh and sold the recipe to Cadbury’s!
I vote for Mortimer West African chocolate drink. That is really good!
Mortimer West African chocolate drink is the best
I vote Mortimer West African chocolate drink
The best is from the Mortimer Chocolate Company
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Oh my Godddddddddddddddddddddddddd….. I so love Mortimer West African chocolate drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My vote definitely goes to the Mortimer chocolate company! It tastes absolutely delicious!
Mortimer Chocolate Co. west african is the best! its lush!
MORTIMER CHOCOLATE CO. WEST AFRICAN HAS TO WIN THEY ARE LUSH!!!!!!!!!!
its gota be Mortimer Chocolate West African drink! all though i have tasted others its delicious compared to them!
Mortimer Chocolate Co. Its soooooooo nice i have never tasted anything like it
Mortimer Chocolate Co. West african is the best hot chocolate ever! it deffenitly gets my vote and it warms me up this winter
Mortimer Chocolate West Africa get my vote, for my darling Emilia <3 xxx
my vote is for Mortimer Chocolate west African cos its delicious! xxx
Mortimer’s Chocolate powder! Any variety makes fantastic hot chocolate, chocolate sauce or sprinkled onto hot toast for instant chocolate spread. Hot chocolate fantastic in cow’s milk or in Oatmilk for a great thick dairy/soya free version. Particularly good with cardamom, cinammon, chilli or a drop of something naughty added. On that note, will go and make some…
What a choice! Not Green & Black’s because they are no longer dairy free. The Mortimer chocolate company make gorgeous pure chocolate powder in dark and *dairy-free white*, and the chocolate powder is so wonderful it just gets eaten straight out of the packet; the powder magically turns to molten chocolate in your mouth – how nommy is that?! That said, I also enjoy Montezuma’s, Hotel Chocolat and Valrhona. But Mortimer is no. 1 just for the white chocolate powder which is pure luxury.
mortimer do a nice range of drinking chocolate and makes an excellent scrumptious brownie which does not last long in our house.Try mortimer drinking chocolate with marshmallows,yumm!!
Paul A young spiced hot chocolate
Mortimer chocolate company! I love this brand, the hot chocolate and all their recipes!!!
As someone who receives a large selection of homemade delights based on the Mortimer website, I give them a 10 out of 10 and another +1 for being amazing.
The ginger log, mousse, whiskey cake (leave for 2 days for extra amazing taste) and the fondue make dessert the new thing!
Without a doubt the best ‘proper’ drinking chocolate is based in our village! Mortimer Chocolate – once tried never forgotten.
Having spent 30 years working in Chocolate I have tasted a few!
In my experience making a mug of hot chocolate/drinking chocolate is a labour of love. Get the right product and wow – sit back, relax and enjoy.
I could slag off many but praise is a rare commodity however for pure quality and indulgence the choice of best is easy:
MORTIMER WEST AFRICAN HOT CHOCOLATE
time after time after time
Of course it is REAL CHOCOLATE – pure and simple
Not some cheap imitation mixture of fat reduced cocoa powder, whey powder, fat powders, thickeners and sweeteners – you know who you are….
Keep up the good work Mortimer Chocolate Company.
Second best in anything won’t do for me , So Mortimer chocolate’s products are always worth sourcing to meet this criteria . Particularly their West African Chocolate drink .More enjoyable to know that this company is a family owned and run business backed by experience second to none in chocolate product knowledge. ENJOY !! I cast my vote for them without reservation !
Simply the most delicious drinking chocolate around by a country mile, mortimer west African chocolate is the best thing you can put in a mug.
As a dog I’m not really allowed chocolate or chocolate drinks, however I’ve been brought up on Mortimer’s West African Chocolate Drink.
To prove it’s good, I’ve got a super shiny nose, a twinkle in my eye and a swishy tail.
Come on Adrian when are you going to do Mortimer Chocolate Dog Chews
Woof woof
This is an excellent and versatile product, great for a hot or cold chocolate drinks and even better that it makes the best chocolate bread and butter pudding ever.
I also use a spoon full of this as my “secret” in chilli con carne as it helps develop the chilli flavour.
Keep up the good work in developing and innovating good quality products it’s great to see a small family business doing well.
Mortimer Chocolate is the best by far.. Great Quality.
Mortimer’s chocolate drink is real chocolate. You can eat it while you’re making the drink!
Mortimer Chocolate for me, great taste, really good to see a smaller business take on the big boys, they know their coco beans!
I want to recommend and suggest everyone tries the most wonderful new chocolate drink from Mortimer. Their West African Chocolate Drink should be savoured, and named our great Nation’s favourite!
