Drinking Chocolate

I add a little bit of heavy whipping cream and it tastes like that well known hot chocolate mix! It doesn't have any aftertaste from the monkfruit and erythritol. I can have an occasional cup of delicious hot chocolate on my ketovore diet! Just put a few spoonfuls in hot water and stir. It mixes in completely and smells so good. This sugar free mix is easily used and the only one that has no after taste for me. It has a smooth texture and very low calories, so it's a good value for me.

While I'm super excited to be cleaning up my lifestyle and improving my health, I've been super bummed about missing out on some of the sugary sweet indulgences I associate with the holidays and winter season. What's winter without hot chocolate? I am not doing keto per se, but definitely am reducing my carbs and avoiding excessive sugar. I happened to search a forum for ideas on lower carb hot chocolate and saw this product mentioned. I ordered and ,frankly, I'm flabbergasted. I still can't believe there's an option that tastes this great! A few of things to note: 1. When you're super conditioned to super-sweet drinks and snacks (and most of us are), your first sip may taste a little "less sweet". Get through your first cup and your taste buds will adapt and say "Oh, that's actually plenty sweet!" It literally took a few sips for my brain to adapt to the slightly less sweet (but totally sweet enough) taste. My next cup, there were no adaption sips necessary. Brain 100% satisfied. 2. Someone complained about the zip-bag. I don't understand this. It's extremely simple, and there's no reason you should have drinking chocolate powder exploding out of the bag unless you've done something silly. Tap your bag, like you would any powdery product to be sure it isn't at the top, open, make your drink. Super simple, folks. 3. I'm used to just adding water to instant hot cocoa mixes, so I'm fine with doing the same with this product. However, I can definitely see that a dollop of whip cream or using warmed almond milk would give it a thicker/richer texture some people may want. I'm totally fine without that. 4. Stir it well and get to the bottom of the cup with that stirring. It'll dissolve well if you just stir! I am so happy with this product, and I just find "drinking chocolate" such a snazzy name too. "I'm going to have a cup of drinking chocolate" is my new favorite line at home. Say it with your preferred accent!

I am a vegetarian not a vegan so my requirements aren't that strict - I just wanted a sweetened hot cocoa mix with minimal ingredients and no whey. I have been mixing my own with pure cocoa and wanted something a bit more convenient and this product fits the bill. Definitely does not go well with just hot water, but it can be mixed with half milk and half water and still taste decent. I drink soy or cashew based milk and it goes good with either, but best with the unsweetened cashew milk IMO. While more convenient, it does not taste as good as the straight up cocoa mix I was doing on my own. It has an aftertaste I could do without. It's not bitter or anything like that. Maybe chalky is the best description I can think of. It's a bit pricey too. Probably not something I will purchase again. That said, if you are a vegan and looking for a healthy convenient mix I can still recommend trying it. It's just not the end-all-be-all hot cocoa mix for me.

I like it. 2 tbsp is 15 calories (I guess I didn't do my research, I thought it'd be 0 cal). The chocolate flavor is mild and the consistency is very thin. I really wanted to like this -- and I do like it -- but it's not as amazing as I thought it would be, brutally honest. Note that I mix 2 tbsp of this powder with a cup of water, so your mileage may vary if you have a different mixture/ratio. For my use, 2 tbsp isn't enough flavor with water, so I add something extra (artificial sweetener, unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 or 2 tbsp of low cal CoffeeMate creamer, or 0 cal syrup flavoring). Then it's quite piquant! It dissolves pretty easily and the texture is that of its solvent liquid -- it's been dissolving fully. I use chopsticks to stir it or I use a stirring cup (the magnetically-spun-pill design). Having a cup a day in the morning would probably last 2-3 weeks using 2 tbsp/day. To be honest, $10 feels a little expensive; may or may not buy again. Not to say that it's not good! I will enjoy it while it lasts.

