It’s an ice day around here (well, for me). Husband went to work and G had a late start. It’s not a pretty ice storm either. It’s the kind where the roads/sidewalks look fine but then you step outside and it’s slick! Lots of wrecks and highway shutdowns this morning.
Oddly, Monday was so warm that I went to the grocery store with no coat and we grilled pork chops for dinner. Yesterday, the temperature took a dive and by the late afternoon, the bitter wind arrived.
Anyway, here’s the hot chocolate report for this week.
Iced Hot Chocolate
A few weeks back I tried a vanilla hot chocolate packet which I did not like at all. And to my dismay, I’d accidentally purchased 2 of them! I noticed on the back of the packet directions for making iced-hot chocolate. Interesting. Since it was so warm on Monday, I gave it a try. Definitely better this way. Probably not going to be a go-to for me but way better than the hot version. However, I’m going to stick with iced-coffee (or blended–a better value at the fancy coffee shops) and iced-tea when the weather is warm.
Hazelnut Hot Chocolate
I think I’ve perhaps learned my lesson with these particular packets of hot chocolate:
The Hazelnut chocolate cocoa mix is missing hazelnuts from the ingredients! Geez. Since I had time this morning I opted to go in search of an actual hazelnut hot chocolate recipe instead. Maybe I’ll try the iced version of the packet another time.
I found a recipe for Nutella hot chocolate here.
And since we always have some of this in our pantry:
I decided to give it a try.
Cut the recipe in half as I was the only one interested in it. Final product:
Looked pretty. Apparently, I’ve become a pretty big hot chocolate critic. This was only okay to me. Not something I’m going to make again. And I do love Nutella! Maybe it needed more, it reminded me more of a hot Nesquik than hot chocolate. I guess is it even technically a hot chocolate?
Going to stick with having my Nutella the proper way, just having it straight off a spoon. Or heated over a bit of ice cream. (G likes peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches but I’ve never tried those).
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I’ll end this post properly with this fun throwback (we actually heard it on the radio this weekend!):
And a couple questions: Have you ever had an iced-hot chocolate? Do you think Nutella hot chocolate counts a genuine hot chocolate?
*Full Disclosure: I had to pay a cat tax collector in a bit of whipped cream while trying to judge my Nutella hot chocolate. She refused to be photographed.
I”ve never tried iced hot chocolate. It never occurred to me? Although my son has always loved the frozen hot chocolate at Dunkin Donuts as a favorite to him. And I’m very surprised the nutella one wasn’t better. I love nutella and think it should make a steller hot chocolate. Very interesting. Hmmmm
Fun following these adventures. 😉 LOve the cat tax comments 😂
Hope everyone stays cozy and safe from the ice!
xoxo
It never occurred to me either but I noticed directions for it on the back of the package. I saw a different Nutella hot chocolate recipe that seemed a bit better so maybe I’ll give it a second try. I think this week’s option is going to be good 🙂 (It’s not the 2nd Nutella try)
Love the whipped cream tax for cats. I’ve heard of the cheese tax ha ha. The last hot chocolate looks delicious – hot or cold, yum! Have a good weekend.
Oh, our little cat tax collector taxes more than the whipped cream! Sometimes she likes cheese and sometimes she does not. The last hot chocolate was very good. Hope you had a great weekend, sorry I missed the Five on Friday. I need to plan my blogging a bit better.