Dan, Dan, the I love chocolate man.
Have to agree with the above, until 3 days ago I would have said Hotel Chocolat, but after trying Mortimer’s [surprisingly good value] West African drinking chocolate – I’m sold for life!
West African Chocolate Drink. Mortimer Chocolate Company. Little company Big taste. The products are quality. We sell it our football club. Really good stuff, tastes like chocolate (Funnily enough)
I love the taste of Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink. This is now one of ‘must-have’ in my kitchen cupboard! Cosy evening in front of TV with a cuppa of hot chocolate. Life is good!
Mortimer Chocolate Company. No contest!
As my Dad’s in the industry I’ve been surrounded by chocolate since I was born. My favorite drink is
Mortimer West African Hot Chocolate
I just love the taste and it’s versatility in other applications.
Yum yum
As an ‘Aus’ I’m more used to a cold tinny. However having emigrated to the cold of the Peak District a quick hot choc is now more in keeping with this cold Pommie weather!
A client gave me some Mortimer West African Hot Chocolate. He know’s his beans.
Excellent drink, just the best.
Thanks for the recommendation Chocolate Boy
Mortimer West African Chocolate drink is the one for me too. Really smooth.
As a lover of all things chocolate my favourite brand of hot chocolate is definitely Mortimer West African Hot Chocolate!!!!
It definitely has to be Mortimer Chocolate
Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink absolutely!
Mortimer Chocolate Company – the best by far
I would recommend Mortimer Chocolate – made by a guy who knows his beans, must be tried by anyone who hasn’t already done so.
I found this at a farmers market and was very impressed with quality, taste and how it can be used. Excellent product and my chocolate of choice. great stuff.
Keep up the good work.
My favourite drink has got to be Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink from the Mortimer Chocolate Company
Whenever I buy drinking chocolate I seek out Mortimer West African chocolate drink. Great for drinking and makes divine brownies too.
My personal favourite is the chocolate from Mortimer Chocolate Company. It gives a full flavoured and rich hot chocolate. Unbeatable!
Mortimer Chocolate Company are simply the best…
Why settle for the rest when you can have the best…Mortimer West African Chocolate drink!
MORTIMERS WEST AFRICAN obviously!
I love Mortimer West African Chocolate drink more than any other brand. Furthermore, I always carry a few packets of Mortimer Chocolate drink everytime I go on holiday abroad.
AEC
Mortimer! Mortimer!
Let’s vote for our local, wonderful, West African chocolate drink!
I’m going to vote for Jaz and Juls Caramelicious – would never ever ever have thought caramel and lime would work well in chocolate, together, but they really do!
I vote for Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink.
Mortimer west african Ccocolate drink is just unbeatable!
Its got to be Mortimers West African Chocolate Drink!
My vote goes to Mortimer Chocolate Company!
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(all good things come from Mortimer
Mortimer Chocolate is by far the best drinking chocolate. I particularly love the West African… Sweet indeed!
My vote goes to The Mortimer Chocolate Company Limited, http://www.mortimerchocolate.co.uk, West African Chocolate powder to make lovely hot chocolate!
Even the Dutch people vote for the Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink!
Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink is the best
Hotel Chocolat Aztec Chilli drinking chocolate – yummm!
Mortimer Chocolate company definitely has the best and most versatile of chocolate powders. It is brilliant as a hot chocolate drink and excellent for cooking as it contains 70% cocoa solids. Try making chocolate brownies with Mortimers, they’re amazing.
Must have more Mortimer West African Chocolate. The only one for me!
Mortimer chocolate co.
Mortimer West African Hot Chocolate is simply the best!
I’d have to go for Mortimer Chocolate Company’s West African Chocolate – you don’t have to be a multi-national to make great chocolate!
Winter weather and and a mug of Mortimer West African Chocolate definitely go together! It gets my vote!
No doubt – it has to be Mortimer Chocolate Co. and their West African Chocolate. It has a distinctive quality and is so versatile – I use it for cooking all the time as well as drinking. Up until now, I thought it was my little secret treasure, but it looks as though I’m not the only one!!
My vote goes to Mortimer West African Chocolate Drink!
Mortimer Chocolate does it for me!
No contest…Mortimer West African Chocolate is simply the best!
Mortimer Chocolate’s West African by far
Can’t beat Jazz&Juls. All great, I prefer the gingerbread
Poulain Grande Arome has to be the best – a real comfort drink with depth of flavour but not too rich. Made by Cadbury France – how come it isn’t on the supermarket shelves here?
I like the white chocolate at AMORINO & PAUL cafe.
Hot drinks.. for Hot people!