Seeking: creamy thick chocolate milk

[Anonymous]

Anyone hade a tried & true recipe for chocolates milk? Cornstarch maybe?

My teens like it once a day but don’t like all the thickeners in store bought (even TJ’s & South Mountain have carrageenan which is linked to “stuff” long term)

I use whole milk & chocolate syrup but it lacks the mouthfeel of store bought.

[Anonymous]

I use Fairlife skim or 2% and chocolate vital protein collagen peptides to make a delicious not too sweet hot cocoa. Fairlife milk is richer/creamier than regular milk IMO.
I use t stick milk frother to blend it.
That may work for you.

[Anonymous]

The thickeners are what give it the mouthfeel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thickeners are what give it the mouthfeel.

+1

Milk + Hershey's is chocolate milk but it won't be thick - that texture is from the thickening agents.

[Anonymous]

Real Parisian hot chocolate, made with whole milk and chopped bittersweet chocolate, is rich and thick. No thickeners needed but some freshly whipped cream is welcome!

[Anonymous]

But South Mountain Creamery or Trickling Springs choc milk at Whole Foods. Thick, rich, and delicious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But South Mountain Creamery or Trickling Springs choc milk at Whole Foods. Thick, rich, and delicious!

+1 for Trickling Springs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thickeners are what give it the mouthfeel.

I hate that mouthfeel. That's why I never buy premade chocolate milk.

[Anonymous]

The best ever chocolate milk is Galliker's (can get at SHeetz in Gaithersburg) but that has carageenan too.

[Anonymous]

Paul Cafe sells their hot chocolate/chocolate milk in a shelf-stable carton. It’s thick and delicious!

[Anonymous]

Can you use a frother a little bit? Might give it some body?

[Anonymous]

Go to Spain.

When my daughter was there (as a child), she would order hot cocoa for breakfast. It was so thick, a spoon would stand in it (like pudding). She thought she was in heaven. 😉

[Anonymous]

Williams Sonoma sells hot chocolate mix which is essentially shaved chocolate you melt in hot milk. It makes for a thick hot chocolate. Use less chocolate, refrigerate, and froth it before drinking to lighten it up a bit. That should be yummy albeit high calorie.

[Anonymous]

I loved the Hotel Chocolat hot chocolate made with their “velvetiser” but they shut down their US division a while ago.

[Anonymous]

You have to start with whole milk. And agree with another poster that a frother work. Using watered down milk won’t create the thickness.