The cocoa is bitter and made the coffee I added it to taste worse. The plastic bag as a container is a bad idea: I don't see how the zip-like seal on any of the bags could work because after I had opened the container bag and poured out a couple spoonfuls, I found that the groves meant to fit and lock together to form the zip-lock were coated in the dry, powdered cocoa, and could not engage together in order for the bag to be sealed. When I tried to shake the cocoa off the grooves it did no good and more cocoa became airborne. I think that even if one uses a spoon and is careful that eventually the fine, airborne cocoa powder would soon accumulate and coat the plastic groves that form the zip lock closure (making it useless). Instead of cutting open the top of the cocoa bag that is above the zip seal, I had torn the plastic strip off beginning from the designated tab (slit), and the slight motion had caused the very fine cocoa powder to become air born and spill upwards out of the package (the zip lock mechanism either had not been sealed from the time of manufacture or had come apart as I pulled the tab above it), and cocoa powder settled on the front of my laptop and in the groves of the touchpad (I vacuumed it but it feels like there is some still there). This product would have been better packaged in a firm container with an easy to open lid such as a jar or the old fashioned cocoa containers so that powdered cocoa will not become airborne every time the soft package is opened, plus the zip lock mechanism clogged. As the powder was so fine and volatile (and somewhat bitter), I did not want to bother transfering it to another container; I tried folding the top of the opened, unsealable cocoa bag over, putting a clip on it and then putting the whole package in a clear, zip lock baggie, but without the cocoa's zip closure functional, the powder had started to work its way out into the clear baggie. Originally I had looked for a natural chocolate syrup (in place of popular commercial brands which have preservatives), to add to coffee, and/or milk, and being sugar free was not a requirement: not finding something, I looked for a powdered form and had ordered this product. As this cocoa was bitter anyway, I threw the whole package in the trash and do not recommend this item. Have ordered some syrup sweetened w/agave but am not sure how that will work out.

Tastes ok. Nice to have hot chocolate without the guilt

I'm actually quite amazed at this, given some of the negative reviews. I decided to follow the directions, but I noted the warnings about the over sweetness of it... so I went slowly with one teaspoon at a time. As the instructions say, I used unsweetened almond milk. I think that made a huge difference... I dont know why others chose to blend with water, but I wouldn't recommend that. I heated a mug of almond milk in the microwave until hot, added one teaspoon at a time, then tasted... I landed at 3 teaspoons for the perfect amount for me. I imagine everyone's tastes are different so do what works for you. But this is a hell of a treat for anyone who is trying not to splurge. I'm especially floored at its mixability... I literally just used a spoon and it dissolved really easily! I enjoyed it very much... no aftertaste, no weirdness. It's very pleasant. But take it for what it is. An almost calorie-free, dairy free, extremely low carb version of a decadent dessert. It should hold you over just enough, without making you crave it or overdo it. Enjoy!

I found the flavor of this stuff to be great. At first, I tried it as directed with cold almond coconut milk and could see the "too sweet" taste that people were talking about. I think normal sugar is a balance between sweetness and sugar flavor. Monk fruit does a great job at adding sweetness but sometimes misses the balance of the sugar taste...if that makes sense. Anyway, I made another cup but used maybe a little more than half of the chocolate powder and added a packet of Splenda to it to give it the balance of taste and sweetness. Game changer. The best chocolate milk I've had since being keto. Yes, you have to watch how much Splenda you use because there is about a carb a packet but it's a nice treat. I also did the same thing but heated up the almond milk and added just a little bit of heavy cream to it to make it a bit thick. Then I chopped up some of those Max Mellow sugar free keto marshmallows and put them on top. It was so amazing I'm buying more so I don't run out during this winter season.

Delicioso y sin culpa

In general most of the products of this brand are great but this one I didn’t like at all the flavor, the erythritol taste was overpowering.

Súper sabor y súper calidad, ya era muy caro pero mi mamá tiene falla renal y lo usamos para saborizar el Boost. Una bolsa le dura 15 días. Entiendo que todo está subiendo pero de noviembre a enero se fue de 430 MXP a 850 MXP pero en Estados Unidos la misma bolsa cuesta 13 Dólares. Estoy buscando opciones.

Tiene exceso de sodio según etiqueta de la Sria de Salud, etiqueta que no la muestra la foto del producto.