White Drinking Chocolate

dawballz

Had some of this in a coffee shop in town the other day and it was lovely.
Does anyone know can it be bought for home making like normal, (dark?) milk chocolate?.. powder form, yanno..
Had a quick look in Tesco tonight and saw nothing.

AnCapaillMor

An interesting concept, must keep an eye for those.

deecom

Its very sweet though.. Insomnia i think might be the said coffee shop. I think starbucks do it too. http://www.thechocolatealchemist.co.uk/product.html
Not cheap but god its good! (might not be to good to drink loads of it!) I have a jar I got during the summer, still have some left....:)

rubadub

It is very sweet, I prefer a blend of white and normal

Blisterman

Coffee shops usually use a syrup, not a powder.
Try starbucks, you can usually buy their syrups.

Calina

Gloria Jeans used to sell tins of white chocolate powder in Cork. In Dublin, I think they sold it by the sachet. Don't know if they still do.

440Hz

Gloria Jeans do sell the powder alright. The NICEST white hot chocolate you can make at home though can be bought in the UK from Whittards if you happen to be making a trip over or know anyone over there!! YUM YUM

Calina

I didn't really like the Whittard version to be honest with you. The absolute nicest I drank was in Le Café in Venice near Accademia (if you're going). It was very thick and sweet. I'm thinking of experimenting with some cornflour and expensive white chocolate.

Tree

the whittards stuff is very sweet, nice though. best way to make it is w/ melted white chocolate. O'Connaill's chocolate shop in cork do divine hot choc, its all made w/ melted choc (and some praline if you like it that way)

dundalk cailin

i work in a coffee shop and we use white mocha sauce, from matthew algie supplers (scotland). i dont like the taste, find it too sweet, but its quite popular! i love our hot choc, the powder has three times the cocoa content of normal drinking choc eg Cadburys...mmmm

RobEire

dawballz wrote:

Had some of this in a coffee shop in town the other day and it was lovely.
Does anyone know can it be bought for home making like normal, (dark?) milk chocolate?.. powder form, yanno..
Had a quick look in Tesco tonight and saw nothing.

Was this at the 'Joy of Coffee' in Temple Bar? They do the best hot chocolate going but unfortunately the stuff they use (which is a French product) cannot be made at home with just a kettle. I think it needs a proper Gaggia style machine to make it.

Gaillimhtaibhse

If you get to Belgium, try out the chocolate houses...yum!

Blub2k4

RobEire wrote:

Was this at the 'Joy of Coffee' in Temple Bar? They do the best hot chocolate going but unfortunately the stuff they use (which is a French product) cannot be made at home with just a kettle. I think it needs a proper Gaggia style machine to make it.

If it is the Italian one that they use in "The Joy of Coffee" then PM me and I can ask where he gets it and how it is made as I am a good friend of the owner.
He actually went to Italy on a trip there a while back to source the best of Italian products and this was one he came back with.
It is in the front of the shop in a wooden case, I think he is the sole supplier in Ireland.

<edit> or you could simply go in and look for Sergei the Russian manager and ask him about it, he will be more than happy to help.

chickenchaser

I adore insomnia's white hot chocolate! They use that white chocolate essence/syrup.

Interested in hearing how people's experiments on making their own goes...:D

ShoulderChip

anyone found a supplier yet?
would be mad for the stuff!

smallgarden

i got some powder in health food/food shop in rathdowney outlet,it wasnt great though,had plasticy taste to it

Mary-Ellen

Options do sachets of white hot choccie.
I've rarely come across them in tesco though.
You'd probably have better luck in a spar that sells lots of coffee.
They're often beside all the coffee making stuff

allandanyways

Yeah the options one is the only one I've seen. It's nice, but nothing on a par with the ones you get in Insomnia, probably because of what other posters have mentioned, the ones in coffee shops are made with vanilla/white chocolate syrup and steamed milk, wheras with the Options one, it's just powder and water (less calories but much less flavour and richness). I mix milk into the Options but it's still not the same..

wolfmoon87

I make my own hot chocolate by heating milk and a bar of choc together in a saucepan. Just keep stiring until all the chocolate is melted.

You can use white,dark or milk chocolate, whichever you prefer.
My fave is milk choc (dairy milk bars work well):D

Try it when you get home - much nicer than powder hot choc

tfak85

wolfmoon87 wrote: »

I make my own hot chocolate by heating milk and a bar of choc together in a saucepan. Just keep stiring until all the chocolate is melted.

You can use white,dark or milk chocolate, whichever you prefer.
My fave is milk choc (dairy milk bars work well):D

Try it when you get home - much nicer than powder hot choc

i was just about to suggest this myself! the nicest white hot choc had to be from butlers cafes... i love it so much, it's lovely and creamy!

Asphyxia

Oh I absolutely LOVE white drinking chocolate a nice cup of Butlers is enough for me... ooh I really want some now shame on you thread for making me crave

Asphyxia

wolfmoon87 wrote: »

I make my own hot chocolate by heating milk and a bar of choc together in a saucepan. Just keep stiring until all the chocolate is melted.

You can use white,dark or milk chocolate, whichever you prefer.
My fave is milk choc (dairy milk bars work well):D

Try it when you get home - much nicer than powder hot choc

I will definately be trying this, sounds so yum!